APRIL ATKINS KISER - 2008 - 2009
Ms. April (Atkins) Kiser returned to join our staff at Huff ‘n Puff last year to again teach dance for us at Huff ‘n Puff, having worked here different years from 1996 to 2003. She has taught intermediate/advanced levels of ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical and modern dance. Ms. April began dancing at the young age of eight, taking dance courses in Little Rock, North Little Rock, Conway and Jacksonville. During her high school years, Ms. April attended dance classes six days a week. April danced with the Arkansas Dance Company for several years and her style of dance and manner of teaching was deeply influenced by such well-known dance instructors as Antonio Mesa, Pamela Dowd, Jennifer Maddox (who incidentally also taught for Huff ‘n Puff for several years) from the Arkansas Arts Center, and the late Sally Riggs of Studio One. Ms. April had featured roles in such productions as “The Nutcracker,” “Red Shoes,” “Cinderella,” “Oklahoma,” “Wizard of Oz,” “Grease,” “Fame,” and “42nd Street.” She won state, regional and national dance competitions, solo and group divisions. She also won numerous pageant titles and talent awards on the local, state and national levels. Ms. April has also been in several nationally published magazines such as “Pageantry,” “Dance,” and “Modeling” as well as local Arkansas publications. Ms. April has been employed fulltime with the Jacksonville Police Department since 1999. She is known also for her many Fundraisers for Special Olympics. You might see her on Today’s THV or Good Morning, Arkansas promoting events such as “Boots-n-Badges Together, “”Polar Bear Plunge,” ”Tip-a-Cop,” ”Law Enforcement Golf Tournament,” and “Wing Ding 5K Benefit Run for SOA,” just to name a few. Ms. April is the proud wife of Rick Kiser (also in law enforcement) and is mother of Trea and Tori Kiser. Ms. April taught base dance classes last year and will be teaching technique for company classes and recreational dance classes this year.
