The Team
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Halee Harder (She/Her) - President/Founder
Halee Harder graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance Performance. She started dancing when she was three years old under the direction of the late Shannon Calderon Primeau. Halee trained with the Everything Goes Dance Studio for fifteen years where she trained in flamenco, hip hop, ballet, pointe, modern, tap, and jazz. She is now currently a dance teacher/choreographer at NW Classen High School
She has won awards such as the 2019 Oklahoma Education Award for Arts Excellence in dance, the 2023 Choreography Award for Platinum Performance Plus Dance Competition, and the 2023 Choreography Award for Best Choreography in the Dance Department at the University of Central Oklahoma.
Halee had the opportunity to attend the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute and train under the direction of Andrew Palmero and Levi Marsman. She was also a part of the University of Central Oklahoma Kaleidoscope dance company and was able to work with various choreographers including Michael Esperanza, Andrew Wass, Alexander Olivieri, Hui Cha Poos, Tina Kambour, and Sheri Hayden. In 2022 she was able to travel with Kaleidoscope Dance Company to perform in New York City with Bare Dance Company.
In 2022 she was awarded the University of Central Oklahoma Research, Creative, Scholarly Activities Grant and was accepted to travel to Eau-Claire, Wisconsin with her cast to present at the 2023 National Conference for Undergraduate Research. In August of 2023, Halee founded Mysterious Minds Dance Company, where their mission is to provide awareness to Mental Health and Suicide Prevention and is the one of the first members of the NAMI NextGen Council in Oklahoma. In the Fall of 2024 she will be attending the University of Central Oklahoma to pursue her Masters in Public and Nonprofit Administration.
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Chloe Becker - Reagor (She/Her) - Secretary
Chloe Becker is a graduate from the University of Central Oklahoma. Chloe has been dancing for 20 years and has been trained in a variety of styles including ballet, jazz, modern, contemporary, hip hop and aerial dance.
She is currently a member of Race Dance Collective here in Oklahoma City and has performed in the yearly Hip Hop Nutcracker and Company show. Chloe was a member of the UCO Kaleidoscope dance company and was able to work with various choreographers including Michael Esperanza, Jesse Zaritt, Tiffany Carson, Hui Cha Poos, and Tina Kambour. She was able to travel with Kaleidoscope to perform in New York with Bare Dance Company.
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Christy Harder (She/Her) - Treasurer
Christy Harder graduated from Putnam City North High School, then became a mom of three. She worked as a Special Education teacher at Gatewood Elementary School for five years before becoming the Substitute Coordinator for Oklahoma City Public Schools for seven years.
Christy has been a Treasurer for many different organizations including, Gatewood Elementary, Everything Goes Dance Studio, and Classen SAS High School Dance Department. She is currently the Everything Goes Dance Studio manager and has been for four years. Christy has been a part of the dance community in Oklahoma for twenty one years through both of her daughters, Halee and Ashlee Harder.