Sarah started her training with classical ballet at Alberta Ballet school, Edmonton School of Ballet, Grant McEwan College, Royal Winnipeg Ballet all in professional programs since the age of 5. Summers were spent training at the Edge and Tremaine in LA and competing in the United States every year. She has taken ballet exams in Cecchetti, RAD and I.S.T.D. finishing with taking her Intermediate Cecchetti, Advanced RAD, Advanced I.S.T.D.  and Associate of I.S.T.D. with Distinction. She also has extensive training in the Vaganova method studying with several Russian ballet teachers. 

Sarah has also trained and has examinations in Al Gilbert and I.S.T.D.Tap, Jazz, Modern, Hip-Hop, Variety, Musical Theatre and Ballroom. She is also a classically trained pianist having her grade 10 Royal Conservatory as well as performing in numerous venues and concerts including many solo recitals. 

Sarah has also modeled and acted, appearing in many local and national television commercials as well as TV series for Access Network and SCTV. Sarah also danced with several recording artists including the French composer Andre Gagnon.

She first learned hip-hop in LA from the best in the industry and has continued to take classes/conventions each summer bringing students of all ages to also keep up to date with current styles. 

Sarah’s dream was to be in a ballet company and use her talents to bring her love of the magic of ballet to audiences. After spending time in the ballet company world, she noticed that world brought with it some negative consequences for dancers such as not eating a proper diet, not being treated always with kindness or working in a cold, non-creative environment, not often focusing on helping others. Sarah felt that her calling was to bring the love of dance, professional level instruction, performance opportunities and the showing of selflessness through the art form of dance to students of all ages. 

Sarah then began her planning. Ideas started with the desire to start a chain of dance studios that would have dance companies attached, all emphasizing teaching and performing dance in a healthy, positive, selfless and kind environment, offering students opportunities to experience professional performance and teaching opportunities. 

She came back from the ballet company world and started teaching at the Sherwood Park School of Dance, Step by Step, The Edmonton School of Ballet and then co-owned Dancefusion in Sherwood park. 

She also adjudicated for 5-6-7-8 Showtime dance competitions. International choreography highlights include setting main stage shows for several resorts in the Dominican Republic and Mexico.

While she was at Dancefusion, she had several advanced students training that wished to become professional dancers and professional teachers. She then opened the dance company Antigravity as well as several locations of dance studios across Alberta to make sure that these incredible students would be able to perform and teach in a diverse array of communities, spreading their love of dance to others.

She has had a youth dance company performing each year since Fame Dance Studios started in 2000. The company has performed in New York at the United Nations, has been to both Disneyland Anaheim and Disneyworld Florida numerous times, has performed both the Nutcraker and Sleeping Beauty in numerous theatres and schools bringing the joy and the beauty of classical ballet to school students. The company also performed a full production of Grease, Aladdin, Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat to name a few. She also created and produced two full productions – Soulabration – a production with a spiritual/liturgical theme and Tropicana, a light hearted comedic murder mystery. 

The company members also train in annual conventions in Las Vegas, perform at fashion shows including Western Canadian fashion week and are now producing and performing in music videos to raise awareness for multiple charity organizations including the Dream Centre in LA, Families at the Dump in Mexico and the Mustard Seed in Edmonton. 

Sarah takes tremendous pride in having trained now over 50 graduates to become successful professional dancers, dance instructors, choreographers, models, dance company and dance studio owners. One of Sarah’s latest graduates, Justin Hauber who made it into the Intensive training program at Harbour Dance – Vancouver, auditioned for Royal Carribean cruise line and was successful. He is presently performing his first contract on board! Brandon Leroy appeared in Bridal Fantasy magazine his first year after graduating from Fame and attended Talent Inc in Toronto where he won a dance scholarship as well as a full scholarship to the Talent Inc. UK conference. Keith MacAskill, another of Sarah’s graduates who only had 3 years of training with her, also successfully auditioned into the Intensive training program at Harbour, and has now performed with several different professional dance projects in Vancouver. He is excited to continue performing in the Vancouver area and one day will return to teach and share his experience. Shae Kuebler, a graduate of Sarah’s from the Sherwood Park area established his own contemporary dance company in 2004 in Vancouver – Radical System Art. Emily Noton whom Sarah also taught at Dancefusion is an instructor at Harbour in Vancouver and has performed internationally. An incredible student, Jodi Chalifoux teaches dance at Dance Unlimited in Edmonton. Sarah had the pleasure of teaching Jeff and Aleasha Gatti who now teach at Shelly’s Dance Co in Edmonton. Danielle and Jennifer Laidler now run and manage Studio Encore whom Sarah taught for many years in Lloydminster. Shelby Hager was Sarah’s student for 12 years and became a professional full-time teacher and manager within Fame. Nicole Faull after having trained with Sarah for 13 years has performed with Orchesis, U of A in Edmonton, has been a member of the Kathleen Hughes Dance Association, she has performed in several internationally acclaimed arts festivals and is now in Toronto studying with Great Moving Dancers, The Underground Dance Centre and City Dance Corps. Samuel Lundell was Sarah’s dance and piano student for 10 years studying Tap, Hip-hop and piano. He received his Grade 10 Royal Conservatory of Music with First Class Honours and now is touring, composing and recording his own gospel CD. These are just a few of the successful students that Sarah is infinitely proud of.  

