Callie Stoutin
Callie Stoutin recently graduated from Illinois State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Education, a minor in Spanish, and a minor in Business Administration. She has trained primarily in ballet, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, and modern. She has also danced in the styles of tap, hip hop, pom, kick, musical theatre, and acro. In high school, Callie joined her high school dance team where she performed and competed solos and group dances. Her dance team performed at a variety of events with the most notable including The Cotton Bowl Pre-Game and Half-Time Shows, The Capital One Bowl Half-Time Show, and IDTA State Competitions. She was chosen by her team members as co-captain her sophomore year and maintained this leadership role through the end of her senior year.
At age 15, Callie began a recreational dance program in her hometown of Casey, Illinois for ages 3-12. She taught classes in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, and tumbling and performed most of the administrative duties of the program. Since then she has taught at several studios in central Illinois. At Exclusively Dance in Effingham, IL, she has choreographed many different solos, duets, and group dances for their competition team. Recently, she received a choreography award for her contemporary piece through Bravo! Dance Competition.
As a Dance Education major in college, Callie was trained in Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Contemporary, Composition, and Improvisation. Her curriculum also included many additional courses such as Dance History, Kinesiology, and Dance Pedagogy. Throughout her time at ISU, she danced for Illinois State Dance Theatre and a student organization called Dance Association. Callie has a passion for both teaching and dancing, and she is very excited share this with everyone at Fusion Dance Center!
