Katie Crossland
has been teaching at
Columbia Ballet
School for four 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/choreographer
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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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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