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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.

Kristin started dancing at age four at a recreational studio in Deerfield, Wisconsin. She began by taking just Ballet for many years, but eventually expanded to all dance forms.  After 14 years at her dance studio, Kristin attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and got into the Peck School of Arts for dance. There, 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. In college, she took dance class every day, not only learning technique, but also the history of each genre, and how to teach dance. The education she received helped her better understand not only how to become a better dancer, but also to understand how children’s minds work and the ways she could change their self-esteem and personal value through dance.

Being creative and imaginative in dance has been integral in Kristin’s teaching technique and the evolution of her curriculum in the classroom. She always strives to gear every student’s learning style by utilizing descriptive imagery, guided improvisation, props, and developmentally appropriate motor skill growth.  The vulnerability shown for this type of teaching is the gift that children yearn for. She knows as a teacher we’re creating a magical place where we let down our guards and become everything we’re telling them to make belief. That stays with students as they grow into adolescence.  Students have to know they are capable and the only way to build that is confidence.  Being able to release their own silly and creative emotions they feel in the class allows them to believe in the person they see in the mirror.  Kristin wants students to know that dance is their safe place, a place to express who they are.

Kristin Mueller is the mother of three children; Jackson, Adleigh, and Isla of which are all young dancers.  She met her husband Camden in 2006 at her childhood dance studio and  have been together since. She taught dance to ages 2-18 at Brodhead Dance Academy in Wisconsin for almost a decade observing how imaginative and creative curriculum shapes students and how it benefits them as they grow into confident advanced dancers, and thriving adults. Recently, her family decided to make their life goal come to fruition and move from the Midwest to the South.  Now located in Pooler, she teaches dance at Savannah Dance Company, Savannah Cultural Arts Center, and is a Curriculum Developer at Once Upon a Ballet where she creates curriculum for teachers and studios all around the world to bring magic into classrooms.   Kristin is beyond grateful to be a member of the SDC family and is excited to share her love of dance and allow children to light up and grow in this beautifully inspiring art form.

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.”