About
The mission of the Riverdale Ridge Dance Team is to be a positive representation in our school and out in the community, displaying school spirit, pride, and loyalty to Riverdale Ridge High School. The purpose of the dance team shall be to provide entertainment at school events, promote school spirit in all settings, to excel in academics and compete at the regional, state and national level. Participation provides opportunities for students to:
advance in their dance technique
perform and compete at local, regional, and national levels
create lifelong learners
establish leadership skills and
achieve personal growth
We are a sanctioned CHSAA sport in 5A pom, operating year round at RRHS, performing in all three sports seasons in various sporting, school, and community events.
Brittany Hussmann, Varsity Head Coach
Brittany started dancing at the age of five and immediately fell in love with dance! Her training background consists of ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, pom, and hip hop. She then joined her high school varsity dance team, the Flower Mound Rosettes as a freshman and was a member for four years. Her senior year she served as a captain. After high school, she went University of North Texas where she studied dance and hospitality management. While at UNT Brittany cheered professionally for two years with the Allen Americans Ice Angels as well as with the Texas Revolution Arena Football. Brittany started teaching and coaching in 2012 in Texas before moving to Colorado! Coach Brittany has been with the Ravens Dance Team for the past 4 seasons.
Outside of dancing, Brittany and her husband are exploring Colorado! We have three dogs, Gauge, Stella, and Leia.
Kristin Walp, JV Head Coach
Kristin is from the DC area, and is new to Colorado! She has over 20 years of dance experience from ballet to pom! She is a college graduate from West Virginia University, where she was also a part of the West Virginia University Dance Team for 4 years. She has previous coaching experience with a middle school dance team and was an assistant coach for Catholic University Dance Team as well! We are so excited to welcome her to our family! She assists both teams but does focus on the JV team. She shares our passion for dance and overall fitness and health! She currently works as a CPA here in the Denver area and she is also the coach of our Mini Ravens Dance Team!
Kristin is exploring Colorado and is loving it here! She also loves to spend time with her cat, Emmy.
2023-2024 ~ Varsity Dance Team
Trinity Cummings (Soph), Hailey Morris (Jr), Malone Stadler (Jr), Malaiya Jackson (Jr), Sienna Maldonado-Harrison (Sr), Coach Brittany, Samantha Espinoza (Sr), LaRae Algiene-Lucero (Sr), Kaylie Bersano, (Soph), Isabelle Hinh (Jr), Bailey Moore (Soph)
2023-2024 ~ Junior Varsity Dance Team
Adelyna Venegas (Fr), Eleanna Garcia (Soph), Catie Kelley (Soph), Peyton Wuthrich (Fr), Natalia Nylander (Fr), Addison Goering (Soph) Annelise Gustin (Soph) Hannah Pevler (Soph), Abby Perkins (Fr)