The Conservatory began here in the Kearsarge area five years ago. Kevin and Angela Tarleton have their Masters Degrees in their chosen fields. They ran a similar Conservatory in Texas for 22 years. Between the two, they have taught all ages and levels of performing arts as well as at Universities and both National and International Workshops. They also have logged thousands of hours performing in Musical Theatre, Shakespeare, Classical Theatre, Contemporary Theatre, Children’s Theatre and all forms of Dance. They have two children, Alyssa and Jonmichael, whom have performed and taught with them as well.
The Studio continues to grow and when Angela’s sister Michelle Gosnell moved up here from Texas, Angela asked Michelle, who has a degree in vocal performance, as well as thousands of performance hours and teaching experience, to head up a Music Program. That was when the Studio changed it’s name from Kearsarge Conservatory of Dance to Kearsarge Conservatory of the Performing Arts. This past year we have gained a wonderful Jazz/Hip Hop & Lyrical/Contemporary Instructor Kim Rowley that has over 25 years of teaching experience so now we are expanding that as well. We offer not only all levels Dance forms: Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Jazz Lyrical and Hip Hop, but we offer some of the more rare forms such as Irish Dancing soft and hard shoe, Tumbling, Acro ( which is more advanced combining tumbling with dance) Basic Beginning Ball Room, Martial Arts/Kung Fu, Musical Theatre, Private Piano and Voice and next year we will be adding Acting Classes.
Another side to our Studio is the extensive Pre-School Classes we offer: Pre-School Dance, a Ballet and Tap Combo Class, Pre-School Music, Pre-school Tumbling, Pre-School Kung Fu, and Pre-School Irish. This year by popular demand of many families in Warner asked Angela to start a class for 2 and 1/2 year olds which she named Fun for Minies. It is a combo class that offers: music, movement/dance and tumbling. After the first day Lizzy one of Angela’s new students came out and said to her mother “Mommy I had so big fun with Miss Anga!”
