Alumni Spotlights – Dance
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Professional Actor; Social Media Maven at Children’s Theatre of Charlotte
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A President’s Excellence in Teaching Professor of Dance and Honors, Associate Head of Dance, and Graduate Dance Director at Texas…
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Adjunct professor at Johnson C. Smith University and Dance Teacher for the City of Belmont Recreation Department and Gaston Dance…
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance at UNC Charlotte and founder Baran Dance Company
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Dancer, Musician, and Managing and Development Director at the Culture Mill
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Dance Department Chair, Northwest School of the Arts
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Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counseling Associate, and dance instructor, Greensboro, NC
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Instructor, choreographer, dancer, owner/founder of Dedrick’s Dance District, Charlotte
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Dance Instructor, American Dance and Drama Studio, New York City
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Doctoral Student in Physical Therapy at Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
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Community Engagement Fellow at Pacific Northwest Ballet
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Performance Artist, Co-Founder/Artistic Director of OMIMEO Mime Theatre Education:Bachelor of Creative Arts, UNC Charlotte (1979) Hometown:Charlotte, NC Charlotte native and…
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Freelance Dance Artist, LA
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Professional Dancer based in LA
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Company Artist with Aerial Dance Chicago / Multimedia Dance Artists
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Professional dancer, dance teacher, and entrepreneur in LA
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Principal Dancer with Neville Dance Theatre/Freelance Dance Artist, New York City
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Dancer, Mentor, Graduate Student
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Middle School Dance Educator within CMS
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Teacher at Dance Davidson and Company Member with Baran Dance, Charlotte
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Assistant Professor of Dance at Colorado State University
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Associate Professor at Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
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Dance Educator; MFA Student at Texas Woman’s University
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Owner of Alternative Fitness Pilates
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Teaching Artist for The Woodruff Arts Center/Resident Artist at the Work Room, Atlanta, Georgia
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Manager of Talent Acquisition, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
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Professional Dancer with Adolfo Indacochea & Latin Soul Dancers, Dance Instructor at Empire Mambo Dance Studio, New York City
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Director, Order My Steps Christian Dance Studio
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Owners and Directors of RW Latin Dance Company, Charlotte, NC and Adjunct Faculty at UNC Charlotte
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Jim Henson Academy of Visual and Performing Arts Coordinator at Northwestern High School, Hyattsville, MD
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NYC-Based Dance Artist
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High School Dance Teacher and a Top Cat Cheerleader