Our Team
Our staff members are experienced professionals who love Jesus and who provide a supportive environment where young artists can thrive both artistically and spiritually.
Our Teachers
Hannah Blair
Hannah Farmer
Polly Fitch
Hannah Blair is first and foremost a follower of the Lord, and is so grateful to be a part of Reclaiming Arts! She attends Spring Creek Assembly, and loves serving in their Kids Ministry. She has been performing for twelve years and has been a part of over 40 musicals and plays, near a quarter of which was in a “behind-the-scenes” or teaching capacity. She’s taught Beginning Musical Theatre at Artworks Academy, and has assisted in different ways backstage for several of their productions. She most recently directed the Freshmen Fanfare hosts at Oklahoma Christian University and choreographed Frozen the Musical at Christian Heritage Academy. Hannah received her theatre training from Artworks Academy, KidsAlive!, and Lyric Theatre’s Academy. She is currently studying to attain a Vocal Music Education degree from OC. She believes that musical theatre is an incredible way to help children grow and express themselves, and strives to provide a safe, God-honoring environment for them to do so!
Hannah Farmer was born, raised, and currently lives in Edmond with her husband, Jaxon, and their two cats, Edgar Allen Purr and Jane Pawsten. She is a senior English Education major at USAO and is also the author of two poetry anthologies: Wildflower Fantasies and When the Wildflowers Wilted.
Hannah has been playing piano since she was five and has been teaching since she was eighteen. Her favorite composers are Sergei Rachmaninoff and Pyotr Tchaikovsky. She also enjoys reading and creative writing, and plans on publishing novels in the future.
Hannah’s faith is the most important thing in the world to her and she loves to honor the Lord through song and music. She was taught piano as a child by her church’s pianist which gave her a broad repertoire of sacred music and hymns and taught her about music in a religious setting. Today, she enjoys playing classical hymns and songs to glorify God.
Hannah and her husband attend St. Elijah Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church in Oklahoma City where they remain in constant pursuit of God and His calling for their lives.
Polly Fitch began her dance journey 16 years ago. During her years as a student, Polly studied modern, contemporary, ballet, jazz, nontraditional partnering, lyrical, tap, hip hop, and various other dance styles. She performed and competed with different studios around Collin County, Texas. At 16 years old, Polly performed two professional productions with Epiphany Dance Arts as a Training Artist. Around this time, she was given the opportunity to choreograph dances on herself and her peers. She began her teaching career through teaching Summer Camps/classes and Assistant teaching students ages three and up. During these years, she discovered and cultivated her passion for performing, choreographing, and teaching dance.
Polly received her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Dance from Belhaven University in May 2022. While pursuing her undergraduate degree, she performed in various modern and ballet works with Belhaven University’s Dance Ensemble and the Dance Ministry Ensemble. During this time, she choreographed multiple group works and solos that were showcased in Belhaven’s Senior Dance Concert and the Emerging Choreographer’s Concert. Polly also enjoyed learning about stage production through her experience as a stage manager, light operator, house manager, and strike coordinator. She left Belhaven with refined experience in dance performance, choreography, teaching and pedagogy, production experience, and dance office management.
Polly worked as a choreographer and dance instructor at multiple studios throughout Collin County. She taught contemporary, modern, ballet, variations, pre-pointe, jazz, combo classes, and improvisation classes. She served as the lead choreographer and rehearsal director for the RFAC Dance Rep at Toby’s School of Dance in Collin County Texas. There, her pieces won multiple awards at local dance competitions. In spring 2024, Polly choreographed a large-scale ballet production based off C.S. Lewis’s, The Chronicles of Narnia, “Step Into the Wardrobe”. This hour length production featured both students and professional dance artists. Around this time, she danced with Full Circle Dance of North Texas as a company member during the 2023-2024 season. Polly recently married and moved to Norman, Oklahoma. She is excited to continue her work in choreography and dance instruction.
Emily Forster
Gabby
Malia Klebanov
Emily Forster is excited for her fourth year teaching at Reclaiming Arts! She has a BA in Dance & Theater from Muhlenberg College and studied Physical Theater at the Accademia dell’Arte in Italy. She enjoys leading worship at TP Church and dancing with Arrows International—a missions based dance company in Edmond, Oklahoma. She cannot wait to continue sharing God’s joy with her treasured students and people around the world!
Malia is a wife and mother of three wonderful children. She was a full scholarship OU gymnast. She got her Master of Arts in education, and started the first dance program in a public school in Arkansas that grew to 350 students. She is an award winning National Finalist coach and choreographer in multiple dance genres including acro, hip hop, jazz, and lyrical (both in the dance studio and high school dance team world), and (theatre) Thespian Group Musical. She was also an OSTA judge, has written, directed, and choreographed ten dance shows, is trained in partnering, lyra, ballroom dance, injury prevention, strength and conditioning. She has taught dance of all styles for the past thirty years. She loves dance. She loves Jesus. She loves teaching kids.
