The Teachers

Roxanne Shepard

Roxanne has studied under Gail Kilgore, Susan Pace-White of the City Youth Ballet of Johnson City, Marvin Askew of Buffalo New York Ballet, Aaron Jackson and Tom Blessing, She is a Graduate of Tusculum College with a Bachelors in Special Education. She has taught dance for over twenty years.


Laura Blair

Laura has a degree in dance from Walters State where she studied under Rusty Miller. Laura has studied under Rusty Miller, Cathy Cooper, Gail Kilgore, Roxanne Shepard, Susan White, and others. Laura started dancing at age four. Laura has over 12 years of teaching experience. Laura is a new mom to Finley (8 months).


Jill Reynolds

Jill began her dance studies at the Morristown School of Dance Arts at the age of six where she studied under Gail Noe-Kilgore and Roxanne Shepard. Jill is a graduate of the Morristown-Hamblen High School West and the University of Tennessee-Knoxville where she received a BS in Nuclear Engineering. While at UTK, she continued her studies under the direction of Peggy Burks, Gwendolyn Delaney of the Tennessee Conservatory of Fine Arts, and Sara Dickinson of the Appalachian Ballet Company and Momentum Dance Lab. Jill has been teaching at the Morristown School of Dance Arts since August 2013.


Ginger Wright

Ginger has been dancing since the age of three. She has studied under Range Dance School, Outer Limits Dance, Susan Pace-White, & Premier Gymnastics, and Gray Dance School. She has a Masters Degree in Early Childhood and is a mom of three children.