Stage up to 24ftx16ft
Stage up to 24ftx16ft
Options for tiered seating or floor tables
Options for tiered seating or floor tables
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Lobby

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Lobby Entrance Hallway Venue Bathroom #1 Big Room Ladies Room

Lobby

Beautiful lobby with kitchen

  • 3 bay commercial sink
  • Large refrigerator
  • 3 Floor drains
  • Grease trap
  • Hand washing sink
  • (No hood)

Entrance

Black and White checkered floor 😍
Beautiful chandelier!
24hr monitoring system by Point Monitor Corporation with intercom!

Hallway

Beautiful original floor refinished to shine again! 😍

Venue Bathroom #1

ADA Accessible with baby changing table

Big Room

Big Open Room!
Lots of Options!

Ladies Room

1 ADA and 3 regular stalls
Has baby changing table and two sinks

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⬇️ The Owners ⬇️

Brent Kehoe

Heartland
& GP Vitality
(Co-Owner)

Brent's Bio

Brent Kehoe

Heartland Academy
of Dance & Theatrics
(Co-Owner) & Operations
Classes:
Pre-Advanced,
Pre-Pointe,
Advanced + Pointe,
Acro & Tumbling,
Partnering (Pas de Deux)

Brent grew up training in both dance and martial arts. Other dance styles included folk dancing and clogging. Brent has a musical theatre background, having performed in numerous productions around Southern Oregon.

In 2013 Brent received his Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Dance Education from Cornish College of the Arts, in Seattle WA.
In College Brent studied in many areas of body mechanics and dance technique – from Ballet, Modern, Modern & Ballet Partnering, Lyrical, Contemporary to Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis, Feldenkrais, Kinesiology, Pilates mat work, Dance Teaching Fundamentals and more.
During his Junior year, Brent was employed with the Merce Cunningham Trust under direction of Patricia Lent and performed in the popular Cunningham MinEvent Series, which performed at the Paramount Theaters, Seattle Arts Museum, and ACT Theater.

In 2013, Brent had the honor of dancing Patricia Hon’s Original work of “Destination Unknown”, Choreography for Zeks Yiddishe Lider un Tantz from The Golem by Betty Olivero. Performing at the Music of Remembrance concert suite in downtown Seattle.

While in Seattle, Brent collaborated and performed in many Choreographer Showcases for the 501(c)3 non-profit organization Men In Dance – Against the grain.

In 2014, Brent had the honor of premiering and collaborating a new work for Catapult Dance, which performed at the Broadway Performance Hall and surrounding Washington area.

Brent’s has been employed as “Guest Artist” and “Guest Choreographer” for many dance studios over the years and has performed in over 18 Nutcrackers. Brent feels blessed to have worked with such amazing companies as Bainbridge Ballet, Blue Heron Dance Studio, Velocity Dance Center, Dance Fremont, Century Ballroom and much more.

Brent is an American Ballet Theatre Certified Teacher, Pre-Primary through Level 3 of the ABT National Training Curriculum. 

Brent has studied and taught in Ohad Naharin’s GagaLabs, Gaga/people and has performed in Ohad Naharin’s Echad Mi Yodea.

In the Grants Pass Community, Brent has Choreographed for many local theaters such as the GPHS Theatre Arts, Rogue Music Theatre, One Eleven Evelyn Theatre, Barnstormers, Stillpoint Dance Studio, and Heartland Dance Studio.

Co-Owner of Heartland Academy of Dance & Theatrics, Brent loves directing Annual Fairytale Dance Recitals with his wonderful wife Laurel Kehoe. Performing at the Grants Pass Vitality for Winter & GPHS Performing Arts Center in June.

Past Fairytale Dance Recitals
-Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2018)
-Pinocchio (2019)
-Cinderella (2021)
-The Brave Tin Soldier (2022)
-The Grant Sisters & The Griffins Riddle (2023)
– The Grant Sisters & The Magic Lamp (2024)
– The Grant Sister & The Enchanted Mirror

Laurel Kehoe

Heartland
& GP Vitality
(Co-Owner)

Laurel's Bio

Laurel Kehoe

Heartland Academy
of Dance & Theatrics
(Co-Owner) & Dance Mistress
Classes:
Creative Movement
Beginning Level 2
Intermediate
Pre-Advanced
Pre-Pointe, Advanced + Pointe
Adult Beginning Ballet
Adult Advanced + Pointe

Laurel Kehoe began attending dance classes at three years old, and has been dancing ever since. Dance styles studied include Ballet, Modern, Lyrical, Jazz, and Contemporary, as well as all American Ballroom dance styles, and quite a variety of Folk Dancing.

Laurel has a significant amount of acting experience as well; She started with Heartland’s Family Theatre summer workshops, performing in their Frog Prince, The Patchwork Girl of Oz, and Alice In Wonderland. She has now been involved in community theatre since the ‘90s, and has been directing Heartland’s annual fairytale dance recitals since 2018.  Laurel has choreographed for several community theatre productions, such as Grease, Chicago (Connect the Dots Theatre Company), Alice in Wonderland (Human Circus Mask Co.), The Hobbit (Barnstormer’s Theater), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Rogue Music Theater), as well as multiple productions with Stardust Repertory Theatre.

Laurel has now been dancing for over thirty years, and teaching for over twenty. Her first instructing position was at Club Northwest – teaching Beginning Ballet & Jazz classes, for students ages 4 through 12. She trained with Nancy Gordon for a number of years, enjoying private lessons in Dance, Acting, and Teaching Fundamentals. Laurel has completed the Basic Pointe Shoe Fitter Training program with The Pointe Shop/Josephine Lee, and is working towards becoming a certified pointe shoe fitter.

In the professional field, Laurel has worked in management for over ten years. She has been the Operations Manager for the Seattle JoAnn Fabric & Craft (Store #1711), Packaging Manager for The Fremont UPS Store, Production Manager for Cary’s of Oregon, and Administrative/Registration Manager for The Good Earth Organics just to name a few. She has now branched out into bookkeeping and owning businesses.

Laurel loves including imagery and anatomical information to help the dancers find and use the correct muscles from the beginning. She finds great joy in seeing her students progress and encouraging their love of dance as an art form

Ruth Sears

GP Vitality
(Co-Owner)

Ruth's Bio

Dedicated to giving back!!

Ruth Sears 

Ruth has also been an active member of Josephine County Search & Rescue, since 2003, serving as a Ground Searcher, Rope Rescue Team, and Training Committee. Ruth is an instructor for the Oregon State Sheriff’s Academy.

Ruth has also been involved in various aspects of theater, throughout her life, first at Stanford University, and later working as the costumer for several productions with the Santa Cruz Children’s Theater.

Ruth’s education includes a Supervisor’s Certificate from the Playcentre Association of New Zealand  — comparable to a degree in Early Childhood Education/ Child Behavior, here.  Ruth was the Head Teacher/Supervisor of the Picton, Marlborough, Playcenter for five years.

Upon returning to the US, Ruth went back to college in Santa Cruz, CA, studying earth sciences. 

Moving to Josephine County, OR, in 1992, Ruth became involved with Heartland Dance Studio, then under the direction of founder, Nancy Gordon.  Ruth and her five children have all been involved in local dance and theater, over the past 25 years, at Heartland, Stillpoint, Barnstormers, RMT, One Eleven, Stardust, and Connect the Dots.

Ruth Sears has been dancing since childhood.  She did Balkan and Israeli folk dancing, from age 8-18,  performing at various events throughout the San Fransisco Bay Area.

Ruth started ballet at the late age of 17, and has basically never stopped.  She is also a square dancer.

 

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