Providing Excellent Training for Over 30 Years

Nicole Campbell is a highly sought after choreographer and adjudicator based in Atlanta. She is on faculty as a judge and master teacher with Motiv8 Dance Convention, Groove Dance Competition, 8 National Talent Competition and Impact Dance Ajudicators.

​

Nicole holds a B.S. in Dance from Wayne State University, which she received following her childhood training at Robert Lee School of Dance and Churchill High School’s Creative and Performing Arts (“CAPA”) program. She has spent summers with Complexions Contemporary Ballet, University of Michigan MPulse and Artistic Adventures NYC.

Nicole was a featured choreographer and performer in Collabaret's Hysteria residency at Memento Atlanta in early 2024. Nicole’s previous performance credits include Hannibal Buress, WLDATL, Madhouse, Beacon Dance, Flash Mob America, Gotta Dance Contemporary, Melodic Nocturne Dance Tribe, JTDance and Riley Cooper. As part of the United Way/Detroit Lions Thanksgiving Halftime Show, Nicole has danced for recording artists including Kid Rock, Nickelback, Shontelle and Forever the Sickest Kids.

Nicole’s choreography has been presented in concerts for DanceATHENS Dance Festival, Oakland Dance Festival, artLabJ, MoreDances Contemporary Dance Company and pregame for Minor League Baseball. In 2019 Nicole’s students and choreography were featured in the NBC special Holidays with the Houghs as part of their #HolidayDanceWars segment. 

​

Nicole has been named “Top Teacher” 6 times by Star Systems National Talent Competition. Her dynamic and unique style has been recognized with multiple Outstanding Choreography awards. Nicole has led her dancers to multiple National Champion and National Title finishes. 

​

Nicole currently serves as the competition director for two metro Atlanta studios in addition to freelance choreography around the country. Nicole is proud to have many students pursuing dance beyond the studio, including convention assistants, collegiate teams/majors, professional jobs and their own teaching careers.

Ballet Mistress of Academy Performing Ensemble. Kim received her early training at the Joni Messler Studio of Dance and Dance Theatre of Santa Fe in Gainesville, Florida. She later studied at the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School with David Holladay and the Joffrey Ballet School with Francesca Corkel and Dorothy Lister. After graduating from Santa Fe Community College, Kim danced with the Georgia Ballet for seven years where she was featured in Balanchine’s Allegro Brilliante, Serenade, and Iris Henley’s Nutcracker performing lead roles such as Spanish, Dewdrop and many more.

​

Since her arrival at the Academy of Ballet in August 2000, Kimberly has choreographed several works that have been performed at the Festival of Trees and Balletfest. She has also contributed many dances for The Children’s Nutcracker. In 2003 she was featured as Princess Aurora in Academy of Ballet’s production of The Sleeping Beauty and has had the recent honor of performing in pieces by Lonnie Davis, Sarah Boies, David Norwood, Emily Vanderkley, and Tianna Sykes. She is grateful to work alongside Miss Cathy and pass on her love of dance to the students at the Academy of Ballet.

Lorrell, our director of Acrobatics and Dance, has been teaching successfully for many years. She studied Physical Health and Education at Georgia State University. Her teaching degree is from the British Association for Teachers of Dance (B.A.T.D). She moved from Canada to Atlanta in 1992.

She is the former owner and director of Dance Mania in Roswell, Georgia.  She is one of our most popular teachers. The students love her never-ending energy and expertise! 

Angela  Harris  is the Executive  Artistic  Director  of Dance Canvas,  Inc., a career development  organization for emerging professional choreographers and youth. Angela conceived and founded Dance Canvas after witnessing  the difficult path and lack of professional opportunities for young choreographers. Additionally,  Dance Canvas  was envisioned  to create relatable professional  dance experiences  and new dance patrons  in the Atlanta  area. Angela  has developed  youth  dance/career  development  programs for the City of Atlanta's  Office of Cultural Affairs  (Culture  Club and ArtsCool), recording  artist, Usher's New  Look Foundation,  and the Tupac Amaru  Shakur Foundation.  She has forged partnerships  with the Atlanta Ballet, Atlantic  Station, Rialto Center  for the Arts, the French  Consulate  of Atlanta, National Black Arts  Festival  & Kennesaw  State University. Through Dance  Canvas, Angela has been a catalyst,  consultant, and resource  for numerous  new dance organizations  and artists throughout  metro Atlanta.  She received the 2011 Emerging Leader Award from Americans  for the Arts and American Express,  and was selected to be in the 2014 class of Arts Leaders  of Metro Atlanta  (ALMA).  Angela  served on the national  Emerging Leaders  Council  for Americans  for the Arts from 2011 - 2014, and is a member  of Dance USA.

