Essence of Motion to perform

Students from Essence of Motion Dance Studio in Emporium and Coudersport will be demonstrating their skills as part of the 2007 Cameron County Fair. They'll perform Monday night at 7:30 on the main stage.

The studio, under the direction of Anita Bartlett and Margaret Spahr, provides instruction in ballet, tap, jazz, hiphop, lyrical, Hawaiian and modern dance for students age three and up.

Each of the instructors is eager to share her own love of dancing. Margaret Spahr started her dance training at age four in Punxsutawney.

Upon moving to Emporium in 1992, she continued her training and began to compete. After she graduated from Cameron County High School in 2000, she went on to study dance and perform at Slippery Rock University.

Anita Bartlett started her dancing at the age of two at in Pittsburgh.

After numerous competitions, she traveled to Athens, Greece, with the company to perform in a dance tour. Anita studied classical ballet at LaRoche College, then transferred to a more modern program at Slippery Rock University.

She taught at GiGi's Studio of Dance in New Castle, then joined Margaret in becoming co-owners of Essence of Motion in 2005.