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Charlie Caroutth |
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Michelle Cuneo |
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Charlotte Lanning
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Marian Norman
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Pamela Pierce McGuiness Pamela Pierce McGuiness grew up in Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland. She started dancing like most Irish children at the age of seven. Pam found her stride at age eleven after meeting and working with Kevin Massey. Kevin inspired Pam and helped her to develop her love of Irish Step Dancing. |
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Carrie Preus Carrie is originally from Augusta, GA and began her formal dance training under Ron and Kathleen Jones. She continued her training at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts as a full-time high school ballet student. Upon graduation, Carrie became a trainee for Nashville Ballet, but found herself wanting to pursue a college education. In May of 2015, she graduated summa cum laude from Kennesaw State University with a B.A. degree in Dance with a concentration in Ballet. While at KSU, Carrie took several dance pedagogy courses. She also began teaching at several Atlanta area dance schools and has been teaching since. Carrie has been an instructor at Ballet Spartanburg's Center for Dance Education since 2018 and is also a dancer with the Professional Company. |
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Analay Saiz
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Will Scott
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Susan Woodham Susan Woodham is Dance Specialist for Pine Street Elementary School and Outreach Director and Instructor for Ballet Spartanburg. She earned her BA in psychology and her MEd in Elementary Education from Converse College. She is certified in elementary education and in dance. She has served as facilitator for Curriculum Leadership Institute in the Arts for over 10 years and on the team to rewrite the SC Academic Standards for the Visual and Performing Arts twice. She served as president for the SC Dance Association twice. Ms. Woodham also serves on the advisory council for the SC Dance Education Organization. She is the developer and coordinator of Ballet Spartanburg’s City Dance, a dance program for inner city students. She was named SC Dance Association’s Dance Educator of the Year for 2000-2001 and has been honored with a Career Achievement award from Converse College. She is a member of SC Dance Association, Ballet Spartanburg, SC Arts Alliance, SC Alliance for Arts Education, SC Dance Education Organization and the National Dance Education Organization. In addition to dance, Ms. Woodham enjoys reading, being an advocate for arts education and contra dancing.
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Abby Inglett Originally from Wisconsin, Abby grew up doing a wide variety of styles of dance including ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, and contemporary classes for 13 years in La Crosse. Quickly discovering her passion for ballet, she joined the pre-professional Ballet La Crosse where she studied with her late mentor and teacher, Kennet Oberly (Stuttgart Ballet) and his wife Larissa Oberly (Estonia National Ballet.) She became a rehearsal assistant for Ballet La Crosse, interned with Children’s Dance Theatre of Rochester, and began teaching when she was 17. Abby spent her summers dancing with the Classical Ballet Academy of Minnesota, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, The Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts, and the University of Utah, her alma mater. While studying at the University of Utah, Abby taught a wide variety of classes at Utah Dance Artists including ballet, pointe, variations, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, improv, and stretch/strengthening. She also choreographed several award winning solos for students in UDA’s Conservatory and Varsity competitive programs. In the spring of 2021, Abby graduated magna cum laude with her BFA in Ballet and minor in Disability Studies from the University of Utah, and she moved across the country to dance professionally with Ballet Spartanburg for her first season! Abby loves giving students the tools and knowledge to improve their technique, while helping them discover their personal artistry. She is thrilled to be working with the CFDE students during her second season with the company! |
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Ying-Chi Lu Ying-Chi Lu is originally from Taiwan and started her dance training at the age of 5. She first started teaching ballet and modern dance classes at her home studio in Taipei, Taiwan. While studying at the University of Cincinnati, she took ballet instruction courses. Lu had the opportunity to teach musical theater majors ballet and in the College-Conservatory of Music preparatory program. During season 2021-2022, Lu taught with Ballet Spartanburg's outreach program. She is thrilled to be teaching with the Center for Dance Education! |
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Glen Gordy A native of Augusta, GA, Glenn Gordy has always had a love of music and dance. In 1986, he moved to Spartanburg, SC to work for Spartan Mills at their Corporate office as a Programmer/Analyst. Glen started taking Ballroom dance lessons at Dancers Ltd. in 1988, and eventually was asked to complete the teacher training. He was trained and taught under the direction of Peter Eanes who was the owner and operator of Dancers Ltd./Spartanburg Ballroom from 1990 to 2001.In 2006, Glen decided to continue his Ballroom Dancing education with The Ballroom Dance Center, and in 2019 began teaching with them. He has been active in competitions where he has done very well under intensive training with Emilie Tobias and Val Ganiev. He is very active in the Spartanburg Ballroom Dance Community. Glen has been a member of several dance clubs and participated in Dancing with the Spartanburg Stars as professional from 2007-2019. He also has performed in Ballet Spartanburg’s production of The Nutcracker as a Party Parent since 1996. Glenn currently divides his time between Spartanburg and Augusta. In 2017, he started assisting Marian Norman with her Monday night Ballroom Class at Ballet Spartanburg’s Center for Dance Education. He is looking forward to being on faculty this coming year. |
Ballet Spartanburg's Artistic Director, Carlos Agudelo, was awarded the South Carolina Governor's Award from the South Carolina Arts Commission on May 23, 2023, at the Chapman Cultural Center. The award was presented by Mr. David Platt, Executive Director of the South Carolina Arts Commission. "We recognize the unparalleled energy, enthusiasm, devotion and love for dance that Carlos has gifted to our community out of his passion for all to experience the arts for the past 32 years. We are overjoyed that Carlos has been recognized by the South Carolina Arts Commission, " Teresa S. Berline, Executive Director. "The South Carolina Arts Commission is an extraordinary organization in our state which promotes and advocates opportunities in the arts which values equality, access, diversity and inclusion. Ballet Spartanburg is honored by the support of the South Carolina Arts Commission and the recognition of Carlos Agudelo."