Faculty
Terilynne Muehleisen Knox
Artistic Director/Owner. Former member of the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Bristol Ballet and Roanoke Ballet Theatre. BA degree in the teaching of ballet from Virginia Intermont College.
Diane Bellas-Brackett
BA degree in dance from Adelphi University. Founder, principal dancer and soloist with the Contemporary Ballet Company of Oyster Bay. Principal dancer and soloist with Dance Theatre of Long Island, Zawacki Ballet Company and Orlando Ballet, New York.
Pam Janas
Danced with Gene Kelly and Radio City Rockettes. On the board of directors of the Pan American Teachers of Dance.
Delia Neil
Butler University BA cum laude and University of North Carolina-Greensboro MFA. Professor at University of North Carolina-Charlotte teaching ballet technique, history and repertory. Taught at Ballet Hispanico and for Zena Rommet in New York City. Trained extensively with the Martha Graham and David Howard Schools. Performed as soloist with four major companies.
Lisa Leone
Danced with the Atlanta Ballet and the Ballet Rotaru, touring Romania and performing at the George Enescu Festival in Bucharest. Danced as a soloist with the Oregon Ballet Theatre for three years. After relocating to NC, performed as a guest artist with area companies.
Megan Payne
B.F.A degree in Dance from Ohio University and M.F. A degree from Hollins University in partnership with the American Dance Festival. Her choreography has been presented at the American College Dance Festival and the Detroit Dance City Festival
Mia Cunningham
N.C. School of the Arts, San Antonio Ballet, Zurich Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Professor of Dance at Winthrop College
Wendy Bradley
BS degree in dance education from East Carolina University, magna cum laude. Performed with East Carolina Dance Theatre and Mid-Atlantic Dance Festival.
Kiana Staton
B.A. degree in Dance from UNCC 2017, B.S. degree in Marketing from UNCC 2017,Honor’s Society, Chancellor’s List, Dean’s List
Mindy Hudson
graduated
from Lees McRae College with a degree in musical theatre with a concentration
in dance & learned many more styles while there. She has performed in
many shows over the years, both professionally & regionally, with the most
recent local performance as Velma Kelly in Davidson Community Player’s Chicago
in 2015. This role received a nomination for Best Actress in a Musical for
BroadwayWorld.com’s Charlotte awards.
Garrett "Spaghetti" Minniti
is the co-Artistic Director and Co-founder of NYC based In It For Life Productions which has produced 11 choreography showcases and original Off-Broadway productions. Garret has down tours of Broadway's SWING and 42nd Street. Theatre lead credits include A Chorus Line, Grease and Singing in the Rain
Hannah Lorch
studied with American Ballet Theatre, The Rock School, The Rockettes and Butler University
