Pamela Farry-Haden

Pamela Farry-Haden opened The Dance Pointe in 1997 with the goal of providing high quality dance education, which is both safe and developmentally appropriate, for students of all ages and experience. Ms Farry earned a BFA in Ballet Pedagogy from the University of Oklahoma, with additional course work in kinesiology, bio-motor mechanics, and anatomy. While there, she was a member of the Oklahoma University Festival Ballet Company for four years. Her technical training includes the ballet methods of the Ballet Russes, Vaganova, and Cecchetti, and extensive experience in tap, jazz, tumbling and modern dance.

New York City has been the location for much of Ms. Farry’s  professional development which includes workshops and intensives with legends such as Finis Jhung, David Howard and Jeff Amsden in ballet; Mike Minery and Frank Hatchett in tap; Ronda Miller, Mandy Moore and Patricia Wilcox in jazz. Locally, she has continued taking ballet technique classes at the University of Oklahoma and Tulsa Ballet.

As the 2003 creator, founder and artistic director of South Tulsa Children's Ballet, (a certified non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization), Farry has committed to the mission of creating dance opportunities for area youth not otherwise available due to inadequate resources and lack of opportunity,  and providing young dancers with a classical ballet experience in a pre-professional company setting. At no cost, hundreds of children from all over Green Country have participated in annual performances of The Nutcracker (winter season) and Sleeping Beauty (summer season), choreographed by distinguished dance faculty from a variety of regional studios. STCB proudly awards multiple annual scholarships to top students for tuition to their home dance studio in order to lessen the financial burden of continued expert training. 

Alycia Grim

 Before joining the faculty of The Dance Pointe, most people recognize Miss Alycia from her years as the owner and artistic director of Encore Dance Academy (previously Miss Laurey’s School of Dance) in Tulsa, OK. Her formal dance training is based in the Vaganova and Cecchetti methods of ballet technique, and she specializes in ballet, jazz and lyrical instruction.

 As a young dancer, Miss Alycia performed in Oklahoma! at Discoveryland,   competed and placed 1^st as a soloist in I Love Dance, Showstoppers, Dance Olympus, Cavalcade of Stars, and Company Dance competitions every year.  After high school, she was awarded a full dance scholarship for study at the University of Oklahoma.

At the I Love Dance convention, Grim was ‘Teacher of the Year’ for two consecutive years, and was recognized with the ‘Studio Award’ at Cavalcade of Stars. Miss Alycia continues her dance training and education with master classes from such definitive teachers/performers as David Howard, Finis Jung, Mandy Moore and Malaya.

 Outside of the dance studio, Miss Alycia has coached for the Bixby high school pom squad, the Union 8^Th grade pom squad, and served as choreographer for the Holland Hall Middle School production of Oklahoma! Previously, Miss Alycia attended Oklahoma State University majoring in Elementary Education and is currently pursuing a degree in Psychology.

 At The Dance Pointe, Miss Alycia instructs ballet, jazz, lyrical and private lessons. 

Nicole “Nikki” Roylance 

Miss Nikki earned a BFA in Dance from the University of Central Oklahoma with a 4.0 GPA. As a four-year member of UCO’s Kaleidoscope Dance Company, she worked with world-renowned choreographers Loretta Livingston, Adam Parson, Malaya Ho, Bill Evans, and Jeff Amsden. Roylance has since furthered her education through participation in local dance conventions and workshops, trips to New York, and participation in the American College Dance Festival. Her ballet training includes Cecchetti method, Vaganova method, and Royal Academy of Dance (RAD). She has studied extensively in modern dance, jazz, and tap, and has recently begun learning ballroom dance.

Recently, Roylance was the choreographer for the Bartlesville Community Center production of The Secret Garden.  She is a board member of South Tulsa Children’s Ballet and serves on the choreographic staff for their productions. An alumna of the Dance Pointe studio and competitive ensembles, Miss Nikki is excited to return and share her experience and love of dance with the students.  She teaches ballet, tap and jazz.

“I believe that dance opens doors that mere words cannot.  On my best days… on my worst days… I always feel better if I can dance.” – Miss Nikki

Sarah Joyce-Dyer 

Sarah Joyce-Dyer earned her BFA in Modern Dance Pedagogy from the University of Oklahoma where she performed with the Oklahoma Festival Ballet and the Modern Repertory Dance companies. In 2009, she completed four years of training at SUNY Brockport, Brockport NY, to become a Certified Teacher of Evans Method of Modern Dance  - a technique based in Laban-Bartinieff movement analysis. She has been teaching and choreographing modern dance, ballet, tap, jazz and musical theater dance in the Tulsa area for nearly three decades.

Since 1995, Ms. Dyer has been the Dance Director at Holland Hall School. In addition to movement analysis and dance composition, Ms. Dyer teaches modern dance to grades 6-12, directs the HH Modern Repertory Dance Ensemble, choreographs the upper and middle school musicals, and co-directs the HH Show Choir. The school has welcomed many distinguished modern dance artists such as Rami Be’er, Celeste Miller, Daniel Gwirtzman, and Bill Evans. Her students have gone on to perform with Michael Foley Dance, Atlanta Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Innervation Dance Cooperative - on the Tony Awards and MTV Music Awards - and on Broadway in Cats, Les Miserables, and the new Green Day musical American Idiot.

Ms. Dyer has choreographed for Light Opera Oklahoma (LOOK), Tulsa Repertory Musicals, Odeum Theater Company, and taught modern for Tulsa Ballet’s summer intensive Pointe to The Future. As a Harwelden Institute Master Teacher of the Tulsa Arts and Humanities Council, Dyer has trained Tulsa area elementary school teachers and their students in the art of dance and dance appreciation.

At The Dance Pointe, Ms. Dyer teaches modern dance and movement analysis.

Daniella “DJ” Williams

Miss DJ has been teaching dance in Tulsa for nearly two decades. She has trained students in ballet, tap and jazz at Eagle Wing Productions, Tulsa Christian Arts Academy, Miss Laurey’s School of Dance, Center Stage, Encore Dance Academy, and has coached the Bixby pom squad. As a student, Miss DJ completed with I Love Dance, Showstoppers, Dance Olympus, and Cavalcade of Stars, placing 1^st in every entry. She was also a contestant in the Miss Bixby pageant for two years.

When not dancing, Williams is the supervisor of the St. Francis’ Broken Arrow Imaging Center. She attended Tulsa Community College (Dean’s Honor Roll) as a liberal arts major and earned a certificate in Radiologic Technology from Tulsa Technology Center (academic scholarship, Bracco Diagnostic Award for Academic Excellence). Additionally, Miss DJ is certified in first aid, CPR and basic life support, and is a certified soccer coach with Metro Tulsa Soccer Club.

At The Dance Pointe, Miss DJ instructs ballet, tap and jazz.