Our Faculty at The St. Laurent School of Dance

Director
Madame Kim St. Laurent trained in Edinburgh, Scotland, following the Royal Academy program. She won a scholarship with the Scottish Ballet Company at 13 years of age. She joined the company as a dancer at fifteen while continuing her academic studies. Following the completion of her studies she became a full-time member of the company. For several years she performed for both the Scottish Ballet Company and the Scottish Opera Company as a singer and dancer. Madame St. Laurent then joined and toured with a European Jazz company for several years.

Madame St. Laurent opened her own school of dance, catering to 3- to 18-year-old children. The St. Laurent College of Dance Studies trained dancers and teachers as part of a 3-year dance degree college course. Madame met and married an American businessman and has made her home in Hawaii. She opened The St. Laurent School of Dance in 1990.

Vocal Department
Ms. Teresa Bright is a renowned local recording artist. She has released many award-winning albums in the genre of both jazz and Hawaiian music. Ms. Bright performs regularly both here in Hawaii and in Japan. Ms. Bright has been teaching voice and ukulele for more than 10 years and has been with The St. Laurent School of Dance since 2000.

Additional Dance Faculty
Miss Bernadette Heu has been with The St. Laurent School of Dance since 1990. She continues to perform with the performing company on a regular basis, as well as fulfill her regular teaching commitments at the school.

Miss Darcey Nakago has been with The St. Laurent School of Dance for the past fifteen years. After many years of performing with The Junior Company, she is actively pursuing her teaching career, teaching many weekly classes at the school.

Meet our instructors before your first ballet class by contacting
The St. Laurent School of Dance today at (877) 856-7282 in Honolulu, Hawaii.