Studio Inc. Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Linking up for the song "Jolly Holiday" are (from left) Elijah Bergmann, Everly Buehler, Yisrael Chatman, Coco Lord and Geronimo Thomas. (All photos by Steve Bowman)
Linking up for the song “Jolly Holiday” are (from left) Yisrael Chatman, Geronimo Thomas, Elijah Bergmann, Everly Buehler and Coco Lord. (All photos by Steve Bowman)

The Brentwood dance school the Studio Inc. celebrated its 25th anniversary at its spring show, “I Feel Like Dancing,” on June 4 at the Brentwood High School auditorium. Almost 100 students performed 36 numbers, followed by an award ceremony that included remarks from the founder of the studio, Kim Swanson, and the director Amanda Fedor, Swanson’s daughter.

Said Swanson, “The reason I started the studio 25 years ago was so I’d have a place for my daughter to learn how to dance.”

Fedor presented awards to graduating seniors Hannah Frankel, Naomi Frankel and Mia Hicks-Thomas.

The Studio Inc., at 1332 Strassner Dr. in the Hanley Industrial Court, has been in Brentwood for over 15 years.

Introduction

Studio Inc. director Amanda Fedor makes some opening comments. Her mother, Kim Swanson, founded the dance studio 25 years ago.
Studio Inc. director Amanda Fedor makes some opening comments.

“Happy”

 
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“Amore”

 
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“Hot Hot Hot”

 
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“You Make Me Feel Like Dancing”

 
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“Baby Love” mix

Amanda Fedor and her daughter Agnes dance a routine along with two other mother/baby pairs.
Amanda Fedor and her daughter Agnes dance a routine along with two other mother/baby pairs.

“Fall In Love”

 
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“Good Ship Lollipop”

 
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“I’m Scared”

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Kate Corrigan and Noah Braun.

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“Electric Love”

 
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“My Love”

 
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“I Feel Pretty”

 
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“I Feel Like a Woman”

 
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“I Feel Good”

 
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“The Way You Make Me Feel”

 
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“Wonderful Life”

Naomi Frankel, a senior, performs a solo routine.
Naomi Frankel, a senior, performs a solo routine.

“Can You Feel the Love Tonight”

 
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“Proud Mary”

 
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“Brave”

Stewart Geisz goes airborne.
Stewart Geisz goes airborne . . .
. . . as does Jane Doe.
. . . as does Naomi Frankel.

“Old Love/New Love”

 
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“You Make Me Feel So”

 
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“Happy”

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From left: Mia Hicks-Thomas, Pat Cleeland, Lucy Corrigan, Hannah Frankel and Katie Howard.

“Ain’t Too Proud to Beg”

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Patrick McCullough supports Max Burlage and Robbie Piening.

“Go Crazy”

 
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“Joy and Pain”

 
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“Love Yourself”

 
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“She Will Be Loved”

Senior Hannah Frankel performs a solo routine.
Senior Hannah Frankel performs a solo routine.

“Stressed Out”

 
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“I’m So Excited”

 
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“What Is This Feeling?”

 
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“I Feel Young and Hot”

In what has become an annual routine, the students' fathers, the "dancing dads," give it all they have.
In what has become an annual routine, the students’ fathers, the “dancing dads,” give it all they have.

“Ants Marching/Ode to Joy”

 
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Grand finale

All the dancers take the stage for awards and a few short speeches.
All the dancers take the stage for awards and a few short speeches.
Amanda Fedor receives flowers and emotional thanks from students.
Amanda Fedor receives flowers and thanks from seniors (from left) Hannah Frankel, Naomi Frankel and Mia Hicks-Thomas.
Studio Inc. founder Kim Swanson tells the crowd she started the business 25 years ago so her daughter Amanda (left) would have a place to dance.
Studio Inc. founder Kim Swanson tells the crowd she started the business 25 years ago so her daughter Amanda (left) would have a place to dance.

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