MEET OUR INSTRUCTORS

“THE INFLUENCE OF A GOOD TEACHER CAN NEVER BE ERASED”

LOGAN MCELVEEN

TAP - JAZZ - CONTEMP - HIP HOP

 OWNER & DIRECTOR

LOGAN MCELVEEN HAS DANCED SINCE THE AGE OF THREE YEARS OLD. SHE TRAINED AT MULTIPLE STUDIOS AND THEN UNDER THE FACULTY OF STUDIO SOUTH DANCE ACADEMY WHERE SHE FOUND HER LOVE FOR ALL TYPES OF DANCE. SHE BEGAN DANCING COMPETITIVELY AND WAS QUICKLY RECOGNIZED FOR HER TALENT. SHE RECEIVED AWARDS ON THE REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS AND HAS BEEN A FEATURED DANCER IN NATIONAL COMPETITIONS. AS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH TEACHING DANCE BY ASSISTING IN CLASSES. LOGAN HAS SINCE GRADUATED COLLEGE AND BEEN TEACHING FULL TIME FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

OVER THE YEARS LOGAN HAS MADE A NAME FOR HERSELF AS A CHOREOGRAPHER, RECEIVING SEVERAL REGIONAL AND NATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHY AWARDS AND TEACHING GUEST CLASSES AND CHOREOGRAPHY WITH STUDIOS AROUND GEORGIA.

HER FAVORITE STYLES OF DANCE ARE CONTEMPORARY, HIP HOP, AND POP JAZZ. LOGAN ENJOYS WORKING WITH STUDENTS AND PUSHING THEM TO NEW HEIGHTS IN TECHNIQUE, SKILL, AND CHOREOGRAPHY. HER GOAL IS TO INSTILL A LOVE FOR DANCE AND PASSION IN EVERY DANCER SHE MEETS.

MADISON LANIER

TAP - JAZZ - BALLET - COMBO - CONTEMP

 

MADISON IS A RECENT GRADUATE OF RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL WHERE SHE REPRESENTED HER CLASS AS STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT ALL FOUR YEARS. SHE WAS A DUAL ENROLLMENT GRADUATE AND WORK STUDY STUDENT OF THE YEAR.

SHE BEGAN HER DANCE TRAINING IN BRYAN COUNTY, FOCUSING ON TAP, HIP HOP, BALLET, AND JAZZ. DANCE QUICKLY BECAME A PASSION AND SHE JOINED COMPETITIVE TEAMS TO HELP DEVELOP HER TECHNIQUE AND PERFORMANCE QUALITIES. SHE LATER MOVED TO SDC TO FURTHER HER TRAINING, EARNING “DANCER OF THE YEAR” IN 2022. WHILE TRAINING AS A SENIOR COMPANY MEMBER, MADISON ASSISTED IN NUMEROUS DANCE CLASSES AND WORKED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR MALLORY. SHE HAS ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND HAS COMBINED THAT WITH HER LOVE OF DANCE TO CURATE A SAFE & ENCOURAGING CLASSROOM.

MADISON IS NOW ON FACULTY WITH SDC AND HAS CURATED NUMEROUS COMPETITIVE PIECES FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON. HER CREATIVITY AND MUSICALITY IS EXCEPTIONAL AND CHALLENGES HER DANCERS TO CONNECT TO THEIR CHOREOGRAPHY IN UNIQUE WAYS. MADISON IS ALSO THE SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR AND ADMIN ASSISTANT FOR SDC. 

JENNIFER PROUGH

BALLET - ACRO - MUSICAL THEATER

 

JENNIFER PROUGH IS ORIGINALLY FROM MISSOURI, BUT WAS RAISED IN SAVANNAH SINCE BEFORE TAKING HER FIRST DANCE CLASS. SHE BEGAN DANCING IN THE GREATER SAVANNAH/CHATHAM AREA AT THE AGE OF FOUR. HER DANCE ROOTS BEGAN WITH BALLET AND TAP, WHICH LATER DROVE HER TO EXPAND HER BRANCHES INTO ALL GENRES OF DANCE: BALLET/POINTE, TAP, JAZZ, MODERN, CONTEMP, AND EVENTUALLY ACROBATICS. JENNIFER HAS STUDIED UNDER VARIOUS INSTRUCTORS THROUGHOUT CHATHAM AND EFFINGHAM COUNTY. SHE ALSO HAD THE PRIVELAGE TO ATTEND SEVERAL MASTER CLASSES AND INTENSIVES FROM ARTISTS SUCH AS JANICE BARRINGER, FRANK HATCHETT, AND TOMMY ALEXANDER.

IN BETWEEN TAKING DANCE, JENNIFER WAS PART OF PYFROM’S GYMNASTICS, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GENO PYFROM. SHE WAS HONORED AT THE GEORGIA GAMES IN ATLANTA WITH A DECORATION OF AWARDS FOR EACH APPARATUS AND WENT HOME WITH THE ALL-AROUND MEDAL. SHE CHOSE TO KEEP HER FOCUS ON DANCE AND WAS INTRODUCED TO ACROBATICS SOON AFTER.

JENNIFER CONTINUED TO DANCE THROUGH COLLEGE, TAKING SEVERAL ADULT BALLET AND MODERN CLASSES. SHE RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE & PHILOSOPHY FROM ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC STATE UNIVERSITY.

