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Hannah Trulock
Hannah Trulock
Co-Director
Hannah was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she began her ballet training at age 3 with her mother, Nancy Schenck. She later attended the Grand Rapids Ballet School directed by Laura Berman, and performed featured roles with the Grand Rapids Ballet School Junior Company, as well as later performing alongside Grand Rapids Ballet Company. Hannah competed in the Youth America Grand Prix and placed in the Top 12 in the Senior Division. She attended summer programs at Southland Ballet Academy, V & T Dance, Ballet Chicago, Grand Rapids Ballet, Ballet Met, and Indianapolis School of Ballet.
Mrs. Trulock then completed her training in Indianapolis, Indiana. Featured roles include Snow Queen, Arabian, Marzipan Lead, and Dew Drop in The Nutcracker. She was chosen by Balanchine repetiteurs to perform works such as Concerto Barocco, Serenade, and Raymonda Variations, and has had the pleasure of training under ballet greats; Victoria Simon, Nilas Martins, Sandra Jennings, Dan Duell, and Melinda Roy to name a few. Hannah also worked as a model for Motionwear Dancewear at their headquarters in Indianapolis. Hannah served on Indianapolis Ballet faculty as an instructor, and performed company and guest artist roles for Indianapolis Ballet, Dance Kaleidoscope, and Grand Rapids Ballet.
Since moving back to Michigan, Hannah further established her career as an instructor and choreographer at Ada Dance Academy for 5 seasons, with a specialty in pointe and partnering. Her students and choreography won title acknowledgments at competitions, and multiple special awards.
Mrs. Trulock was then appointed Ballet Director of LoMI Studios, and developed their ballet program and curriculum. While with LoMI, Hannah choreographed an in-studio performance of Nutcracker Excerpts, choreographed, narrated, and directed The Three Little Pigs, A Ballet For Kids, and worked as the local performance contact to build an outreach program. She connected with the community to set up performances in 7 different locations for the students over the course of 6 months.
Hannah credits her greatest achievement as being a mommy to her son, Wesley.
She is so happy to Co-Direct Verity with her perfect dance partner and husband, Noah, whom she married in August 2017.
Noah Trulock
Noah Trulock
Co-Director
Noah Trulock first fell in love with the arts by becoming involved in colorguard at the age of 15.
He discovered his talent for dance, performance, and choreography, touring and performing seven summers with several world class drum corps. Accomplishments include several silver and gold medals at the world championship level.
Mr. Trulock received his formal ballet, ballroom, and contemporary dance training at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, where he was born and raised. Through the IU ballroom team, he competed nationally and received silver and bronze medals in the Latin Ballroom Collegiate National Finals.
After his versatile training in many modern and contemporary dance techniques, he studied on scholarship at The Martha Graham School in New York City. Noah danced professionally at Dance Kaleidoscope in Indianapolis, IN, where he moved through the ranks from apprentice to principal dancer. His award-winning choreography has been performed by Dance Kaleidoscope's professional company, and students across West Michigan.
Mr. Trulock brings to Verity Ballet twenty years of teaching experience in over twenty states across the US.
Noah feels blessed to Co-Direct Verity, and is inspired daily by his loving wife, Hannah, and their son, Wesley.
Kennedy Pfeiffle
Kennedy Pfeiffle
Preschool & Children's Division
Kennedy Pfeiffle has been dancing since she was a little girl. She was trained in ballet, contemporary, jazz, and tap at Ada Dance Academy, and was member of their competition team for 5 years. Miss Kennedy was part of the West Michigan Youth Ballet for 4 seasons, under the direction of Stephen Sanford and Laura Berman, and spent a summer with the Sarasota Cuban Ballet in Sarasota, Florida, under the direction of Ariel Serrano.
Kennedy was also an active member of her high school theatre program, and went on to choreograph for shows including “Pinkalicious” and “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”.
Currently she is a senior at Grand Valley State University, finishing her degree in Public Relations and Advertising, and is an older sister to six younger half siblings. When she's not doing homework, you can find her at Verity taking classes and rehearsing for shows.
