L. BROOKE SCHLECTE is the artistic director of Out On a Limb Dance Company. Her repertory ranges from solo to group work and has been performed in many settings in the Texas region. Schlecte holds a M.F.A. in Dance from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas as well as, a B.F.A. in Dance from the University of Texas at Austin. She studied with Yacov Sharir, Lyn Wiltshire (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre), Holly Williams (Mark Morris Dance Group), Sarah Gamblin (BeBe Miller Company), as well as professional choreographers such as Michael Foley, Vincent Mantsoe, and she performed in two of Doug Elkins’ works. Schlecte’s performances include a solo dance for camera film, we all fall down, by choreographer/director Rachel Bruce Johnson, screened at the Film Fatale Festival in Fort Worth, Texas and Screen Door in Austin, Texas. She also received the privilege to perform at the American College Dance Festival’s Gala in the spring of 2007 in her co-performance and choreographic work entitled She Drew a Picture of a Whale. She has also choreographed for the Kilgore College Rangerettes and provided a lecture demonstration/master class and performance for the Kilgore College dance department. In addition to Schlecte’s extensive choreography and performance work, she teaches dance in higher education. She is currently adjunct faculty at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, working with the dance minors and Baylor Dance Company. Mrs. Schlecte views dance as an agent to communicate, change, develop, and understand the complexities of human nature. She is most passionate about how choreography as greatly enhanced her understanding of life and how these choreographic ideas have the ability transcend from reality and percolate in the minds of those who view it.

Sarah Newton is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Sam Houston State University where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance.  While in the Houston area, Sarah danced with Kista Tucker Dance Company. Mrs. Newton was invited to perform and speak on the importance of dance education at the 2005 Alpha Chi National Honor Society convention in St. Louis, Missouri. Mrs. Newton is currently a candidate for the Master of Fine Arts degree in Dance from Texas Woman's University.  She has done extensive performing including a solo choreographed by Dr. Linda Caldwell that was performed at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2007, the MAMandSCHLECTE dance concert in Plano, TX, March 2007, a solo by Jeanne S. Mam performed at the NOTcracker in Fort Worth Texas 2006, and a number of other performances at Texas Woman's University. Mrs. Newton is passionate about the possibilities of the dance frontier; as dance maintains important traditions, but keeps a focused eye on the possibilities of the future.

Brazie Adamez at a very young age was involved with many different dance and athletic activities. In her high school years, she was drawn to drill team which inevitably led to her being a part of the world famous Kilgore College Rangerettes. As a Rangerette and Rangerette officer, Mrs. Adamez traveled and performed in Ireland and Washington, DC.  After Kilgore, she continued her studies with dance at the University of Texas at Austin where she received her B.A. She also received intense training from progressive individuals in the field such as contemporary (Yacov Sharir), ballet (David Justin), pilates (Andrea Beckham), pedagogy, and choreography (Kent de Spain). She was also an active member of the UT Dance Department’s performance group. Upon graduation, Mrs. Adamez became the Director of Dance at McCallum High School’s Fine Arts Academy in Austin.  Recently, she has taught and choreographed for various high schools and colleges throughout Texas and she currently is teaching for McCallum High Schools dance department. Mrs. Adamez is continuing her performing career, most recently with the Austin-based performance and media company, Yellow Tape Construction Company, in But, I Could Do That. Mrs. Adamez believes that dance is not only a form of expression to portray particular emotions, moreover she views dance as means to expose these emotions in a healthy and therapeutic way.

Katie Lane is currently working towards her B.A. in Dance from Texas Woman’s University and is interested in teaching the public school systems upon graduation.  Ms. Lane was the Kilgore College Rangerette Captain and Swingster from 2002-2004.  Ms. Lane has done extensive performance work at the Dallas Bath House, Dance for the Planet, MAMandSCHLECTE dance, and various other performances, residencies and lecture demonstrations around DFW and the country. She has studied with Melissa Young in the Horton Technique, who graduated from The Alvin Ailey School and currently dances with Dallas Black Dance Company. Ms. Lane has also been a guest artist for dance workshops in many camps around Texas as well as served as a college assistant for at the TDEA convention in Houston. She also works for American Dance and Drill Team School and surrounds herself with dance communities who are passionate about learning about the modern dance world.  Being involved with these communities accelerates her passion for not only her own experience as a dancer and performer but also inspires her to share these experiences to others. 

Lexie Eppley is from Lufkin, Texas where she began dancing at the age of four and has studied ballet, jazz, tap, clogging, hip-hop, modern. Ms. Eppley performed as a Kilgore College Rangerette, serving as Lieutenant and Swingster. She has done extensive performing in places such as the The Black Tie and Boots Inaugural Ball, Dance for the Planet, MAMandSCHLECTE dance, Dallas Dance Visual Outburst concert, as well as numerous Rangerette and Texas Woman’s University performances. Ms. Eppley has studied under Stephanie Milling-Robbins (Dayton Ballet and Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company) and Sarah Gamblin (Bebe Miller Company). Currently, she is a candidate for a B.A. in Dance. Ms. Eppley seeks to provide audiences with an experience as well as a new understanding of dance as an art form through her investment in and passion for performance and choreography.

Jessica Rosenberger began dancing at the age of thirteen where she studied primarily ballet and jazz dance techniques. She was an active member of the Tyler Civic Ballet (2002 -2003) and attended dance intensives with Ballet Austin and Amanda Edge (New York City Ballet). Mrs. Rosenberger attended Kilgore College where she served as a member and officer of the world famous Rangerettes. During her time as a Rangerette, Mrs. Rosenberger traveled to Mexico as well as Washington D.C where she performed for the Presidential Black Tie and Boot’s Ball. Jessica has studied under artists such as Tena Scalco Vogel, Sarah Gamblim (BeBe Miller Company) and Melissa Young (Dallas Black Dance Theater). Mrs. Rosenberger is certified in Piyo, an unique blend of Pilates and Yoga and is currently a candidate for her B.A. in Dance at Texas Woman’s University. Mrs. Rosenberger is inspired by the power of performance and how transits certain emotions that can only be done so by the medium of dance.

Rachel Bruce Johnson with Bell House Productions:
Company Photographer and Guest Choreographer

Rachel Bruce Johnson has worked as a soloist, choreographer, and filmmaker for various companies across the U.S. and abroad. Her work garnished such critical comments as "captivating" and "quirky yet satisfying" and was included in the acclaimed premiere of the New Genre Festival presented by the Living Arts Council of Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Ms. Johnson has her M.F.A in Performance and Choreography from Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas. As an MFA student, she was particularly interested in performance process and in creating work for the dance for camera genre. She has recently worked with the Dance Program at Unitec College in Auckland, New Zealand to facilitate the development
online exchanges between dance institutions. Currently, she is collaborating with New Zealand choreographer Paul Young in an exchange dealing with envisioning the body from performance to dance for camera through geographical and cultural shifts.

Jen Gray has been dancing for almost twenty years. She was on high school drill team in Houston, served as Kilgore College Rangerette, Swingster, and Lieutenant. She has a B.S. in Kinesiology from The University of North Texas and a M.A. in Dance from Texas Woman’s University. During her two years at TWU, her passion for drill team developed even more as the discipline of dance became more apparent to her. Currently, Jen is a high school drill team director and it is there where her students give her the perseverance and inspiration of what drill team is and can become.