AT THE AGE OF 21, JENNIFER BEGAN TEACHING CLASS IN THE AREAS OF BALLET, TAP, JAZZ, AND MODERN. SHE HAS CONTINUED TO EXPAND HER KNOWLEDGE AND PASSION FOR HER ART AND HAS SINCE INCORPORATED THE STYLES OF ACROBATICS, CONDITIONING, AND CONTEMPORARY AS PART OF HER TEACHING REGIME. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, SHE HAS ASSISTED WITH SEVERAL END-OF-THE-YEAR PRODUCTIONS AND RECITALS. SHE HAS CREATED SEVERAL COMPETITION PIECES THAT HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH PRESTIGIOUS JUDGES AWARDS, INCLUDING: “POETRY IN MOTION AWARD,” “PORT DE BRAS AWARD,” “INTRICATE MOVEMENT AWARD,” AND “BEST CHOREOGRAPHY AWARD.”

KRISTIN MUELLER

COMBO - BALLET

KRISTIN STARTED DANCING AT AGE FOUR WITH A RECREATIONAL STUDIO IN DEERFIELD, WISCONSIN. SHE BEGAN WITH BALLET, BUT EVENTUALLY EXPANDED TO ALL DANCE FORMS. AFTER 14 YEARS OF TRAINING, KRISTIN ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE AND GOT INTO THE PECK SCHOOL OF ARTS FOR DANCE. SHE RECEIVED PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN BALLET, MODERN, JAZZ, BODY MOVEMENT, AND AFRICAN DANCE. IN 2010, KRISTIN RECEIVED HER BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN DANCE, SOCIOLOGY, WOMEN’S STUDIES, AND PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN. THE EDUCATION SHE RECEIVED HELPED DEVELOP HER TECHNICAL SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW CHILDREN’S MINDS WORK, RECOGNIZING THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THEIR SELF- ESTEEM AND PERSONAL VALUE THROUGH DANCE.

BEING CREATIVE AND IMAGINATIVE IN DANCE IS INTEGRAL IN KRISTIN’S TEACHING & CURRICULUM. SHE STRIVES TO MEET EVERY STUDENT’S LEARNING STYLE BY UTILIZING DESCRIPTIVE IMAGERY, GUIDED IMPROVISATION, PROPS, AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE MOTOR SKILL GROWTH. SHE CREATES A MAGICAL CLASS ENVIRONMENT THAT GROWS WITH STUDENTS AS THEY MOVE INTO ADOLESCENCE. KRISTIN WANTS HER STUDENTS TO KNOW THAT DANCE IS A SAFE PLACE TO EXPRESS WHO THEY ARE.

KRISTIN IS THE MOTHER OF THREE CHILDREN; JACKSON, ADLEIGH, AND ISLA, ALL OF WHICH ARE DANCERS. SHE MET HER HUSBAND, CAMDEN, IN 2006 AT HER CHILDHOOD DANCE STUDIO AND HAVE BEEN TOGETHER SINCE. RECENTLY, HER FAMILY DECIDED TO MOVE FROM THE MIDWEST TO THE SOUTH. NOW LOCATED IN POOLER, ALONG WITH TEACHING AT SDC, SHE IS THE PERFORMING ARTS SPECIALIST AT THE SAVANNAH CULTURAL ARTS CENTER, AND A CURRICULUM DEVELOPER AT ONCE UPON A BALLET WHERE SHE CREATES CURRICULUM FOR TEACHERS AND STUDIOS ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

MALLORY HUBERT

TAP - JAZZ - CONTEMP - ACRO - COMBO

STUDIO CONSULTANT

MALLORY HUBERT IS A NATIVE OF BRUNSWICK, GA WHERE SHE BEGAN DANCING AT THE AGE OF THREE. SHE TRAINED AT THE ELEANOR BROOKS SCHOOL OF DANCE, SOUTHERN STRUT DANCE CENTER, AND GOLDEN ISLES CORPS DE BALLET. SHE WAS THE PRINCIPAL DANCER IN CINDERELLA AND THE LION KING AS WELL AS A FEATURED DANCER IN RODEO, SWAN LAKE, AND COPPELIA. DURING HER TEN YEARS OF COMPETITIVE DANCING, MALLORY RECEIVED TITLES AS MISS DANCE USA, DTI DANCE AMBASSADOR, GIAHA ROBERTA BORN SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT, AND THE PDTA TAP SCHOLARSHIP WINNER. SHE WAS ALSO SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PRESTIGIOUS GEORGIA GOVERNOR’S HONORS PROGRAM AS A DANCE MAJOR. SHE CONTINUED HER TRAINING THROUGH COLLEGE BY JOINING THE ATLANTA-BASED PROFESSIONAL CONTEMPORARY COMPANY “PROJECT 7” TRAINING UNDER CHERRISE WAKEHAM, A TWO-TIME CAPEZIO A.C.E. AWARD NOMINEE.

SHE HAS EARNED OVER 20 CHOREOGRAPHY AWARDS AND HER DANCERS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY EARNED TOP HONORS AT BOTH REGIONAL AND NATIONAL COMPETITIONS THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST. HER STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED INTO PRESTIGIOUS DANCE PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SUCH AS CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.

SHE RECEIVED HER BACHELORS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN MANAGEMENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA IN 2012 AND LATER MOVED TO SAVANNAH. MALLORY IS THRILLED TO BE BRINGING HER KNOWLEDGE OF STUDIO MANAGEMENT AND DANCE TECHNIQUE TO THE POOLER COMMUNITY. IT IS HER HOPE TO MAKE A POSITIVE, IMPACTFUL INFLUENCE ON EACH OF HER STUDENTS.