About Us!
Founded in the spring of 2006, Artistry In Motion Inc. is a studio filled with creative expression, love of children and love of the arts. We are about more than dance… we are about building character and enhancing lives in all of our students, and we are happy to say we have successfully completed our fourth year of business, and are looking forward to the future and what it holds for us!

We are focused on a wide variety of dance ranging in ages 3 thru adult in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Lyrical, Pointe and Modern. We have a high volume of creative movement and combination classes for children ages 3-6 years old. Zumba as well as adult ballet/modern classes are new to our studio this year for the fitness lover.We are also pleased to announce that we have started competition teams, with our Emeralds, Sapphires, and Diamonds Competitng several times a year. We take pride in our business and take the education of dance with our children as well as with our staff very seriously.

The Studio also has a dance clothing boutique. You can find a wide variety of styles in shoes, tights, Leos, skirts, shirts, pants, and bags. We also supply Artistry In Motion Apparel. We have a VIP (Very Important Parents) viewing room where parents may sit and watch class.

We are located in Postal Square (behind the post office) at 2706 Commercial Way Rock Springs WY 82901. To receive more information regarding our classes please call 307-382-8989, we look forward to hearing from you.

Happy Dancing!!

About Our Staff!
Laura Doak – Founder/Owner/Instructor –

Laura started her dance education at the age of 6 after moving to Rock Springs Wyoming with her family from Missouri. She studied with numerous local studies such as Jazzins, The Dance Patch, and Lippicolo School of Dance. During that time she traveled to numerous dance conventions and competitions (Tremaine, Dance Educators of America, USA Dance Camps, and Precision Dance Camps) and took classes from Master Dance Instructors such as Joe Tremaine, Marcea Lane, Barry Lather, Doug Caldwell, Gus Giordano, Al Gilbert, Greg Russell, Rosemarie Boyden, and Julie Stevens. She continued to pursue dance into High School and College where she received an Associates Degree in Education. She coaches the local Tiger Rhythm High School Dance Team, which she enjoys very much since starting the position in 2002. During her nine years with the team they have received numerous awards and trophies in competition including their State Championship win at the Wyoming State High School Dance Competition in 2007. She continues to educate herself in dance, “As you can never stop learning and growing”, just traveling to Boston, MA to attend Rhee Golds Dance Life Teacher Conference. She is very passionate about dance and children and has truly found her calling in life. She has been married for 13 years to her wonderful husband Brett, and has two fabulous sons, Braden 9 and Colton 4.

Sheri Lewis – Founder/Owner/Business Manager -
Sheri moved to Wyoming in the early 80’s with her family from Missouri. She has a background in Business Management, and wears many hats in the dance studio. You can find Sheri, answering phones, ordering for the Boutique, Costume orders, Paying Bills, Registering Students, and assisting in tots classes. Sheri has a love of children and enjoys working side by side with her Niece Laura. Sheri has been married to her husband Jeff for 25 years and they have three amazing daughters; Shandra, Leslie and Nicole. She also has three beautiful granddaughters; Shelby, Taylor and Aubrey.

Dawn Crawford – Instructor
Dawn Sheree Crawford began her dance training at the age of 8 in Grand Junction, Colorado at Mesa State College. Some classes taken include ballet, jazz, modern and tap. Dawn participated in many summer workshops where different forms of dance were experienced. The workshops brought various guest artists from different parts of the country helping her to add new and exciting forms of dance into her repertoire of movement. Throughout all of her years of dance training, however, ballet remained constant. Each semester concluded with a dance concert where students choreographed and performed original pieces. Dawn performed in numerous dance concerts both as a child and then later as an adult.

Dawn’s main ballet instructor, Ann Sanders, retired from Mesa State College in June of 2005 after 35 years as their Director of Dance and Creator and Artistic Director for the Mesa Repertory Dance Program. Dawn attributes her adherence to and respect for ballet technique necessities to Ms. Sanders. Another main influence came from Miss Dale Lee Niven, a guest artist brought in several times for the summer workshops. This is where she received her love for modern dance. Summer guest artists also included her sister and brother-in-law, Karen and Jef Horne, member of Ballet El Paso, who now own and run a dance studio in Fallon, Nevada.

Missing only two years for purposes of school cheerleading and high school musicals where she used her choreography skills, Dawn’s training was constant for over 10 years. During the summer of her 16th year, Dawn took classes with member of Ballet El Paso in Texas. Years before, Dawn was also able to take a few classes with her sister at the University of Utah.

Dawn continued performing with the Mesa State Repertory Dance Company while she was a student there after graduating high school. After she married, Dawn taught a year of Musical Theater for Mesa State College where she worked with children from ages 5 through 12 on singing and choreography. Dawn has experience choreographing for many performances, including, her high school jazz choir and musicals, church musicals and many other productions. Dawn also taught for over 3 years for Lorrie Revelli at the Dance Connection. As a pre-school teacher at the Children’s School where she taught with Teacher Cheri for 8 years, she involved singing and dancing wherever she could. While one of Dawn’s focuses throughout her life has been in the arts and has been lucky to continue teaching in that area, her husband, Kevin and her four children, Jonathon, Sierra, Ally and Carly remain her main focus.