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Former student at Rhythm Dance Studio. Upon graduating from Rhythm, Morgan attended Wake Forest University where she was a member of the school's dance company and dance team and began her teaching career. In May of 2019, she graduated Magna Cum Laude from WFU with a bachelor of the arts in Communication, Japanese, and Dance. Morgan now choreographs for and teaches all ages of our competitive program. Her work has won several recognitions and her students have received numerous awards this season.

Katarina Dimitrijevic is a graduate of The State Ballet Academy of Belgrade, Serbia. Katarina danced with the Simionov Ensemble and instructed classical ballet at three different ballet institutions in Belgrade.  She then spent several years in Italy as a ballet instructor, choreographer and dancer at ballet schools in Ragusa. Cosimo, Acate and Grammichele.  In 1997, Katarina opened her own dance school, KAYA, in Belgrade.  She also completed a four-year course in Ballet Pedagogy at the University of High Culture and Arts in Rome, Italy, where she continued her studies in the Vaganova methodology.  She served as Assistant to Professor Ivan Goliandin in the Character Dance Department.  While studying in Rome, she taught classical and character dances at several studios while also dancing professionally.  Katarina moved to the United States in 2003 and taught classical ballet at the Fort Wayne Ballet Academy.  

Former student at Rhythm Dance Studio and originally from Concord NC, Shanise began her dance training at the age of 2 training in tap, jazz, ballet, lyrical and hip hop. She attended East Carolina University, where she joined the Dance Team and received her bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology with a concentration in Health Fitness. After five seasons, she is a proud Atlanta Falcons Cheer alum. Dance has always been her light, joy and driving force, and she hopes to share her many stories of her experience to help everyone grow to be not only be a great dancer but to be a great individual as well.