HELLO! I'M AVERI RUTHERFORD AND AM THE FOUNDER OF IKON DANCE. GROWING UP IN A SMALL TOWN, ACCESSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME TO BECOME A BETTER DANCER WERE LIMITED. MY HOPE IS FOR IKON TO BE A TOOL THAT HELPS DANCERS LEARN AND GROW NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE AT! 

A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT ME:
I AM A GRADUATE OF SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY WHERE I RECEIVED A B.S. IN DANCE PERFORMANCE AND A B.S. IN MARKETING. THROUGHOUT MY LIFE I HAVE STUDIED JAZZ, HIP HOP, CONTEMPORARY, LYRICAL, MODERN, AND TAP. IN HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS A CHEERLEADER AND CAPTAIN OF THE DRILL TEAM. I WENT ON TO BE A MEMBER OF MY COLLEGE DANCE TEAM AND CHOREOGRAPH MANY TIMEOUT AND SPIRIT SQUAD ROUTINES FOR THEM. I HAVE BEEN TEACHING AND CHOREOGRAPHING FOR 10 YEARS AND HAVE TAUGHT ALL AGES AND LEVELS OF DANCERS ACROSS THE WEST COAST. I RECEIVED THE SUU CHOREOGRAPHY AWARD AND MY CHOREOGRAPHY WAS CHOSEN TO BE PRESENTED AT THE AMERICAN COLLEGE DANCE ASSOCIATION FESTIVAL. I HAVE CHOREOGRAPHED MULTIPLE AWARD WINNING ROUTINES AT THE STUDIO AND STATE LEVELS, AS WELL AS MULTIPLE TOP 3 FINISHES AT COLLEGIATE NATIONALS. I CURRENTLY COACH AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL AND LOVE MY DANCERS!