RICKEY PHOUMMANY

Director of Dance

Mr.  Phoummany established the Adamson Dance Program in the 2014-2015 school year. He is currently going on his 5th year as the Director of Dance, 4th year as the Leopardette Drill Team Director, 3rd year as the Adamson Dance Company Director and the former Director of the Borealis Colorguard the past 4 years.

He is originally from Watauga, TX a little suburb outside of Fort Worth, TX, where he graduated from Haltom High School and was involved in numerous of extra-curricular activities and organizations.

Mr. Phoummany graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Minor in Education.

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While at Tech, he was a member and served as President of the University Dance Company where he learned from Ailey II and Pilobolus professional dance companies. He was also a performer and choreographer for Texas Tech’s Hip Hop Team; Dancers With Soul and also performed with Ballet Lubbock a pre-professional school in the Nutcracker and Cinderella. He also performed in numerous of musicals and served as dance captain with Lubbock Moonlight Musicals.

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Mr. Phoummany was selected to represent Texas Tech University Dance Program at the American College Dance Festival in Las Cruces, New Mexico and Laredo, Texas and his final choreography piece was chosen to be performed amongst his professor’s at DanceTech; Artisrty in Motion.

He also served with the Texas Tech University Student Government Association as Senator for the Visual and Performing Arts. He also served as a board member and morale captain for RaiderThon, known as a Dance Marathon benefiting the Children's Miracle Network. He was a member of the Texas Tech Men’s Chorus known as the Matador Singers and also a part of the Zeta Pi chapter of the Sigma Nu Fraternity.

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Mr. Phoummany has choreographed for numerous high school show choirs, dance programs, drill teams, and performed professionally here in DFW in numerous local theatre companies and entertainment companies and has even been a Column Awards final nominee for the Chita Rivera Male Dancer Award! Along with teaching he is still singing, dancing, and choreographing all over the nation.