Tempo Temperaments

About Us

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Kimberley West, Founder

Kimberley West, a proud Swing/Salsa, is the founder of Tempo Temperaments, which is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Kimberley has been delighting audiences for years teaching people the empowering knowledge of understanding personality styles. She is the only person to use music/ballroom dance and animated characters in her creative keynotes and seminars.

Kimberley has a background in teaching, counseling, finance, and marketing. She has been awarded an inclusion in Who's Who in the West for being the only woman and youngest executive of AM International, a former Fortune 500 company. (Something a typical Salsa would do at only 26!)

"I speak occasionally now while I am focused on creating a new on-line personality assessment that involves a game-like animated map user interface. I am open to partners for this new venture franchise brand development. Other products in development: books, DVDs, CDs, speaker training, and other fun items," she said.

She is an involved person who likes to help her community and bring people together. She is a former Tournament of Roses member, FAME choir member, South African ballroom dance advocate, SAG-AFTRA member, and comedy traffic school instructor.

 "Kimberley has an ability to challenge, charm, and care simultaneously.She sets high standards for herself that generates high creativity and integrity." Andrew Whaling, MFCC Director, A Center for Singles

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We are in an exciting time for Tempo Temperaments™ and are looking for a few key partners. We are open to relationships with authors/speakers and business executives who share our passion of uniting diverse groups through understanding the different personality temperament styles. (See Partner Opportunity for more details.)

Tempo Temperaments was born between The Music Man Square in Mason City, Iowa (hometown of the Music Man Meredith Willson) and the historic Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa (Buddy Holly's last concert site.)
Our company is an innovative "edutainment" firm that specializes in teaching personality styles in a unique way by using animation and music/ballroom dance. Founder Kimberly West says, "I taught and studied personality styles for years, but it wasn't until I moved back to my family's hometown (the real-life River City, Iowa) and was surrounded by music that I put the two together!"
"Kimberley is refreshing, full of integrity, insightful, and enlightening which shines through her actions and words." C. Herman, M'Lady Group

Tragedy to triumph-conquer disabling car accident
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Click for personal BIO -- Iowa disability grant recepient
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Included in Who's Who in the West
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Tournament of Roses Alumni

FW de Klerk & KWest share her charity event
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former South African Pres. and 1993 Nobel Peace Prize winner

Read newspaper story on Kimberley's South African Ballroom Dance event--and meeting F.W. de Klerk

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Vic in his website

Vic Lockman -- Illustrator/Cartoonist of The Purrsonalities

We are very lucky that Vic is still making wonderful custom cartoons. His background includes drawing Disney comic books and he is the creator of "Moby Duck." From drawing Fred and Wilma Flintstone to McDonald characters, if you have seen an animated drawing, chances are Vic has had his hand in it.

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Jerry More - Choreographer (click for class schedule)

Jerry More -- Choreographer

After years of Kimberly choreographing, we are excited to have professional dancer and judge Jerry More join our team. He brings many years of ballroom dance instruction, competition adjudication, and business expertise. He is unique in that he has taken extensive classes in the personality styles.

"I look forward to create a custom program for clients. Working with professional ballroom dance couples is fun and it's great taking an abstract concept and bringing it to life."

Jerry's achievements and credentials include:

 - A 19 year full-time Professional Teacher of both the American and International Styles of Ballroom and Latin Dancing
- An accredited member of the NDCA, Terpsichore Dance Association, the U.S.I.S.T.D. and the I.S.T.D. in both the American and International Styles
- Currently registered with the NDCA as an adjudicator of both International and American style Ballroom dances

- 1985 and 1987 America's Amateur Dance Champion
- 1989 Arthur Murray 9 Dance Rising Star Champion, 1990, 1991 and 1995 National and International Dance Finalist


Kenneth B. Wind, AIA, LEED AP -- "Royal Houses" Illustrator
Vice-President Bergland-Cram Architects

Ken Wind is an award-winning architect who drew the wonderfully detailed "royal houses" for each of our Purrsonalities. A gracious Waltz/Tango, Ken is also an accomplished musician.

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How it works...

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Tempo Temperaments was born between The Surf and The Music Man Square!

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It's all about the music!

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