Artistically, Angela Harris is originally from Baltimore, MD and is a choreographer, dancer, and a graduate of The Baltimore School for the Arts. She received her dance training at Dance Theater of Harlem, School of the Hartford Ballet, and The Eglevsky Ballet. She attended Mercyhurst College and City College of New York, earning a B.A. in Journalism, while on full ballet scholarship at Steps on Broadway. Angela has danced professionally with The Georgia Ballet, Columbia City Ballet, and Urban Ballet Theater in NYC. Angela’s Atlanta theatre performance credits include Sophisticated Ladies and Degas' Little Dancer (u/s) at the Alliance Theatre, as well as numerous productions with the Aurora Theater, including A Chorus Line, where she starred as Kristine DeLuca.  She was a principal in Jasmine Guy’s production of Daughters of Alpha, in New Orleans, as well as a soloist dancer in the national tour of The Thorn, choreographed by Deanna McBrearty of New York City Ballet. Her choreography has been performed by The Georgia Ballet, Steps on Broadway Ensemble, Ballet Lubbock, Savannah Arts Academy, as well as other companies and schools across the country. She choreographed Bridges of Madison County (Aurora Theater), Little Shop of Horrors(Actor's Express), Willy Wonka and West Side Story (Fabrefaction Theater), The First Noel (True Colors Theatre Company) and most recently Theatrical Outfit's 110 in the Shade. Angela has been a master class instructor at colleges & universities across the country. She was the resident ballet instructor at the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute in 2015, 2016 and virtually in 2020. Angela was awarded the 2012 Emerging Artist Award in Dance from The City of Atlanta's Office of Cultural Affairs and received a proclamation from the Atlanta City Council.  Angela was selected as one of five Inaugural National Visiting Fellows at the School of American Ballet in NYC. Most recently, Angela received an SDCF Observership and worked with Susan Stroman on the new musical, Little Dancer, during its Development Lab for Broadway. Angela is on faculty at Emory University's Department of Dance and Movement Studies. She is also currently an instructor at Dekalb School for the Arts and Academy of Ballet.

Erin is a native of Durham, North Carolina and has been dancing professionally since 2013. As a dancer, she has trained in Atlanta, Denver and Rochester under the tutelage of Southern Ballet theatre, Cleo Robinson Dance, Anthony Burrell Center for Dance and Garth Fagan Dance. Erin has had the pleasure of performing in companies including Advocate Arts Contemporary, City Gate Dance Theatre, Komanse Dance Theater, Notnebia and Fuego y Hielo Dance. Erin has also performed commercially, appearing in the Netflix original “Raising Dion” as well as music videos for artists including Vivian Green, Angelo Diaz, Tina P, Kamillion and Prisca. Dancing in both lead and supporting roles, Erin has appeared in Atlanta Opera’s Julius Caesar, Tiffany Roberts’ Angels in Training and Bridge Playhouse’s Hairspray and High School Musical. Erin also judges for Breakout and Beyond the Stars competitions.

Originally from metro Detroit, Christina trained at various competitive studios. She was a founding member of Vitality Dance Team at Oakland University and performed professionally as a member of the Detroit Tigers Energy Squad. Christina has also been an A.M. Collaborative Artist through DanceATL, working closely and performing with Cherish Dance. Christina was also on faculty with Balletfest convention in 2023. Currently in her 13th teaching season, Christina is an advocate for creativity and individuality. She encourages her students to test their limits within her choreography. She specializes in strength and conditioning for dancers, as well as safe stretching practices to increase long-term flexibility and mobility. 

Dana, originally from Norwich, VT , began her dance training with Joseph and Victoria DeChiazza, professors of Dance at Dartmouth College. After eleven years of studying Ballet (French Technique), Modern (Limon Based) and Jazz (Jack Cole Based), Dana went on to Adelphi University to receive her B.F. A. in Dance. She trained with Norman Walker, Carmen de Lavallade, Loren Hightower, Rochelle Zide-Booth and Regina Larkin. After graduation, she attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts to earn an M.F.A. in Dance. She performed works by Gus Solomons Jr., Mark Morris, and Ann Carlson and trained with Jenny Way (Twyla Tharp), Gwen Welliver (Doug Varone), Jim Martin, Phyllis Lamhut (Nikolais), Mark Haim, Jackie Villamil, Deborah Jowitt and Kaye Cummings. During her second year at NYU, Dana joined the Joyce Trisler Danscompany, performing Trisler works in NYC and multiple venues in the Northeast. After graduating, she performed with Cherylyn Lavagnino, Imago Dance Theatre, and formed her own collaborative company called Ground Floor Dance.

​

Since moving to Atlanta, Dana has taught Ballet and Modern technique to dancers of all ages. She has taught at the Georgia Academy of Dance, , The Studio Atlanta Dance, Academy of Ballet in Norcross and Bravo Dance Centre and has been a part time professor of dance at Kennesaw State University since 2011. Dana serves as Professional Development Manager for Dance Canvas, an Atlanta based company that promotes and produces choreographers. During Dance Canvas’ Summer Intensive, Dana teaches Ballet and Modern technique and Choreography. She has produced her own choreography in the Atlanta area since 2003.

