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BiosSally Hart: Founder, Director, and Instructor of the Albemarle Ballet Theatre,formerly danced with the Joffrey Ballet for five years and performed at theopening of the Kennedy Center with American Ballet Theatre Artistic Director,Kevin McKenzie. Mrs. Hart has been teaching dance locally for sixteen years andhas produced many local dance productions. Her unique, multifaceted curriculumincludes a blend of English/Russian technique and Vaganova methods that bringout the best in every dancer.“If you are looking for a dance instructor for your fledgling child or you are anaspiring professional, Mrs. Sally Hart is the teacher that you want to train with!”- Linda M. Kuchera-Gage, formerly with “American Ballet Theatre”Sharon Donohue Tolczyk formerly danced with the Dayton Ballet Company, whereshe was also Ballet Mistress for both the professional company and Dayton BalletII and also danced with Peridance, a contemporary ballet company in NYC. Mrs.Tolczyk taught at the Boston Ballet School and Walnut Hill School for the Arts,where she also directed the Children’s Dance Extension Division and SummerDance Workshop.Erin J. Forker was a member of the Dance Stop Company located outside ofAtlanta, Georgia for 10 years where she performed throughout the Southeast.As a charter member of the dance company BeMoved, Erin performed in NewYork City to raise money to establish a dance school in Uganda. She trained andstudied under teachers and choreographers such as Lynette Grubb Strickland, KrisCangelosi, Jimmy Locust, Lisa Toups, Ray Hall and Marcus R. Alford.Dinah Gray is the co-founder of Charlottesville’s Prospect Dance Group andhas danced professionally with Ballet Theatre of Annapolis, the BaltimoreOpera, Kimberly Mackin Dance Company, and Off Center Dance Theater. Aftergraduating from the Virginia School of the Arts, she attended Goucher College asa Rosenberg Scholar in dance, where she received a B.A. in Dance Performanceand Choreography.Ashley McCall-Geisler studied with the Old Dominion University Ballet Company inNorfolk, Virginia, and trained with Nina Sakhnovskaya of the Vaganova Institute inSt. Petersburg, Russia. Key roles include Marzipan and Chinese in The Nutcrackerand lead roles in performances of Snow White and The Fairy Doll.Mollie Washburne danced with the Montgomery Civic Ballet and at IndianaUniversity. Mrs. Washburne began her dance training in Montgomery, Alabama,with Audrey Gryder and Duane Dishion and went on to study with George Verdak,formerly of the Ballet Russe, and with Jurgen Pagels at Indiana University, whereshe received a degree in Journalism and Theater. She also studied at the BrianskyBallet Center and with the Joffrey Ballet