She has now started a dance program & 2 dance companies (KDZ crew, DC Crew) in Los Angeles at the Dreamcentre – an incredible international organization that caters to the homeless of Los Angeles & other major cities around the world. 

Sarah’s passion for bringing kindness and positivity to her classes, her dance company members and to audiences will continue as long as she teaches and choreographs. She is very excited to combine mission work with the arts and show students and audiences how to help others and make a change in our world through dance and music. 

Robyn Langenfurth has been with Fame Dance Studios since 2008. FAME’s owner, Sarah C.R. Makins, taught Robyn in her adult professional classes & very quickly noticed in Robyn an abundance of creativity, intelligence, artistry and passion for not only the performance aspect of dance, but also the pedagogic & managerial sides. Robyn always brought a light to the stage whenever she performed – in main stage shows, competitions or fundraisers. Sarah encouraged her to add teacher training classes to her performance class schedule. Sure enough, after Miss Robyn’s first season as a dance instructor with FAME, she had an immediate fan following with students admiring her high energy, compassionate disciple, & passion for each & every class & genre of dance.

Since then, Miss Robyn has continued to flourish in performance, instruction and operations. She is part of FAME’s senior admin team, as well as costume manager, dance competition entries manager, Lloydminster studio manager & backstage manager at FAME’s main stage theatre performances. She assists in multiple other administrative tasks throughout the year.

She has taught Recreational, Performance, Company & Adult Ballroom classes in Elk Point, Cold Lake & Lloydminster. She constantly upgrades by attending annual teacher training workshops.

North American experience includes classes with Ballet Jorgen, training at Dance Educators of America in Las Vegas, training at the Edge in LA, performances in Disneyland CA, Director’s Assistant in FAME’s Disney World theatre performance & taking part in Break the Floor online convention.

In December of 2013, Robyn took some time away from teaching to start a family & continued to work behind the scenes with administration, costume management & competition entries. She began teaching Recreational classes again in 2016, & then returned in 2018 to teach Recreational, Performance & Company levels. She has her certification in Teacher Training, level 4, with Distinction. She has accreditation in 15 dance exams in tap, jazz & ballet. She has also won several top awards for her company students in both solos & groups.

Her joy comes from not only spreading the love of dance, but also to sharing love & friendship through the art of dance. She wants to constantly learn & grow along with her students on their respective dance journeys.

Robyn is very excited to start the new dance year & to reconnect with all of her past students & to meet & welcome all new students!

Brianna Martin has 23 years of dance experience in ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, contemporary, lyrical, and variety. She has taught with Fame for the last 10 years, working with students in Lloyd, Spiritwood, Elk Point, Provost, Bonnyville, & Cold Lake & producing award-winning choreographies.

In 2018, she relocated to Cold Lake so that she could focus on growing the company & performance programs there. Brianna has experience teaching all ages of recreational classes as well as junior, intermediate, and advanced levels of the company. She is certified in teacher training level 4 with Distinction & also is accredited with dance exams in ballet, jazz, and tap.

Brianna has attended many festivals, conventions, shows & classes during her years of dance. Included in those are classes with Ballet Jorgen in 2009,
the Pulse in Vegas in 2014, VIP in Calgary & Edmonton in 2014/2017/2018, classes at the Edge in LA summer 2014 & 2015, & GSP Dance Convention in 2017. She was also a guest on stage with Ballet Jorgen in 2014. During the summer of 2015, Brianna worked with the Riu Palace Resort staff in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and took part in the Royal Caribbean cruise line audition.

She has modeled in bridal shows and in Western Canadian Fashion Week in 2014 and 2015. Grease, Aladdin, and Soulabration are some of Fame’s productions that Brianna has been in, along with Fame’s The
Nutcracker tour in 2017. Brianna has also been in many of Fame’s music videos and was a part of Fame’s Dream Center LA trips in 2016, and 2017. and 2019. In the summer of 2018, Brianna attended the Dance Attack Dance Teacher Expo in Calgary. Brianna also attends annual teacher training workshops through Fame. During the COVID-19 shutdown in the spring 2020, she attended the online convention of Break The Floor from
LA.

One of her key beliefs and values is the importance of continued education, and stepping outside your comfort zone to learn something new. She is always looking for ways to expand her skill set and knowledge to bring to her students, so they can become well-rounded dancers, assistants, and future teachers.

Brianna is excited to continue to focus on her students and to watch them grow into incredible dancers & human beings!