About
KrAz Dance offers classes in tap, jazz, ballet, hip hop, and lyrical, along with the Darby’s Dancers Program. Dancers also take part in activities such as parade participation, performances and bowling with residents at the Leach Home, ringing the bell for the Salvation Army, creating and donating gifts to a family in need through the Richland Wilkin Kinship, a BINGO event, choreographing floor routines for the local gymnastics program, and mini classes at schools and daycares. The program holds an Annual Spring Recital the second weekend of May at the NDSCS Cultural Center.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
KrAz Dance was founded by Kelsey Thiele in 2019. After meeting her husband Nick Thiele in 2017, she moved to Wahpeton, North Dakota, and the K and the A in the logo are accented for her first name Kelsey and middle name Ann. Kelsey has years of training as a professional dancer, performer, teacher, and choreographer.
KrAz Dance states that it is dedicated to nurturing the passion and creativity of dancers of all ages and skill levels, with a wide range of classes including tap, jazz, ballet, and hip hop. The program offers two levels, with advanced/competition and recreational options, and the recreational program is open to all ages and all levels. KrAz Dance also offers Darby’s Dancers, a program that caters to individuals with special needs, and states that teachers get to know students on a personal level.
KrAz Dance participates in parades with dancers behind their float. A younger competition group performs and bowls with residents at the Leach Home, while other competition groups ring the bell for the Salvation Army and create and donate gifts to a family in need through the Richland Wilkin Kinship. The Fundraising Committee holds a BINGO event in the fall to support competition students, and Miss Kelsey choreographs floor routines for the local gymnastics program and makes guest appearances at schools and daycares holding mini classes.
Competition students from KrAz Dance took home two Best of Show awards, and the studio received the Top Studio Award at Masquerade Dance Competition in Grand Forks. KrAz Dance has won many choreography awards, special judges’ awards, and 1st overalls at multiple competitions, and in 2022 the studio took home the National Grand Championship Award for its Junior Hip Hop routine.
Parents describe KrAz Dance as a place where their children adore their teachers, feel welcomed as beginners and more experienced dancers, and experience organized and informative program coordination. One parent notes that her daughters have danced at KrAz for five years and that teachers believe in the students and get to know them personally. Another parent shares that her child enjoys ballet, tap, and jazz in the non-competitive program, and others mention that choreography is challenging and that both competition and recreational students enjoy their classes and teachers.
Last updated July 25, 2026.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
KrAz Dance was founded by Kelsey Thiele in 2019. After meeting her husband Nick Thiele in 2017, she moved to Wahpeton, North Dakota, and the K and the A in the logo are accented for her first name Kelsey and middle name Ann. Kelsey has years of training as a professional dancer, performer, teacher, and choreographer.
KrAz Dance states that it is dedicated to nurturing the passion and creativity of dancers of all ages and skill levels, with a wide range of classes including tap, jazz, ballet, and hip hop. The program offers two levels, with advanced/competition and recreational options, and the recreational program is open to all ages and all levels. KrAz Dance also offers Darby’s Dancers, a program that caters to individuals with special needs, and states that teachers get to know students on a personal level.
KrAz Dance participates in parades with dancers behind their float. A younger competition group performs and bowls with residents at the Leach Home, while other competition groups ring the bell for the Salvation Army and create and donate gifts to a family in need through the Richland Wilkin Kinship. The Fundraising Committee holds a BINGO event in the fall to support competition students, and Miss Kelsey choreographs floor routines for the local gymnastics program and makes guest appearances at schools and daycares holding mini classes.
Competition students from KrAz Dance took home two Best of Show awards, and the studio received the Top Studio Award at Masquerade Dance Competition in Grand Forks. KrAz Dance has won many choreography awards, special judges’ awards, and 1st overalls at multiple competitions, and in 2022 the studio took home the National Grand Championship Award for its Junior Hip Hop routine.
Parents describe KrAz Dance as a place where their children adore their teachers, feel welcomed as beginners and more experienced dancers, and experience organized and informative program coordination. One parent notes that her daughters have danced at KrAz for five years and that teachers believe in the students and get to know them personally. Another parent shares that her child enjoys ballet, tap, and jazz in the non-competitive program, and others mention that choreography is challenging and that both competition and recreational students enjoy their classes and teachers.
Last updated July 25, 2026.
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