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| With an international faculty, the Center for Dance Education takes pride in providing a well educated and professional staff to elevate the learning experience of our dancer. Please click on any of the faculty below to learn more about each. |
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| , , began her dance training in Columbia, SC, under South Carolina dance legend, Ann Brodie. She has studied under the tutelage of such dance luminaries as Leon Daniellian, Valentina Peryaslavic and Patricia Wilde at the School of American Ballet, the official school of the New York City Ballet. She was a principal and soloist with the Columbia City Ballet and the University of South Carolina Dance Company. She began her professional dance career with South Carolina Ballet Theatre/Ballet Michigan, and has toured extensively throughout the United States. She has served as consultant and adjudicator for the dance program for Artistic, Gifted and Talented in Richland County School District 1. She was selected for the Approve Artist and Teacher roster for the South Carolina Arts Commission and has taught and consulted throughout the state under this program. She is the Artistic Director of the Carolina Ballet, where her original collaboration of children’s ballets and the Columbia Community Concert Band established a definitive direction for the companies youth division. Dancers trained under her direction are performing in companies throughout the world. |
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| , and ,graduated from the Voroneg School of Ballet in 1987, where she studied with Professor Valitova. After graduation, she performed with the Musical Theatre of Karelia in Petrozavodsk, Russia, where she had the honor to work with ballet masters of the Kirov Theatre: Mr. Baltacheev and Madame Vasilieva. In 1988, she performed with the Moscow Festival Ballet where she danced until 1990 when she was invited to perform with the Kremlin Ballet Company. She performed with Ekateria Maximova, Vladimir Vasiliev, Timofeeva and Natalia Semenaka, all legendary dancers of the Russian Classical Ballet. She also performed with the Modern Theatre (Usti-nad-Lavom, Czech Republic). As a master teacher and instructor, she taught in Ohio at Akron University, Oak Ridge and Kingston Ballet programs in Tennessee and for Lexington (VA) Ballet and Ballet Spartanburg (SC), as well as for the University of South Carolina. She is a frequent guest artist throughout the Southeast and has performed as principal dancer on tours throughout Europe, Asia and the United States. She is also the Ballet Mistress for the Carolina Ballet. |
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| , , holds B.M. and M.M. Degrees from Southern Illinois University, and his D.M.A. from the University of South Carolina. He has worked with Columbia College Dance Department and has collaborated extensively with the Dance Department at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, the USC Summer Dance Conservatory and the USC Department of Theatre and Speech. He has played classes for such dance luminaries as Shamil Yagudin, Fernando Bujones, Edward Villella, Irena Kopakova, and many others. He is also the company pianist for the Carolina Ballet. |
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| , , studied piano and music throughout her education in her native homeland, Russia. She has a Master's Degree in piano performance both as a soloist and as a rehearsal accompanist. She has taught piano privately for over thirty years. She has also served as rehearsal accompanist for the South Carolina Opera at the University of South Carolina. She has also been class accompanist for the USC Dance Department. She is the company pianist for the Carolina Ballet. |
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| , , from Columbia, SC, began his dance training with the Carolina Ballet. At the age of 16, he accepted a full scholarship to attend the School of American Ballet in New York City. He then went on to graduate from the North Carolina School of the Arts. McCree starred in the North American tour of Cats as Mr. Mistoffelees, receiving much critical acclaim. As a member of the Atlanta Ballet he performed numerous soloist and principal roles. McCree has performed with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet in many operas including Tannhauser, Aida, and Samson et Delila. He has appeared throughout the US in many regional theater productions including the Music Man (Tommy Djilas), Cabaret, and Carousel (Carnival Boy). Most recently McCree was a featured dancer at Tokyo Disneyland in Japan. |
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| , , studied with Ann Brodie, Shamil Yagudin, Naomi Calvert and Maura Moore. He studied for two winter terms at the School of American Ballet and one at Pacific Northwest Ballet School. He then danced with Pennsylvania Ballet fore four years. Mr. Mearns is a full time dance major at University of South Carolina while also teaching ballet and Men's classes at CDE. |
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| , , comes to us from the University of South Carolina Dance Program. She received a bachelor's degree in both Dance Performance and Psychology. Ms. Stroupe is orignially from Gastonia N.C. and trained at Gaston Dance Theater. |
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| , , began her dance training in Berlin, Germany. She has trained at the South Carolina Tri-District Arts Center. In 1994 she performed in Hawaii, at the Hula Bowl. She was a 1996 seasoned performer at Paramount Carowinds, in Charlotte, North Carolina. She has performed all over the Southeast in regional and national competitions. She has taught at many studios in the Columbia and Lexington area. She has been teaching at the Center for Dance Education since 2001. |
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