Miss Kate has 19 years experience as a dance teacher, and 13 years as a studio owner.  Her students' ages have ranged from 2-76 years old!  Miss Kate's favorite class to teach is Stretch & Strengthen, where she is able to help dancer's achieve their goals with flexibility and technique.

Over the past 19 years, Miss Kate has received numerous "Choreography" and "Entertainment" awards for her work. Her students have won numerous overalls and scholarships for regional programs. Miss Kate's students have also been accepted into college dance programs and dance teams, including The University of Richmond, College of William & Mary, VCU, and Marymount Manhattan. Other students have gone to follow their passions for dance, theatre, and art in Los Angeles and Florida!

Miss Kate believes in pushing her students to maintain focus and drive during class, but also doesn't forget it is important to be silly and fun at times! Instilling confidence in her dancers is of the utmost importance to her, along with teaching other characteristics such as respect, time management, work ethic, and kindness. 

Sean started his dance training at the age of sixteen as a competitive competition dancer.  He accomplished wins and over-all regional titles and placing in the top five for national titles.  After graduating high school, Sean was offered a full scholarship to study at the International Ballet Academy, a vigorous ballet program studying six hours a day, six days a week in Raleigh, North Carolina. Soon after he joined the International Ballet Academies traveling company. 

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Furthering his studies, he was offered another full scholarship to attend the Joffrey Ballet Jazz & Contemporary Program in New York City, New York.  Sean studied various forms of dance, including:  ballet, jazz, contemporary, Horton, musical theater, Cunningham, hip hop, heels, commercial jazz, and acting.  While in New York, he also studied and performed at places such as Broadway Dance Center, Perry Dance Center, Steps on Broadway, Alvin Ailey, and Martha Graham Studios. Sean has also performed lead roles in Swan Lake, Nutcracker, and Sleeping Beauty. A Spotlight Dancer in Dancing Under the Spotlight, off Broadway Musical Productions such as Hairspray and Chicago, and also a choreographer for the Young Choreographer Festival in New York City. 

He’s signed with RWS entertainment group based out of NYC where he has had the opportunity to perform on cruise ships and at amusement parks around the world. He’s currently traveling across Virginia teaching and sharing his passion of Dance. With hopes of helping his students reach their highest potential while also inspiring them to not be afraid of living a life chasing their dreams. Because behind every dancer that believes in themselves is a dance teacher who believed in them first. 

Nina began dancing at 2 years old in Vienna, VA at Cuppett Performing Arts Center and continued to dance there until she was 18. Under the directorship of former Rockette, Alzine Cuppett, she studied ballet, jazz, modern, lyrical, contemporary, hip hop, and tap. Nina then received a scholarship to the dance program at Drexel University. The Drexel Dance Ensemble studied modern techniques from the stylings of Martha Graham, Jose Limon, Isadora Duncan, and Merce Cunningham. She performed in the bi-annual dance concerts and was an exclusive choreographer for the ensemble. In addition to the DDE, she added a minor in dance to my curriculum where she studied ballet under lead PA Ballet dancer, Meredith Rainey, as well as West African, jazz, hip hop, and music theory courses.

Nina was a member of Dance Masters of America and regularly attended their conferences, competitions, and summer intensives. I spent one summer studying at Millennium Dance Complex in LA followed by a month at American Dance Festival. She often took classes at Koresh in Philadelphia when available. While at CPAC, she competed in DMA, Hall of Fame, Starpower, and Headliners.

She is a passionate devotee of Martha Graham and Isadora Duncan with a thorough respect for my Vaganova and Cecchetti ballet training. She believes in teaching students the importance of technique and strength over anything else and she hopes to spread joy through the power of dance.

Christian's dance career began at the age of two while taking classes, and later competing for Miss Donna's School of Dance in Charlotte, N.C. Ms. Christian attended Virginia Commonwealth University where she was a former member, Captain, and Assistant Director of the VCU Gold Rush Dancers. While Christian enjoys sharing her love of dance with her students, her true accomplishments are defined in the growth she sees in her dancers; both in and out of the studio. Christian credits her dance career to her parents who sacrificed so much to allow her to pursue her passion. Outside of the studio, Christian enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, and connecting with friends. 

Sydney started dancing at the age of two in Garner, North Carolina where she studied and competed at Christy’s DancExplosion. Her love of dance flourished, leading her to attend Raleigh, NC’s Enloe High School to have the opportunity to study ballet, jazz, and modern during the day. It was here that her passion for dance history and performance analysis was developed. Over the summers she performed in and choreographed for the Garner Towne Players Community Theater, her most cherished memory being choreographing the Grand Waltz for a production of Beauty and the Beast where her younger sister was cast as Belle. In 2018, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from VCU, having majored in Psychology with minors in Dance/Choreography and Criminal Justice, her dream being to become a Dance/Movement Therapist. After graduating, Sydney began teaching at Making Moves Dance Company and, as one of its original teachers, she got the unique opportunity to help build and develop the studio programs from the ground up, eventually becoming Assistant Director.  The joy she found in teaching and choreographing fulfilled her desire to create a therapeutic environment through dance. She is passionate about making the dance space a joyful one to be in and increasing student self confidence no matter the age or skill level, using dance history, psychology, anatomy and core technique as foundations in her teaching methods. Her choreography has won several awards over the years including 1st overalls, judges awards for dynamics/energy/passion/emotional excellence, and solo titles. Sydney is trained in ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, contemporary, hip hop, clogging, ballroom, modern, and musical theater. She is so excited to join Vibe Dance Complex.