Summer Slam Dance Camps

Summer Slam
Dance Camps 2023

Dance America's Staff Family

Under the direction of Lauralyn Kofford, Summer Slam Dance Camps have been a favorite for many dancers in the inter-mountain west for many years. Lauralyn is a well-known choreographer, teacher, competition director, and adjudicator. She was awarded a dance scholarship to Brigham Young University where she was a member of the acclaimed Cougarette Dance Team. She graduated from BYU with a Bachelor’s Of Science degree in Dance Educatiuon and Minor in Health and Fitness. See more….

Mysti Rose Tucker has been dancing since the age of four. She grew up performing and competing numerous group numbers and solos. She started assisting at her studio at the age of 12. From there she has taught and choreographed for many teams and studios, and assisted for many conventions. She attended the Pulse Protege Convention in New York on scholarship and received many other scholarships from conventions around the country. See more…

Michael McManus was born and raised in Bennettsville, South Carolina. He received his training at Crystal McInnis School Of Dance in Lauinburg, NC. Michael recently graduated fro the University Of South Carolina with a major in history and a minor in dance. As a student, Michael received training from Thaddeus Davis, Dale Lam, and Susan Hancock. He also had the opportunity to perform at the American College Dance Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. His self choreographed piece “Recrudescence” earned him. See more…

Sarah Murphy trained for ten years with intense training in ballet, jazz, lyrical, hip hop, and contemporary styles of dance. She teaches and does choreography for award-winning routines at many studios state-wide. She has also been teaching and doing choreography for many other studios, universities, and high school teams in the inter-mountain west. Sarah is well known for her wonderful teaching versatility and creative choreography. See more…

Jennica is from Holladay, Utah and started dancing when she was 3 years old. She has trained extensively in jazz, hip hop, ballet, lyrical, contemporary, and tumbling. Jennica has danced with some of the industry’s best including, Travis Wass, Alan Salazar, Justin Giles, Tabatha & Napoleon, Mandy Moore, Sonyah, Tayeh, and Bonnie Story to name a few. The majority of her training was at the Winner School on their pre-professional program, The Principal Company. See more…

Kirsten Davis has been dancing and tumbling for 16 years; trained in jazz, lyrical, contemporary, hip hop, ballet, tumbling, and acro at Synergy Dance Academy. Kirsten is from West Jordan Utah and graduated from Copper Hills High School in 2016. While attending Copper Hills, she was a member of the drill team where she won 3 state championships. Kirsten quickly developed a reputation of being a strong dancer and tumbler, she is well-known for her innovative tumbling and tricking. See more…

Starrlyn trained in dance in Utah since the age of 2. She studied Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary and Hip hop. She received many scholarships and overall awards during her years of training. In high school she was a member of the Riverton High Dance Company under the direction of Peggy Caughey and Brynn Perkins. Starr was a member of Expansion Dance Company in 2015 and Starry eyed Dance Company in the summer of 2016. She toured with LA Dance Magic convention on their company in 2016. See more…