Spotlight Staff

SPOTLIGHT TEACHERS, CHOREOGRAPHERS & ASSISTANTS 

Owners/Directors Dede DeCamp & Lindsay DeCamp Fullwood

Dede DeCamp: For the past 50 years, Dede has taught dance in the Flint area. Dede started dancing at the age of 6, and has studied dance in Chicago, New York, Detroit and Grand Rapids. Dede has studied with Tap masters such as Fayard Nicholas, Robert Reed and Dianne Walker to name a few.  She also founded and coached the Kearsley Varsity Pom Pon Squad from 1992-1998. In 1985, Dede opened Dancin’ With Dede, and was owner and director for 10 years. After that, she went on to be an instructor and Tap Director in the Davison area for 9 years. Dede specializes in teaching Tap and has choreographed and danced in numerous competitions receiving superior and national awards with her dance companies. This season her Tap routine “Respect,” won 1^st overall advanced teen lines at Dance Force Xpress. Her motto is, take life by the hand and dance.

Lindsay DeCamp Fullwood: Lindsay is a graduate of Western Michigan University where she was a 3-year member of the WMU Dance Team. As the team’s head choreographer, she was presented with their “Lifetime Achievement Award” for Outstanding Choreography. Lindsay has studied dance through studios since the age of 3 and has been choreographing and teaching for 23 years. Lindsay has taught dance for Universal Dance Association, the University of Michigan Flint’s Dance Department and the Flint Music Academy. Lindsay’s routines have placed in many overalls and received Platinum ratings at regional and national competitions as well as consistently winning many special judges awards for things like “Creative Concept” and “Entertainment.” This past season many of her soloist’s won title awards and her groups continue to take top scores in Hip Hop, Jazz & Lyrical. She was also honored to be nominated by the Grand Blanc Chamber for the Children’s Hero Award. Lindsay and her husband are blessed to have 2 beautiful ballerinas of their own, Avery & Addisyn. Lindsay loves sharing her love of dance with them and each and everyone one of her students and staff. She is so proud of all the hard work they have put in to make this show a success.

SPOTLIGHT TEACHERS & CHOREOGRAPHERS

Hailey Bond: Hailey began her dancing at 10 years old here at DeCamp’s Spotlight! In her sophomore year of High School, she became an assistant teacher for our 3 & 4’s classes. From there, she assisted in a variety of classes including intermediate jazz, hip hop and Blue Company. Hailey was also named Spotlight’s 2018 Dancer of the Year! After graduating High School, Hailey continued dancing by joining the Michigan State University Elite competitive dance team and she also became a choreographer for a few of our competition routines this season.

Alana Carpenter: Alana has studied dance in the Flint area since the age of 5 and has danced in several companies throughout her career. She has competed and danced with Spotlight since the first year in 2003 as a member of the Red Company, and was honored to be the 2nd Spotlight Dancer of the Year. Alana was an assistant coach and choreographer for the Bentley High School’s dance team in 2008 and with the Grand Blanc High School’s Varsity Pom team as an assistant coach and competition choreographer from 2009-2011. Alana has been a proud member of Spotlights Teaching Staff for 13 years and has received many awards, both regionally and nationally. Alana has continued her dance education by taking many classes outside the studio from top choreographers whenever she can. Alana teaches Intermediate Hip-hop, 10 and Up, Intermediate and Advance Jazz, Teen and Senior Adagio, Blue Company & White Company along with doing choreography for Red Company as well. Alana is very honored to be a part of Spotlight’s teaching staff and part of the Spotlight Family.

MacKenzie Clark: MacKenzie started dancing at the age of three and joined the Spotlight family nine years ago. She started assisting in 8th grade for intermediate hip hop and continued to assist teens and blue company all the way through high school. In her senior year, she was named the 2017 Spotlight Dancer of the Year. She continued her dancing career in college and is currently a third year member of the Central Michigan University Dance team. This past season, she choreographed for her team as well as choreographing numerous competitive solos for the studio. MacKenzie has also taught classes for intermediate and advanced jazz, red, white, and blue company classes, and intermediate and advanced hip hop.

