STAFF
Jessica Delia Bliss
Director of Dreams Dance
Ms. Bliss has been performing at a collegiate and professional level since 2000. During her college years she was a talent grant student for Western Illinois University Dance Theatre where she performed, choreographed, and worked with national dance artists. After college, Jessica was a principal member in Alabama Contemporary Dance Company in Mobile, AL and faculty for Eastern Shore Dance Academy and Youth Ballet in Daphne, AL. Ms. Bliss has studied and performed at national and international dance festivals and conferences including American College Dance Festival, White Mountain Summer Dance Festival, National Dance Education Organization, and Chicago Moving Company Choreography Workshop. As for dance instruction, Ms. Bliss has been a guest artist for Amos Alonzo Stagg High School and The Studio Upside Down in Ocean Springs, MS along with serving as a dance technician for various high school color/winter guards throughout Illinois and is a freelance performer/choreographer in the Chicagoland area. Jessica has a Bachelors of Fine Arts from Western Illinois University in Macomb, IL.
Brittany Sholtz
Brittany received her Bachelor of Arts from Western Illinois University in May of 2007. She began dancing at the age of three and her passion for dance and the arts has continued to grow throughout the years. Brittany was a member of University Dance Theatre for four years, during which she performed, choreographed and worked with National Guest Artists. Brittany had the opportunity to participate in regional American College Dance Festivals where her choreography was selected to be both adjudicated and performed. She was also chosen to perform at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. at the ACDF National Gala in 2006. Brittany studied and performed at the American Dance Festival at Duke University, where she had the opportunity to study under numerous internationally known artists. She also founded the Berrien Elementary Children’s Dance Clinic, which was an annual dance clinic organized to bring the arts to underprivileged children in Quincy, Illinois. Following graduation, Brittany interned with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and the Chicago Human Rhythm Project. She is thrilled to now be a part of Dreams Dance Studio.
