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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.
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.