Courtney Dolan: Courtney began ballet lessons at the age of 8 at the Rochester School of Dance under the tutelage of Cornelia Sampson. She fell in love with ballet and continued training throughout all of her schooling, while also attending summer dance intensives on scholarship at BalletMet Dance Academy and Boston Ballet. Courtney graduated from Indiana University with dual degrees in Ballet Performance and Elementary Education and joined the Festival Ballet Providence where she danced professionally for 4 years. She had the chance to perform as a guest artist in performances throughout New England and as far as California and also had the opportunity to be coached by legendary ballerinas such as Violette Verdy, Julie Kent and Amanda McKerrow. After retiring from ballet, she began working in healthcare and currently works in medical education at Ascension Genesys Hospital. Courtney and her husband live in Grand Blanc with their 6-year-old twins and she loves sharing her passion for ballet with the company dancers.

Quinnay Hester: Quinnay has been dancing since the age of 6 and began dancing at Spotlight in 2007. She was a member of all three competitive companies along with Funkdafied and Tapestry. She currently teaches 5,6,7's and choreographed a tap trio for competition, and she also teaches dance at various schools in Genesee county through the 21st century program partnership through Spotlight. She is currently attending Mott Community College and will be graduating with her Associate of Arts Degree this spring. This upcoming fall she will be pursuing her bachelor's degree in social work at Grand Valley State University.

Jessica Hush: Jessica has been dancing since the age of 4 and danced at Spotlight for 12 years. She began competing at the age of 8, receiving high awards at both the regional and national levels. She has also trained under the direction of Bruce Bradley and is a former member of the Tapology Youth Ensemble. Jessica has taken classes from instructors such as Dianne Walker, Gregg Russell, and Jason Janas just to name a few. She was honored to receive Spotlight's Dancer of the Year in 2013. Jessica is currently a member of the Oakland University Dance Team and choreographed several routines for Spotlight this competition season. She is thankful for all the opportunities Spotlight has given her and she can't wait to see the dancers shine on stage!

Sarah Kennedy: Sarah has studied dance since the age of 4 and danced competitively for 10 years for Spotlight. While at Spotlight, Sarah has attended many conventions from top choreographers such as Diane Walker and Mollee Gray. As a senior, Sarah was honored to be the 2015 Spotlight Dancer of the Year. She has been on the Spotlight staff for the past 5 years as an assistant teacher, teacher and choreographer. Sarah was a member and captain of the Grand Blanc High School Varsity Pom Squad where she attended UDA Dance Camps, and competitions at the local, regional and National levels. Sarah is currently attending Central Michigan University majoring in Special Education. Currently Sarah is a member of the CMU Dance Team and participated in a National collegiate competition. Sarah loves being back during the spring and summer so she can continue to teach, choreograph and spend more time with her Spotlight family.

Emileigh Lewis: Emileigh has been dancing since the age of 4, and at age 11 started dancing on a competitive dance team. Emileigh began dancing at Spotlight in 2010, competing with Red Company and Funkdafied. Emileigh has competed in regional and national competitions and Spotlight gave her many opportunities to learn from some of the top choreographers at conventions. Emileigh currently teaches Creative Movement for our 3 & 4 year old dancers, and she is so happy to be party of the amazing teaching staff here at Spotlight!

Kacy Perry: Kacy began dancing at the age of 3 and has yet to stop! At 8 she began competing across Michigan, as well as taking lessons from Dede DeCamp. Kacy also performed with Clio Cast and Crew during her summer breaks. At 15, Kacy began teaching dance for a local Kiwanis summer program. While attending Michigan State University, she also taught at a local dance studio as well as a high school dance team. Kacy currently teaches Ballet, Tap, Jazz Technique and Hip Hip for our 5,6 & 7’s, and she also choreographed a tap small group this season for our company dancers. She is very proud of all the dancers here at Spotlight!

Sarah Walker: Sarah started her dance journey at the age of two and began dancing at Spotlight at the age of nine. She was a member in each of the companies, Adagio, Funkdafied and Pointe. She also assisted Blue company Ballet her senior year, and now she teaches our 5,6,7’s on Tuesdays. .Sarah also choreographed a jazz trio for the 2019 competition season. She is also now a full time student at U of M Flint and is going for physical therapy. This has been a great first year teaching, and she is excited to get more involved in the years to come!

SPOTLIGHT ASSISTANTS 2019 - 2020