TEACHING STAFFDance Star Photos - Performances & Competitions
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OUR TEACHERS MANY OF OUR TEACHERS HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF COLLEGE DANCE TEAMS OR COLLEGE CHEERLEADERS. AS STUDENTS THEY WON COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AND NATIONAL DANCE COMPETITON SCHOLARSHIPS WHICH PROVIDED THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AND AUDITION WITH TALENT AGENCIES FROM NEW YORK CITY AND THE EDGE PERFORMING ARTS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IN LOS ANGELES. SEVERAL HAVE EARNED THEIR COLLEGE DEGREES IN DANCE OR OBTAINED THEIR BFA IN DANCE AND THEATRE ARTS. OUR TEACHING STAFF CONSISTS OF CURRENT PERFORMERS OR ADULTS , ALL OF WHICH WERE FORMER STUDENTS AND TRAINED WITH JEANIE FOR OVER TEN YEARS. JEANIE AND HER STAFF TRAIN WITH TOP CHOREOGRAPHERS FROM NEW YORK CITY AND LOS ANGELES. THEY STUDY YEARLY AT THE DANCE MASTERS OF OHIO AND DANCE MASTERS OF AMERICA CONVENTIONS AND ATTEND WORKSHOPS WITH SUCH PROFESSIONAL DANCERS AS JOE TREMAINE, JO ROWAN, HENRY LETANG,SAVION GLOVER, PAULA ABDUL, WADE ROBSON, RON DEVITO, AND FROM BROADWAY DANCERS FROM THE CAST OF FOSSE, CATS, FAME, ROCKETTES, AND TAP DOGS. |
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| JEANIE MORELAND- ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DIRECTOR, CHOREOGRAPHER, AND OWNER OF THE JEANIE MORELAND DANCE THEATRE. THIS MARKS JEANIE'S 35TH YEAR OF TEACHING STUDENTS THE ART OF DANCE. MANY FORMER STUDENTS HAVE GONE ON TO PERFORM PROFESSIONALY AND WORK IN FILM AND TELEVISION AND AS NBA DANCERS/CHEERLEADERS, AS MEMBERS OF THE FAMED ROCKETTES AND NATIONAL TOURING BROADWAY AND BALLET COMPANIES. MANY FORMER JEANIE MORELAND DANCERS HAVE WON COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DANCE AND HAVE OBTAINED THEIR DEGREES IN ACTING, DANCE AND FINE ARTS. HER STUDENTS HAVE WON STATE AND NATIONAL TITES IN DANCE AND PAGEANTRY. A FEW HAVE GONE ONTO MODEL PROFESSIONALLY IN NEW YORK CITY AND OWN AND OPERATE THEIR OWN DANCE STUDIOS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. JEANIE HOLDS A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE FROM EASTERN KY. UNIVERSITY IN THEATRE ARTS AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, AND AN OHIO TEACHING LICENSE. SHE IS CERTIFIED BY TEST TO TEACH IN THE DANCE PROFESSION BY DANCE MASTERS OF AMERICA, OF WHICH SHE HAS BEEN A 30 YEAR MEMBER. SHE HAS BEEN REGOGNIZED AS TEACHER OF THE YEAR BY THE NORTH AMERICA TALENT AND MODELING ASSOCIATION AND WAS SELECTED AS THE MIAMI VALLEY'S CHILDREN'S DIRECTOR FOR THE TOURING COMPANY OF THE MOSCOW BALLET PERFORMNG THE "GREAT RUSSIAN NUTCRACKER" |
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ALLISON BAILEY Alli has been a competitive dancer for 18 years as well as a teacher and choreographer for the last 10. She has choreographed and won many regional and national awards throughout her competition experience. Miss Alli was a member of Team USA in 2005 to compete in Riesa Germany at the Dance Olympics. She was also a featured dancer in Ohio Performing Arts Institutes "The Nutcracker" for many years in roles such as the Pierrot Clown, Spanish Princess, Snow Corps and many other scenes. Throughout her dance career she has worked with many well known professionals such as Frank Hatchett, Nick Drago, Scott Benson and Jo Rowan just to name a few. She has also had the privilege to work with professional companies such as, DCDC, Rhythm and Shoes, Dayton Ballet and Springfield Ballet Theater. |
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MARQUESSA MORELAND MARQUESSA SERVES AS A GUEST TEACHER/CHOREOGRAPHER FOR THE JEANIE MORELAND DANCE THEATRE. SHE CHOREOGRAPHS FOR THE SELECT COMPETITION GROUPS AND THE SOLO COMPETITIVE STUDENTS. SHE IS A FORMER NBA CHICAGO BULLS DANCER/ CHEERLEADER. SHE IS A PROFESSIONAL ACTRESS, SINGER, DANCER AND HAS RECENTLY RETURNED FROM LOS ANGELES WHERE SHE CAN BE SEEN DANCING AND ACTING IN SEVERAL TELEVISION SHOWS SUCH AS FLASHFORWARD, "ELI STONE", "DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES", "LAS VEGAS", "SHARK". "24", AND "BROTHERS & SISTERS". SHE HAS WORKED WITH SUCH STARS AS JONNY LEE MILLER, VICTOR GARBER, JAMES CANN, JAMES WOODS, KEIFER SUTHERLAND, JOSH DUMMEL, SALLY FIELDS, AND EVA LONGORIA. SHE IS A CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL MEMBER OF DANCE MASTERS OF AMERICA AND CHAPTER 1, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. |
| ABBIE FIERMAN ABBIE TEACHES THE PRE SCHOOL AND BEGINNER LEVEL CLASSES. SHE HAS BEEN A STUDENT TEACHER FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. SHE IS A MONROE HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADER AND HONOR STUDENT. SHE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE JEANIE MORELAND DANCERS PRECISION DANCELINE WHERE SHE HAS COMPETED AND PERFORMED WITH THEM AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL IN CHICAGO, TENNESSEE, AND INDIANA. SHE HAS PERFORMED WITH WRIGHT STATE DANCE TEAM AT RAIDERS BASKETBALL GAMES AND STUDIED WITH JOE TREMAINE, FAMED HOLLYWOOD CHOREOGRAPHER. |
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ANGELA FORDYCE BRYANT ANGIE IS A FORMER JEANIE MORELAND DANCER AND FORMER DANCE THEATRE TEACHER WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF DANCE EXPERIENCE. SHE RECEIVED HER B.S. DEGREE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AND HER MASTERS DEGREE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION FROM WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY. SHE IS AN ADULT SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER FOR BUTLER CAREER TECH. SCHOOLS. ANGIE PERFORMED WITH THE JEANIE MORELAND DANCERS IN NEW YORK CITY, DAYTONA BEACH, AND LAS VEGAS, AND HAS STUDIED WITH JOE TREMAINE CONVENTIONS AND MANY WELL KNOWN HOLLYWOOD CHOREOGRAPHERS. SHE TEACHES THE INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVEL CLASSES AND CHOREOGRAPHS FOR SELECT SOLOS AND COMPETITION GROUPS. HER STUDENTS LOVE HER ENTHUSIASM AND POSITIVE FEEDBACK SHE GIVES THEM, AS THEY ALWAYS PLACE IN THE TOP OVERALLS IN AREA COMPETITIONS. ANGIE RECENTLY MARRIED, BECOMING THE NEW BRIDE OF ANDREW BRYANT. |
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