Ella Lemcke
Kimberly Loveridge
Lulu McGraw
Ella is a graduate from the University of Oklahoma with a BA in Modern Dance Performance where she studied Horton technique, Limón and Ballet. One of her favorite memories from school is dancing in Mexico. She is certified in mat pilates as well as Dance for Parkinson’s, which she loves to teach. Outside of dance Ella enjoys relaxing at home with a book or grabbing coffee with friends! She is passionate about sharing her faith with young women and loves praying in adoration.
Kim Loveridge is a dance educator and choreographer who has a passion for helping students learn to love and appreciate dance in many forms. Kim is currently a dance professor at the University of Central Oklahoma and has been for the past 13 years. She teaches a range of classes from jazz and modern to Fosse and Dance History. She is also co-director of the KD2 Dance Company (along with Hui Cha Poos) at UCO. Kim received her BFA in Dance from UCO followed by her MFA in Dance at the University of California, Irvine. Kim has choreographed for RACE Dance Collective, Perpetual Motion Dance, Six Flags New England and OK-LA Dance Conventions among many others.She came to faith later in life and has since been a very involved member of her church, Henderson Hills Baptist. She loves nothing more than to combine her love for Jesus with her love for dance and is excited about teaching at Reclaiming Arts this season!
Lourdes, called Miss Lulu by her students, has been singing for 13 years and began her professional career 7 years ago. She started at Life.Church where she sang for 4 years and grew a love for worship and the meanings behind why we worship. Learning how to use one’s voice in healthy ways to grow one’s confidence is a passion of hers. Her musical specialties are Classical, Musical Theater, Pop, Contemporary Christian, and Gospel Christian.
Daniel McGraw
Makaylee Miller
Brynn Ruple
Daniel McGraw has a huge passion for music. It is what makes him come alive. He has been playing instruments for 12 years now. He started on piano and picked up guitar not long after. His training has been professional and self-taught at times. He currently interns at a professional production studio where they record all kinds of music and work with all kinds of artists. He is an artist himself and will be releasing a record in September. He writes a mixture of folk/indie songs that bring glory to God. He knows how important a good teacher is because his teacher always inspired him to continue even when it was hard. It is his goal to do the same for his students! Blessings!
Brynn grew up and started her dance training in Lawton, Oklahoma. She danced for 12 years before deciding to pursue a Dance Education degree at the University of Central Oklahoma where she is currently in school. Some of her favorite opportunities include training with the Oklahoma City Ballet and judging the dance portion of Oklahoma Youth Ministry’s Fine Arts competition. Lawton is also where she began her relationship with Christ and volunteered in children’s ministry, primarily leading children’s worship. She is very excited to be teaching at such a Christ-centered studio and is excited for what the Lord has in store!
Kennedy Stephens
Adella Sykes
Sarah Tracy
Kennedy Stephens has been doing aerial for 3 years and silks is her favorite! She is currently a junior at UCO studying criminal justice. She also serves at People’s Church Edmond at Epic and co-leads the 6th-7th grade girls circle group!
Adella trained in the art of dance for fifteen years (Reclaiming Arts, Intent Moves, Meraki Movement Co, Oklahoma City Ballet, Arrows International, Academy of Ballet and Theatre Arts, Block16, RACE Dance Collective, Tulsa Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Kansas City Ballet, Dramatic Truth, Royal Flux, Brea Space, along with various other dance conventions and classes across the US) and has been teaching dance for five years (Reclaiming Arts, Studio J, Intent Moves, Soul De Soul Dance Convention). She is grateful for the gift of sharing one's heart through dance and looks forward to a wonderful season of glorifying God through movement and teaching.
Sarah was born and raised in Edmond, Oklahoma, and first danced with Reclaiming Arts at the age of three. After taking a break for several years, she came back in 2013 to start learning aerial silks, and soon afterwards added ballet, jazz, and contemporary. Sarah’s dance and aerial training has included a Revolutionary Principles of Movement intensive in the summer of 2017, Dance Revolution in 2019, 2021, and 2023, Aerial with Alana Murray through UCO in 2020, and Modern dance also through UCO in 2021. She is also a Certified Beginning Aerial Silks Instructor through the Circus Arts Institute.
This 2024/2025 season will be Sarah’s fourth year as the Aerial Department Director for Reclaiming Arts. She loves building relationships with students and coaching them in their skills, as well as exploring ways to highlight God through the aerial arts and share His message. This art form, she believes, is a largely untapped platform for proclaiming Christ’s story. She is continually seeking new ways to share passion and storytelling through the heights, drops, and dynamics that aerial technique offers.
