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/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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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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Jennifer
Kruidenier has
been dancing for
25 years and is in
her second year
teaching at
Columbia Ballet
School. She is
originally from
Baton Rouge, La,
where she began
studying at the
Powell Moise
School of Dance.
Jennifer started
teaching ballet
classes when she
was just 15.
While her
degree is in
Speech
Language
Pathology, she
is devoted to
teaching dance.
She began
teaching
preschool ballet
classes in Boone,
NC, and she
started a
preschool dance
program in
Indianapolis.
Jennifer has two
daughters, whom
she
homeschools.
Her daughters
attend classes at
Columbia Ballet
School.
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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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