The Pure Water School of Dance Now Open in the Northrup King Building
Beverly Tipton Hammond of the Tipton Hammond Arts Gallery (formerly Berries on the Vine) recently announced the opening of The Pure Water School of Dance, located in Suite 261 in the Northrup King Building.
Summer Session 2021 Class Schedule:
Beverly Tipton Hammond is an ordained minister, choreographer, actress, singer, and songwriter. She began dancing at the age of 5 at the Washington School of Ballet. She continued her training as dance major at SUNY Purchase, where she studied, Graham, Limon, and Cunningham modern technique. Beverly has danced with the Baltimore Dance Theatre, Eva Anderson, the Cultural Arts Institute, Deborah London, and the Turn Out dance Company, Vanessa Jackson Johnson.
In Minnesota she studied at the Children’s Theatre in Minneapolis and the Minnesota Dance Theatre. She founded the Kingdom Dance Ministry in 1996 and opened the first Pure Water School in Baltimore in 2012. Since moving to Minnesota in 2016, she has become a member of Theatre 55 and opened an art gallery with her husband A. Drew Hammond in NE Minneapolis. Now as a resident of Minnesota, she is laying a new foundation for this school. Ballet and Modern Dance will be offered for students ages 5 to adult!