Katie Crossland
has been teaching
at Columbia Ballet
School for three
years.
She is attending
the University of
South Carolina and
will graduate this
year with a degree
in dance
performance and a
minor in education.
She began dance
training at
Calvert-Brodie
under the
instruction of Mrs.
Calvert and Mrs.
Brodie. She
danced for four
years at A.C. Flora
and came to
Columbia Ballet
School in 2002.
She was in Devine
Street Dance
company and was
the tap dance
captain her junior
year.
She won a
platinum award for
her tap solo,
Wiliamania.
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Cindy Flach
calls musical
theatre her
passion. She has
directed and
choreographed
more than 250
productions
nationwide and in
Europe.
She has been on
the University of
South Carolina
dance faculty
since 1988. At the
Columbia Ballet
School, she
teaches tap and
musical theatre.
More than a dozen
of her former
students are
currently dancing
professionally.
Cindy has been
involved in scores
of local
productions as a
choreographer and
director.
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Terrance
Henderson is
artistic director and
choreographer for
Vibrations Dance
Company in
Columbia. He
studied theatre at
the University of
South Carolina,
where he received
ballet training from
Stanislav Issaev
and Susan
Anderson, and
studied jazz with
Cindy Flach.
Terrance also
trained
professionally with
internationally
renowned
dancer/choreograp
her Kris Cangelosi,
under whose
direction he
danced with the
Columbia
Contemporary
Performance
Group, serving as
her assistant to the
director.
Terrance has been
with Vibrations
Dance Company
almost since
inception, serving
as choreographer
for the past seven
years and artistic
director for the past
four. He has twice
been selected as a
finalist for the Leo’s
Competitive Event
at the Jazz Dance
World Congress.
His choreography
caught the eye of
the late Fernando
Bujones while still
a student at USC,
and he was invited
to set one of his
most requested
solos, “That’s Life”
on dancers in the
Orlando Ballet.
Terrance’s
choreography also
received an award
for Outstanding
Contemporary
Choreography at
the 2004 Youth
America Grand Prix
for a solo
choreographed for
dancer Brooklyn
Mack.
Terrance is the
dance/drama
teacher at Logan
Elementary School
where he is the
choreographer of
the Logan Leopard
West African Drum
and Dance
Ensemble.
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Ruth Ann Ingham
teaches voice at
Columbia Ballet
School. She has
appeared in a
number of local
theatre
productions and with
the S.C.
Philharmonic
Orchestra.
Her stage credits
include Mrs. Anna in
The King and I,
Marian the librarian in
The Music Man, Dolly
in Hello, Dolly!, and
Tessie Tura in
Gypsy, among many
others.
She graduated with
honors from
Columbia College
School of Music, and
has taught musical
theater at Workshop
Theatre and Richland
Northeast High
School. She also
teaches music at
Cardinal Newman.
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Ann Kent is a
graduate of the
University of South
Carolina with a
bachelor of
science degree in
Nursing.
She has spent the
last 25 years
teaching dance and
performing in South
Carolina, North
Carolina, and
Georgia with Arthur
Murray Studios,
South Carolina
Ballet Theatre,
Carolina Ballet
Company and Fred
Astaire Studios.
A member of the
faculty of the
Columbia Ballet
School for 20
years, she teaches
all ballet levels,
variations class,
adult ballet, and
ballroom dance.
In 1996, she
studied years 1-5
of the Vaganova
syllabus following
the curriculum and
standards of the
Vaganova School
in St. Petersburg
under the tutelage
of John White of
the Pennsylvania
Academy of Ballet.
Ms. Kent has
choreographed
and staged works
for student concerts
and productions
including excerpts
from Pacquita, La
Bayadere, Swan
Lake, Sleeping
Beauty, Raymonda,
Coppelia, Nutcracker
, Don Quixote,
Mother Goose,
Aesop's Fables and
Giselle.
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Originally from
Columbia, McCree
O'Kelley began his
dance training with
Calvert-Brodie,
Upstage Theater,
and the Carolina
Ballet. At the age of
16, he accepted a
full scholarship to
attend the School of
American Ballet in
New York City.
He then went on to
graduate from the
North Carolina
School of the Arts.
McCree starred in
the North American
tour of Cats as Mr.
Mistoffelees,
receiving much
critical acclaim. As a
member of the
Atlanta Ballet he
performed
numerous soloist
and principal roles.
McCree has
performed with the
Metropolitan Opera
Ballet in many
operas including
Tannhauser, Aida,
and Samson et Delila.
He has appeared
throughout the US in
many regional
theater productions
including Music
Man (Tommy Djilas),
Cabaret, and
Carousel (Carnival
Boy). Most recently
McCree was a
featured dancer at
Tokyo Disneyland in
Japan. McCree is a
proud member of
Actors’ Equity
Association.
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