FOUNDER + FACULTY ARTIST: Angela Dunham is the 2012 co-founder and co-owner of flex Studios, with the amazing Lindsey Shields.  A wife to her husband Joel and mother to her 2 beautiful sons Max and Samuel, she is currently pregnant with her third child, a little girl, Dolly Lu. Director of Pointe Performance Group of flex Studios, Dunham is a highly educated dancer, mentor, instructor and choreographer in the genres of Ballet, Modern, Contemporary, Tap, Jazz, Improvisation, Mixed Abilities Movement and Musical Theater . 

Angela pursued a Dance Major with a Business Minor at Arizona State University, Lane Community College and the University of Oregon. Angela graduated with academic fine arts honors, earned academic/performing arts scholarships and accolades including an excellence in leadership award from NDAA. 

Angela was enrolled in ballet class at age 4, that moment she knew she would dance until her death. Angela Dunham proudly danced as a company member for Foundation, The Lane Dance Company and University of Oregon Repertory Company. Angela is a D.E.A nationally certified educator having completed the highly recognized Dance Educators of America training certification program. Teaching 20 plus years she has established roots nationwide and in the local dance community she loves. Angela’s journey spans Eugene, Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Nevada, Texas, London and Paris. Angela has trained beside such greats as Mia Michaels, Al Gilbert, Nan Giordano, Charles Kelley, Mandy Moore, Joe Tremaine, Jackie Sleight, Jason Parsons, Cincinnati Ballet and more.  

Upon the fruition of her childhood dream of being a dance educator, she is thankful to be continually giving back to a community that has embraced her. Pointe Performance Group along with Flex Performance Group has co-produced 8 annual local benefit concerts, contributing over $25,000.00 in donations to local performing arts and Nonprofits in Eugene and the surrounding areas. 

Dunham is the current dance columnist for The Register Guard Cafe 541, contributing a monthly column. She is a mentor and judge for the NAACP ACTSO competitions in the the dance category. She has proudly judged for the NAACP's Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics year long achievement program designed to recruit, stimulate, and encourage high academic and cultural achievement among African-American high school students for 4 years. 

Dunham is a Co-founder of the new Fermata Ballet Collective, a group of dancers in the Pacific Northwest who have found their careers and projects on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In accordance with the Fermata mission, all of Dunhams work and projects will not tolerate or condone discrimination against any individual regarding race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, appearance, religion, age, or ability. 

Recent projects include: guest Alumni choreographer for Lane Community College “The Works”, flex Studios 8th annual benefit concert for The Trauma Healing Project “Flexionaries” and City of Eugene parks blocks “2020 Beam”.

Angela Dunham would like to share, “as an artist I will always work for a greater good, inspire those around me to come together, create and share.  The dance community should be a community, not a division of territories or genres, but a shared passion for the arts. At this time dance and art are more important than ever. I am passionately committed to being a voice of advocacy and wellness for my dance community. As an artist determined to create social justice and contributive content through the performing arts at this challenging time.”