Outside of the studio, Sarah enjoys reading, playing piano, connecting with people, and working with horses whenever she gets the chance. She graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma in December 2023 with her BSN and is now a Registered Nurse. Although she plans to incorporate nursing work at some point in the future, she feels very strongly that aerial will always be a part of her life and is enthusiastic to call Reclaiming Arts home. Sarah is passionate about this studio and its mission and so grateful to be part of what God is doing here!
Melody Warren
Nikki Young
Melody is so excited to be starting her 26th year of teaching piano! She believes that each student is unique with their own set of strengths and abilities. She enjoys the process of figuring out what those are and helping them to grow and develop. It brings her such joy to watch the lightbulb moments happen.
Worship through piano has always been one of her favorite ways to connect with God. Whether it be alone or leading others in worship, she is honored to use the talents that God has given her.
Besides playing the piano, she enjoys movies, books, planning parties, and spending time with family and friends.
Nikki was born and raised in Edmond, Oklahoma. She began her aerial silks journey at Arts Revealing the Son (now known as Reclaiming Arts) when she was only 10 years old. Since then, Nikki has continued to diligently practice aerial silks and has had the opportunity to practice Lyra, Trapeze, and other apparatuses. She loves getting to teach new aerialists and see them get excited to learn new skills and tricks. Nikki likes to challenge her students to use their gifts for the glory of God in the form of aerial silks and is excited to continue teaching both new and experienced aerialists.
Our Staff
Elizabeth Agre
Christian Belcher
Shelby Huckleberry
Elizabeth Agre is an educator and minister who is passionate about seeing artists walk in wholeness. She has served and toured with Arrows International since the first tour in 2008, participating in 15 tours in 10 countries and now in her second season in the Company. She is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, certified nationally as an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist and with a Master’s Certification in Performing Arts Medicine. Throughout her years in ministry, she has graduated from the Eagles International Training Institute, Leadership Institute, School of Worship, the Ballet Magnificat! Training Company, and the Jubilee Worship Institute, receiving training in the Word as well as techniques including ballet, modern, jazz, tambourines, flags, streamers, mantles, and Davidic dance. She has served as a teacher with The Eagles Network for many years and is a licensed minister under Set Free Ministries. She co-lead and choreographed for Egeiro Dance Ministry at Immanuel’s Church, co-directed the dance ministry at Ridgeland Family Church, and served in the Dance Expressive Worship Team at Church on the Rock. She gives her beloved Jesus all the glory.
Christian is currently studying at the University of Centrlal Oklahoma for his bachelors in Musical Theatre. He comes from an amazing family filled with talent and passion for the arts! He loves to dance, sing, act and go fishing, and he lives his life following his favorite Bible verse, Proverbs 3:5-6. He trusts in God to direct his path, and he’s grateful that it led him to Reclaiming Arts!
Kate Peterson
Taysha Spicer
Jules Straughn
Kate has been a Reclaiming Arts Mom of 7 years. Her and her husband, Jay, have five kids ranging in age between 6 to 13. They are a homeschool family and currently members of the First United Methodist church of Edmond. Her three girls take dance and aerial classes. She is excited for her first year as a Front Desk staff member!
Taysha’s daughter has been taking classes at Reclaiming Arts for 12 years. She and her husband, Jeff, lead a homeschool family and they attend New Song in Edmond. Taysha has been working at the front desk for over 5 years and enjoys meeting the families and watching the students grow in their faith and artistry.
Jules Straughn received her associate degree in Music Theatre from Rose State College and her bachelor’s degree in Dance Performance from the University of Central Oklahoma. She has been dancing since she was 3 years old, teaching dance since 2010, choreographing since 2012, and running her photography business since 2015. She is deeply passionate about the arts—particularly musical theatre/theatre, dance, choreography, dance film, and photography.
Katie Van Slooten
Courtney Voight
Katie's family has been a part of Reclaiming Arts since August 2019, and she has been on staff since August 2021 when she became a member of front desk staff. In February of 2024, she took on the role of Operations Manager. She enjoys working behind the scenes to serve our families and is always seeking ways to improve processes and make Reclaiming Arts a blessing to our students and their families.
Katie homeschools her 7 children, and 3 are currently students at RA. She has been married to her husband, Chris, for 20 years and they attend Faith Bible Church. When not at the studio or at the soccer fields, Katie and her family love to camp and be outside as much as possible.
This will be Courtney's first season helping out at the front desk. Her daughter, Hallie, has been dancing for 6 years and will be starting her 3rd season at RA. Courtney danced for about 26 years, graduated from UCO with a dance degree, and founded Perpetual Motion Modern Dance Oklahoma, Inc. She loves being involved in the Dance world in anyway she can!
Contact Us
(405) 870-3050
312 South Coltrane , Edmond OK 73034