program LEE HARPER & DANCERS II: (a children’s dance company grades 4 through 12) Red Group Mia Chan, Ansley Cotter Mei Mei Hawkins Megan Johnson Julia Grace Jones Sophie Mannes Greer McCallum Elizabeth Portwood Lele Preuss Natalie Spangler Sally Walker Zoe Wood
Blue Group Carolyn Crane Maggie Leigh Faulk Julia Gray Elizabeth Lansing Emma Lin Emma Mixon Emma Morris Cate Simons Mackenzie Strong Nancy Kate Walker
BLACK Group Carolyn Bresnahan Klair Davis Ashley Eleby Hailey Hebebrand Caroline Maguire Susana Morphis Charlotte Preuss
woodward academy dance ensemble
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he Woodward Academy Dance Ensemble, directed by Patricia Miller Herring is a repertory dance company designed to prepare young dancers for college and professional careers in performance, choreography, and teaching. The ensemble has performed and studied throughout the Southeast, New York City and Europe. Woodward Academy dance alumni have gone on to Woodward Academy Dance Ensemble study at Julliard, Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Florida State University, The Laban Center in London, NYU, Arizona State, Webster University and many others. Established in 1982, the dance ensemble celebrates its 29th season this spring. Mrs. Herring received her BFA in Ballet from the University of Akron and a MFA in Dance Education from Georgia State University. She performed with the Ohio Ballet, Experimental Dance Ensemble, Cobb- Marietta Ballet, Atlanta Contemporary Dance Company II and Lee Harper and Dancers. She has served as a curriculum coordinator and instructor for the Georgia Governors Honors Program and Co-authored the Dance Curriculum Guide for state of Georgia. Woodward Academy Dance Ensemble 2011 Athena Cahill Caroline Citarella Meredith Haynie
Lauren Kimbrough Danielle Kreger Caroline Muller
Annmarie Org Hayden Schaefer
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