About Us

Fall 2007 Instructors

Alana Grunspan, Ballet Program Director
Alana has extensive experience teaching Pre-Ballet, Intermediate to
Advanced Ballet, Tap & Jazz. She also has experience in choreography and
practices development techniques in her curriculum. Alana works with all
age groups and has completed her certification with Dance Masters of
America for classes in Ballet and Jazz. She has taught at local dance
studios for the past 3 years and began her teaching experience in her home
town of Rochester, New York. Alana has also performed in the San Antonio
Ballet Opera and has been accepted to perform with several professional
performing arts companies.

Mallory Miller, Dance Team Instructor
Mallory has 14 years of dance experience. She is attending the University of
Texas at San Antonio. Mallory is a former Dance Team Member at Churchill
High School and has been the Lead Dance Team Director and
choreographer for the Cynergy Dance Team since the Spring of 2005.
Mallory teaches Ballet, Tap, Hip Hop, Jazz and the Precision Leaps and
Turns class which prepares students for high school dance team tryouts and
performances. Mallory is the lead instructor for Cynergy's Advanced Dance
Teams. Her exceptional choreography, experience and hard work resulted
in leading the 2005-2006 Cynergy Dance Team with two 1st Place Gold
Awards and a judges 1st place overall in the Showstopper's Regional
Dance Team Competition and two 1st Place Gold and a special judges
award for "Sassiest Style" in the 2006 and 1st Place Golds in the 2007
Starbound Regional Dance Talent Competitions.

~Samara~, Beginning Egyptian Belly Dance Instructor
Samara is a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and has taught Egyptian
Belly Dance instruction for the last couple of years. She has performed at
various events to include the Holland Area Arts Council fund raising event
and the Mezze Cafe in Grand Rapids. Samara has ballet, jazz, gymnastics
and cheerleading training. She is also a graduate of Western Michigan
University.

Avery Kotzur, Dance Instructor
Avery is a Senior at Reagan High School. She is a Lt. Col. for the Reagan
Diamond Dancers and has ten years of dance experience. Avery is an
amazingly talented dancer and is teaching Lyrical Modern, Jazz, Creative
Dance, Ballet-Tap. She is also the Jr. Cynergy Dance Team Instructor.

Rosa Mall, Flamenco & Folkloric Instructor
Rosa begin her study of "Folkloric" dance at the National School of Dance in
Mexico City. She has 38 years of teaching experience in the private sector
as well as working with School Districts. She publishes a community
newspaper titled, "Folkloric", which is based on the Arts. Aside from teaching,
Rosa focuses on multi-media presentations and radio programming. She is
also an a costume designer and independent business owner. Rosa Mall is
also a retired NCO wife and stays active in the military community.

Kimberly Martin, Marketing & Special Events Program Manager
Kimberly has been involved with Cynergy Dance Company for the past two
years. Her love of dance is fulfilled by assisting the studio with her creative
and artistic talents. She is also currently the Program Manager for the
Epilepsy Foundation Central & South Texas where she assists with a vast
number of special events & seminars.

Owner & Program Director

Cynthia Plumas founded Cynergy Dance Company in July 2003. At the early
age of five, she began ballet, tap, jazz and baton twirling class in her home
town of Port Lavaca, Texas. Through the years, Cynthia continued to
develop her dance experience and passion for performing in numerous
school and city wide events. Cynthia also led her high school dance/drill
team as Captain for two years. Her dance talent also became an asset in
many childhood pageants, talent shows and dance competitions. While
attending college at Southwest Texas State University, Cynthia joined the
honorable Strutter Drill Team organization. She graduated in 1993 with a
Bachelor of Business Administration in Management.

For the past four years, Cynthia has challenged her talents and charisma with
a dual career as a banking professional and small business owner. Her goal
is to continue to build her business and her dance education by providing a
versatile and unequivocal dance program suitable for students of all ages in
order to help them reach their individual goals, gain self-confidence and
provide them with an enjoyable and energetic dance experience. Cynthia
enjoys reaching out to the community in any way possible. Cynthia has
volunteered in several community events and is a supporter of the San
Antonio United Way Program. Cynthia has been a pageant mentor and was
also selected to judge the Miss San Antonio Teen Pageants in 2004 and
2006 and the 2007 San Antonio Jam Fest Dance competition. She is
currently the Choreographer for Special Events and teaches Adult Jazz and
Salsa classes.

Kimberly Olivarez, Dance Instructor
Kimberly has over 7 years of dance and teaching experience. She teaches
jazz, hip-hop, ballet, leap and turns. She is a former dance team member at
Churchill High School. Kimberly has danced for the WNBA Silver Stars team
during the 2003-2004 season and was also a member of the San Antonio
Spurs Dance Team during the 2004-2007 seasons. She was selected
nation wide to represent the San Antonio Spurs for the first ever 2007 NBA
All-Star dance team in Las Vegas. Kimberly has danced with Will Smith,
Bryan Adams, Laurie Ann Gibson, Frankie J., Paula Dianda, Clay Walker,
and along side Christina Aguilera. Kimberly also coached the Dance Team
at Antonian College Preparatory High School during the 2006-2007 school
year.