MEMBER, FACULTY ARTIST + CHOREOGRAPHER: Kendra Lady started dancing at age 8, and has since trained in studios in Oregon, Virginia, and Illinois. She attended Von Heidecke’s School of Dance for three years in Naperville, Illinois, where she studied Balanchine and Vaganova techniques under the instruction of Kenneth Von Heidecke. In 2014, she transferred to the University of Oregon to major in dance. At the U of O she studied modern, ballet, jazz, improvisation, and West African dance. She was a part of Dema, a West African dance performing ensemble led by Habib Iddrisu, for three years, and also performed in several modern dance concerts. Kendra graduated from the U of O in June 2017 with a BA in dance and earned the Outstanding Dance Major award. Since then she has been teaching ballet, contemporary, and lyrical classes at Xcape Dance Academy, as well as performing with Lou Moulder’s Rebelle Ballet troupe, and participating in other projects with local dancers. She has a passion for teaching and sharing her love of dance with both children and adults. Kendra deeply appreciates the collaborative nature of the Fermata Ballet Collective, and has loved having the opportunity to take classes and dance with other performing artists who find themselves in limbo during this uncertain time.