INTERNATIONAL DANCE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Artistic Director
- Director
- Instructor
- Owner
Artistic Director Elizabeth Hawkins studied under both Founder Christina Heimlich and former Artistic Director Lisa Filipy for 10 years as an elite Christina Heimlich Dancer. She continued her dancing career at Shenandoah University where she studied under Robyn Schroth and Pamela Saxon and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She rejoined International Dance in 2012.
Misha is a professionally and classically trained ballet soloist from the Czech Republic and Slovakia where she shared the stage with Russian stars such as Ilse Liepa, and others. She is a member of the Slovak National Theatre and D.J.K Tyl in Pilsen and has taught Vaganova style ballet since 2009.
She likes musical theatre, jazz, ballet, modern dance and fashion shows but what she really loves is teaching and choreographing children of all ages.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Director
- Instructor
Becca's training from ages 12-18 was strictly Vaganova Ballet and Character Dance. At University of Central Oklahoma, Becca studied and taught modern, contemporary, jazz, choreography, and theatre. There, she made it her mission to help dancers become stronger both physically and mentally. She received a BFA in Dance Performance and a minor in theatre arts from UCO in 2015 before venturing off to London, UK where she recently graduated with her MFA in Dance Choreography.
Becca is thrilled to be the Assistant Director at ID LLC and loves teaching at International Dance!
Sarah was trained from a young age at Ruth Mitchell's Georgia Dance Conservatory before continuing her training at the Atlanta Ballet Center for Dance Education. While attending the University of Georgia, she continued her studies in modern dance, ballet, and pointe, graduating in 2012 with a Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood Education and a Minor in Spanish.
Miss Victoria has been dancing with International Dance since she was just six years old. She is one of the school's best and brightest students.