Cecily spent her early years training at Southeastern School of Ballet, with summers at Ellison Ballet, Oklahoma City Ballet and master classes in Prague. In 2015 she received a full summer scholarship to study ballet and Russian language at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography (Bolshoi Ballet Academy). During her time in Atlanta, Cecily has performed and choreographed for Dance Canvas, The Georgia Ballet, The Aurora Theatre, Atlanta Dance Collective's Femmefest and Fly On A Wall's "Excuse the Art". Cecily was also a featured dancer in Nathan Colberg's music video for "The Giver". She recently performed for Compass Coaching Project in works by Dominic Walsh and former NDT dancer Shannon Davis. Cecily is currently in her fourth season with Gwinnett Ballet Theatre, having danced soloist roles in The Nutcracker and A Midsummer Night's Dream. 

As someone who has danced since the age of 2 and taught since the age of 16, Skye is very passionate about sharing the love of dance with all ages!

Skye trained pre-professionally for nine years with Lafayette Society for Performign Arts under the instruction of Amy Carter Orr, Nancy Gell and Terrell Paulk to name a few. Her studies included ballet, jazz, contemporary, tap and modern. She has danced roles including The Sugarplum Fairy in The Nutcracker, the title role in Cinderella and The Sea Witch in The Little Mermaid. Skye has also studied at several summer intensives on scholarship including Atlanta Ballet with John McFall, Montgomery Ballet with Ellie Lazar, Texas Ballet Theater under Ben Stevenson and the Georgia Governor's Honors Program with Dawn Axam.

Skye recently partnered with Terminus Ballet Theater in Atlanta where she launched the "Young Terminators", a dance community for ages 21-40 that supports the company. Skye teaches ballet, contemporary, jazz and tap. She welcomes any opportunity to share her wisdom and love for dance.

Julia Johnson is originally from Wichita, KS, and grew up training and performing at Ballet Wichita. During this time, she had the opportunity to spend summers studying at Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Kansas City Ballet and Texas Ballet Theater, among others. Julia went on to receive her BFA in Ballet from Texas Christian University, where she performed in original choreographic works by Elizabeth Gillaspy, Adam W. McKinney and Janelle Figgins. This time at TCU is also when Julia discovered a passion for teaching.

Following graduation, Julia spent a season performing with Avant Chamber Ballet as a trainee. She has had the opportunity to perform original ballets by Katie Puder, as well as George Balanchine's Walpurgisnacht and Paul Mejia's The Nutcracker. Julia is excited to begin her professional career with Gwinnett Ballet Theater, and to continue teaching the next generation of dancers! 

Emily received her training at Academy of Ballet. As a member of the Ballet Ensemble, she danced many lead roles including Dewdrop in The Children's Nutcracker and the Queen of Hearts in Alice In Wonderland. She has performed annually at Balletfest in works by Angela Harris, Dana Woodruff, Kim Linenkohl, Noel Dupuis and Cecily Davis.

Emily also danced competitively for 6 years, training in jazz, contemporary, lyrical and musical theatre. Her team received top scores at events throughout the Southeast and in 2019 was featured in the NBC special Holidays with the Houghs. In 2023 Emily was selected as the only dancer out of 250+ routines to receive a full ride scholarship to Wild Dance Intensive.

In 2022 Emily was selected as an All-Star for Hall of Fame Dance Challenge, performing in their Orlando Finals World Series Opening Number choreographed by Cooper Zamorano. She began teaching dance her senior year of high school as an assistant and rehearsal director for Nicole Campbell. That same year Emily choreographed the Angels and Polichinelles scenes in The Children's Nutcracker, and again in 2023.

Emily is currently pursuing her Minor in Dance with a history major at Kennesaw State University and we are excited to have her back at AOB!

Sara Sharples is a graduate from Brenau University and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance Studies with a Concentration in Dance. Her additional training includes The Georgia Ballet in Marietta, GA, and Steps of Faith in Cartersville, GA. Sara has participated in various summer intensives that include Ballet Magnificat and Steps on Broadway NYC Summer Intensive.

At Brenau, she has had the privilege to work with and perform works by various guest artists such as Charlotte Boye Christensen, Kristy Nilsson, Jody Sparling and Kassandra Taylor Newberry. She danced as a company member for the Gainesville Ballet Company where she danced solo roles in productions including The Nutcracker, Into Grimms Woods and A Frozen Ballet. She has also performed various guest choreographers' works by Pytron Parker, Kevin Grant, Peter Swan, Martha Goodman, Armando Luna and Steven Novakovich.

In addition to performing dance works, Sara has had the opportunity to work in film as an extra in "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Show" as well as being hired to perform onstage with Weird Al Yankovich in Atlanta. Her most recent opportunities include touring with the Utah Ballroom Dance Company, dancing and acting for A Christmas Carol Reimagined, performing with modern dance company Cherish Dance, and performing with Georgia Academy of Dance & Performing Arts where she danced roles such as Captain Hook in Peter Pan and the Stepmother in Cinderella.

In addition to choreographing for Dancing With A Cause in Hall County, Sara is the choreographer and producer for Amethyst Bloom, a contemporary showcase in Atlanta and Murphy, North Carolina. Sara currently teaches for multiple studios in metro Atlanta while continuing to pursue a career in dance performance.