Miriam Morgan
Director, Lead Teacher
In 1993, Miriam walked into her first ballet class, wearing a pink tutu, sparkly tights, and bedazzled house slippers. The excitement she felt that first day still fills her every time she walks into a studio! It was there when she joined her first ballet company, Praise in Motion, as an invitational apprentice at age 11 and again when she joined the senior company at 14. She gleefully accepted her first teaching role at Eastside School of Ballet at age 18, and began choreographing at 19. She was honored to direct her own pre-professional company MOVE: a body, where her students had the opportunity to perform around the nation and assisted Miriam in teaching dance in impoverished communities. Using dance to make a difference has been the cornerstone of her training and work. Miriam was a founding member of Advocate Arts, a professional contemporary company, where she taught company class, directed the apprentice company, and performed in works that told stories of victims caught in human-trafficking and childhood abuse.
Miriam moved to Durango from her hometown of Atlanta, GA in 2014. She is blessed to be on life’s journey with her husband Daniel and their two dogs, Hotch and Mose.
Director, Lead Teacher
In 1993, Miriam walked into her first ballet class, wearing a pink tutu, sparkly tights, and bedazzled house slippers. The excitement she felt that first day still fills her every time she walks into a studio! It was there when she joined her first ballet company, Praise in Motion, as an invitational apprentice at age 11 and again when she joined the senior company at 14. She gleefully accepted her first teaching role at Eastside School of Ballet at age 18, and began choreographing at 19. She was honored to direct her own pre-professional company MOVE: a body, where her students had the opportunity to perform around the nation and assisted Miriam in teaching dance in impoverished communities. Using dance to make a difference has been the cornerstone of her training and work. Miriam was a founding member of Advocate Arts, a professional contemporary company, where she taught company class, directed the apprentice company, and performed in works that told stories of victims caught in human-trafficking and childhood abuse.
Miriam moved to Durango from her hometown of Atlanta, GA in 2014. She is blessed to be on life’s journey with her husband Daniel and their two dogs, Hotch and Mose.
Bailey Barnes-Fagg
Music
Bailey graduated from UNC Greeley with her B.A. in Music Education in 2010. Since 2014, she has been teaching K-5 general music at Animas Valley Elementary. She is also a voice/choral instructor at The Stillwater Foundation and a member of the Stillwater adult a cappella group, the Durangatones. Bailey is active in the 4 Corners American Orff Association and the Durango 9R Arts Curriculum Council. She is certified as a Level I Orff instructor, with a passion for including creation, movement, singing and playing instruments in her music instruction. In addition to music instruction, Bailey has extensive performance experience, including two European tours with the German opera company, Opera Classica Europa. Since traveling throughout the Americas, Bailey has cultivated a passion for latin music and cultures; she is also fluent in Spanish.
Music
Bailey graduated from UNC Greeley with her B.A. in Music Education in 2010. Since 2014, she has been teaching K-5 general music at Animas Valley Elementary. She is also a voice/choral instructor at The Stillwater Foundation and a member of the Stillwater adult a cappella group, the Durangatones. Bailey is active in the 4 Corners American Orff Association and the Durango 9R Arts Curriculum Council. She is certified as a Level I Orff instructor, with a passion for including creation, movement, singing and playing instruments in her music instruction. In addition to music instruction, Bailey has extensive performance experience, including two European tours with the German opera company, Opera Classica Europa. Since traveling throughout the Americas, Bailey has cultivated a passion for latin music and cultures; she is also fluent in Spanish.