Alumni Spotlights

Dedrick Perkins
Instructor, choreographer, dancer, owner/founder of Dedrick’s Dance District, Charlotte

Melissa Word
Teaching Artist for The Woodruff Arts Center/Resident Artist at the Work Room, Atlanta, Georgia

Caitlyn Swett
Dancer, Musician, and Managing and Development Director at the Culture Mill

Audrey Baran
Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance at UNC Charlotte and founder Baran Dance Company

Amy Windham El-Khouri
Choral Director at Deep Run High School in Glen Allen, VA

Mojdeh Harlan
Manager of Talent Acquisition, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Todd Aldridge
Executive Producer at Harley-Davidson Motor Company

Terry Shook, FAIA
Founding Partner and Principal of Shook Kelley, Charlotte, NC and Annual Lecturer at Harvard University

Caridad Svich
Playwright; Artistic Director of New Play Development at Lucille Lortel Theatre

Kimberly Watts
Associate Architect, Gehry Partners, LLP, Los Angeles