Harlee Scholten
Harlee Scholten
Jr/Teen & Children's Division
Harlee Scholten is a graduate of Hope College, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Performance/Choreography and Exercise Science. She currently works at Grand Rapids Ballet as the executive administrator, and is an apprentice with Currents Dance Theatre.
In her time at Hope College, Harlee studied a wide variety of dance genres, including ballet, modern, jazz, tap, and global dance under world renowned professors including Matt Farmer, Heather Cornell, and Julie Powell. She has performed in three of Julie Powell’s original pieces, in Dance 48, Dance 49, and Dance 51. She was named Julie Powell’s rehearsal assistant for the 2023-2024 season, specifically for her piece titled “Untethered”. Also in her time at Hope, Harlee trained and performed internationally, at the Centre de Danse du Marais in Paris, France. She served as the President of Hope College Ballet Club for 5 semesters, leading the organization, teaching weekly classes, and choreographing new works for the club’s bi-annual productions. Through this leadership role, Harlee gained experience in producing, directing, stage managing, costuming, set design, and lighting design. She also spent time doing undergraduate research in the Kinesiology department under Dr. Brian Rider, where she presented her findings at both Michigan ACSM and Midwest ACSM conferences, and is currently preparing for publication.
Harlee has gained teaching experience throughout West Michigan at many studios, including HIS Dance Academy, West Michigan Youth Ballet, LoMi Studios, Verity Ballet, and Reverence Dance Academy. In 2021, Harlee directed, choreographed, and costumed Reverence Dance Academy’s full-length production of Cinderella.
In her early years, she trained heavily in ballet, modern, contemporary, partnering, and pointe. Harlee studied at West Michigan Youth Ballet for ten years, under Jen Norder, Stephen Sanford, and Laura Berman. She also trained with HIS Dance Academy for nine years, under Tassia Johnson and Hannah Sullivan, and was a member of HIS Ensemble. Additionally, Harlee trained with Ada Dance Academy for three years under Stephen Sanford, Samantha Shelton, and Hannah Trulock. Harlee has performed in countless productions through HIS and WMYB, including dancing principal roles in The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia, Swan Lake, and many others. In 2019, she attended Grand Rapids Ballet’s summer intensive on merit-based scholarship, as well as competed in the world renowned Youth American Grand Prix.
Katie Basher
Katie Basher
Preschool & Children's Division
Katie Basher was born and raised in Grand Rapids and discovered her love for dance at an early age. She began her training with the YMCA programs from ages four to eight before transitioning to Ada Dance Academy, where she studied ballet, contemporary, partnering, and tap until her high school graduation.
Katie danced with the West Michigan Youth Ballet for ten years, performing in iconic full-length ballets such as The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Swan Lake, and Sleeping Beauty, among others. Throughout her time dancing, she also competed in various dance competitions across West Michigan. After graduating high school, Katie continued her dance journey by participating in local adult dance classes, while also student-teaching and substituting at local dance studios.
Currently, Katie is finishing her last semester at Grand Valley State University, where she is earning her bachelor's degree in Business Management. Outside of dancing, she has a passion for color guard and winter guard and has been involved with this sport for nine years, both as a participant and organizer. Katie is excited to continue pursuing opportunities to teach, choreograph, and perform as she moves forward in her career and artistic journey.
Kami Koetsier
Kami Koetsier
Summer Faculty: Preschool, Children, & Adult Division
Kamryn Koetsier was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan where she found her love for ballet at the age of 3. She attended Ada Dance Academy, where she received ballet, contemporary, lyrical, jazz, and hip-hop training. She danced on the Ada Dance Academy competition team for a few years before settling on her love for ballet and deciding to focus mainly on that style.
Miss Kami found a love and passion for performing on stage including competing in the Youth American Grand Prix and dancing in various ballet performances with the West Michigan Youth Ballet including, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Coppélia. She enjoyed taking on many roles with her favorites being Arabian, Clown lead, and Spanish lead in The Nutcracker and Swanhilda’s Friends in Coppélia.
Kamryn is currently in school at Central Michigan University where she studies Communication Sciences and Disorders and American Sign Language. While being new to training, she is thrilled to share her passion and knowledge with Verity Ballet and inspire young dancers to grow in their love for dance.
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