Instructor Randall Newsom teaching at the Beth Fowler School of Dance.
 

MEET THE FACULTY

Mrs. Beth Fowler (B.F.) - Creative Dance, Ballet, Pointe, Jazz, Lyrical, Tap
Mrs. Fowler established the Beth Fowler School of Dance in 1983, at the age of 15. She has a great love for children, which shows in her teaching. Students are eager to learn, as the programs are both enjoyable and self-rewarding. She established the Beth Fowler Dance Company (a professional group of dancers) in 1994. Dance Company Productions include "Cinderella", "Sleeping Beauty", "The Firebird", "The Wizard of Oz", "Paquita", "West Side Story", "Grease", "Fame" and annual performance of "The Nutcracker" (also featuring the dancers from the dance school) all performed at DeKalb's Egyptian Theatre.

Beth Fowler danced professionally as a principle dancer with the Rockford Dance Company, Judith Svalander Dance Theatre and the Milwaukee Ballet. She has developed dancers that were accepted with the Joffrey Ballet of New York City, Milwaukee Ballet, and many that received college scholarships for dance.


Shana Flatland (S.F.) - Tap, 
Ashley Flatland (A.F.) - Creative Dance, Boys Class
Shana started dancing as a child with Lisa Bohem. She continued dancing as an adult with Beth Fowler and has been a teacher assistant in dance classes for Beth Fowler since 1998. She has been praised for her ability to win the hearts of children while keeping control and structure in her class.
Shana's daughter, Ashley, has also been dancing and assisting Mrs. Fowler for almost 10 years. This year Ashley is teaching and assisting Creative Dance and the Boys' Class.


Janelle Bergin (J.B.) - Creative Dance, Jazz, Tap
Janelle has been dancing with Beth Fowler for the past 8 years. She has danced many lead roles in our productions. She is a soloist with the Beth Fowler Dance Company. She has been praised for her ability to bring out the best in her students as she pushes them to reach the highest of their individual abilities.

Randall Newsom (R.N.) - Ballet
Randall has performed and choreographed for companies throughout the world, including the Irish National Ballet, Repertory Dance Company of the Southwest, Louisville Ballet and was co-artistic director of Cycles Dance Company (Great Britain). He is a specialist in the renowned Benesh Movement Notation System. He frequently guest teaches and reconstructs the standard classical ballet repertoire for many Midwestern dance companies. He is a member of Actors Equity Association and the Benesh Institute in London. He was a recipient of Northern Illinois University's Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award in 1987-88. Randall has been the Director of Dance at Northern Illinois University for the past 25 years.

Dimitri Peskov (D.P.)
Peskov is the co-artistic director of DanceLoop Chicago, a professional contemporary dance company. He is a dance panelist with the Illinois Arts Council and a member of the dance faculty of College of DuPage. He has performed with Chicago Ballet, Chicago Festival Ballet, Salt Creek Ballet, DanceLoop Chicago, and for several years acted with Borealis Theatre. Currently Peskov is dancing with Joel Hall Dancers in Chicago and performing for the internationally renowned choreographer, Paul Sanasardo. In addition to choreographing for DanceLoop Chicago, Peskov was commissioned to set new works for Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre and Joel Hall Junior Company, both in Chicago, for Without Shoes Dance Company in Rockford, and for Nash Dance Theatre in Moscow, Russia. According to Chicago Tribune, Peskov is "Bold. . . brave and feisty,. . . an original emerging dancemaker. . . like Nijinsky. . . who takes the art form to another level without losing sight of impeccable technique or emotion."

Tamera Newquist (T.N.) - Jazz, Lyrical
Tamera has been dancing with Beth Fowler since 1992. She started teaching and choreographing for Mrs. Fowler in 2000. Her choreography has been featured in our productions of "West Side Story," "Grease," "Dancing thru the Decades" and in the Battle scene of our annual production of "The Nutcracker" to name a few. Mrs. Newquist is a natural teacher with over 20 years teaching experience. Students love her not only for her teaching abilities but for her fun and outgoing personality.