Delle Clair- Owner/Choreographer
Delle’s career role is a Project Manager for the Nonfood Compounds Program of NSF International- an International Public Health and Safety Company. Delle is a 2008 graduate with her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Toledo, where she studied English, music, and dance. She was the Principal Clarinetist for the UT Orchestra and Symphonic Band. She attended Albion College from 2004-2007, where she was the captain of the Albion College Dance Team, principal clarinetist of the Albion College Orchestra, member of Kappa Kappa Psi, honorary band service fraternity, and a member of Albion College Dancers. She also volunteered in the special education classrooms of the Albion Public Schools System. She has trained with Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Twin Lakes, Michigan; Swing City School of Dance, and Studio One School of Dance in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She has also trained at the Lou Conte Dance Studio/Hubbard Street Dance Company in Chicago, Illinois. She was a Senior Professional Company Member of the Dance Ensemble of Michigan, where she choreographed and taught for several years.
This summer, Delle choreographed at the Croswell Opera House for their Broadway production of “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a show that received high accolades from professional theatre reviews, and entertained hundreds of audience members.
Delle is the former Vice President of the Miss Monroe County Scholarship Program Board of Directors, and was their choreographer for10 years. Delle is a member of the St. Dunstan’s Theatre Guild, Avon Community Players, and has performed with the Monroe Community Players, and the River Raisin Center for the Arts. Delle is professionally trained in tap, jazz, ballet, Hawaiian, hip-hop, modern, lyrical, clarinet, and gymnastics. She is absolutely overjoyed to be able to work with such amazing talent, and loves being able to have this hobby with her other half, Dan.
Dan Clair- Owner/Artistic Director
In real life, Dan is a Network Design Engineer with General Motors. He is a 2004 graduate of Central Michigan University, where he received his Bachelors Degree in Business, with dual majors in Logistics Management and Marketing. Outside of his professional/business career, Dan is heavily involved with the Arts with collegiate studies including vocal performance and men’s accapella. Dan is also an accomplished and award winning percussionist/drummer with a strong focus in the jazz genre with studies including Blue Lake Fine Arts and Northwestern College Jazz Orchestra. Dan is very active in musical theatre within the greater Detroit Area, including performances everywhere from Grosse Pointe, to Ann Arbor, to Rochester Hills, to Adrian, and most locally, Monroe. Previous stage credits include, but are not limited to Jonas in ‘Leap of Faith’ (Croswell Opera House), Huey in ‘Memphis’ (Croswell Opera House), Jerry in ‘Full Monty’ (Farmington Players), Claude in ‘Hair’ (St. Dunstan’s), title role in ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ (MCP), Seymour in ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ (A2CT, SCP), Bobby Strong in ‘Urinetown’ (Avon), Jynx in ‘Forever Plaid’ (Dio), Clyde in ‘Bonnie and Clyde.’