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Lessons
The Black Hills in Motion Clogging studio is housed at the Dahl Fine Arts Studio at 713 7th St. in Rapid City. Please call 605-545-0237 for more information on current classes, to book us for a performance or to sign up.
Beginner
Ongoing
5:15-6:15 p.m. Tuesdays
Instructor: Kari Bullion
Intermediate
Ongoing
6:15-7:15. Tuesdays
Instructor: Kayla Gahagan
Advanced
Ongoing
7:15-8:15 Tuesdays
Instructor: Kayla Gahagan
Homeschool
Available at certain times
About our instructors
Kayla Gahagan, Director/Instructor
Kayla has been clogging since 1991. Kayla started directing the Country Rockin’ Clogging Studio in Wyoming in 2000 and has performed at the National Clogging Convention, Disneyland and Disneyworld and competed in multiple states. She taught at the University of Montana and was a member of the 2001 Spain Dance World Festival U.S. clogging team. She is the Director, Choreographer and Performance Team coordinator for the Black Hills in Motion Cloggers.
Jolene Geary, Assistant Director/Instructor
Jolene has been clogging since 2001. She is a member of the Black Hills in Motion Cloggers Adult Performance team and has been an instructor since 2012. Before joining BHM, Jolene directed her own group in South Dakota. Jolene has traveled with the BHM adult competition team to Wyoming to compete in the Bighorn Mountain Clogging Showdown and the America Onstage clogging competition in Utah. Most recently, Jolene performed onstage at Disneyland Amusement Park in California with BHM performance teams.
Melinda Stone, Instructor
Melinda began her dance career in tap class at the age of three and continued dance through high school. It was in college when she first tried clogging and fell in love with the percussive rhythms. She joined the BHM Adult Performance team in 2014 and became an instructor in 2018. Melinda is excited to teach in the BHMC Studios, but one of her favorite places to lead is in her kitchen at home where she enjoys embarrassing her two teenage sons.