President,
Founder
Gina
began
her
training
at
the
age
of
8
with
Dan
&
Company
Studios
of
Tucker
and
Dunwoody.
For
15
years
she
performed
as
a
principal
dancer
with
the
Atlanta
Jazz
Theatre,
under
the
direction
of
Dan
and
Ronda
Youmans.
There,
she
studied
with
nationally
renowned
teachers
and
choreographers.
Gina
also
studied
in
New
York
under
such
notables
as
Charles
Kelly,
Frank
Hatchet,
Don
Farnsworth,
Patricia
Dickenson,
Luigi,
and
Phil
Black.Gina
has
achieved
numerous
and
extensive
professional
credits
beginning
at
the
age
of
14.
Her
professional
credits
include:
The
Atlanta
Jazz
Theatre,
Gwinnett
Ballet
Theatre,
Cumming
Ballet
Company,
Georgia
Governor’s
Honors
Dance
Program,
Athens
Dance
Academy,
Lead
dancer
–
1981
Emmy
Awards,
Starlight
Productions,
Six
Flags
Over
Georgia,
TV
commercials,
and
modeling.
North
Carolina
credits
include
The
Ballet
School
of
Charlotte,
Gaston
Dance
Center,
and
Gaston
Dance
Theatre.
Gina
operates
her
company
and
oversees
several
CMD
Franchisees
at
over
400
on-site
locations
in
Georgia,
South
Carolina,
and
Florida.
She
is
noted
as
a
genius
with
her
outstanding
program
for
the
young
dancer
throughout
the
Southeast.
Gina
produced
her
first
original
Ballet
CD
“Ballerinas
on
the
Move”
in
2005.
She
recently
founded
CMD’s
newest
sports
fitness
program,
Soccer
Champs,
and
released
another
CMD
program
in
2009,
titled
“Mother
Goose”,
for
early
movement.
In
addition
to
instructional
programs,
CMD
offers
the
convenience
of
purchasing
dancewear
online,
which
Gina
started
in
2008,
specializing
in
small
sizes
for
the
young
dancer.
She
is
also
registered
as
a
national
recipient
of
the
prestigious
D.A.R.
award.
Franchisee
Arianna
Boatright
has
lived
in
Brandon,
Florida.
She
began
dancing
with
Lawrenceville
School
of
Ballet
when
she
was
just
three
years
old,
where
she
discovered
her
love
of
ballet.
Arianna
joined
the
North
East
Atlanta
Ballet
Company
when
she
was
12
years
old,
and
continued
to
dance
with
the
company
through
high
school.
After
high
school,
Arianna
attended
Lee
University
in
Cleveland,
TN,
where
she
graduated
in
July
2013
with
a
Business
Management
degree.
Arianna
has
taught
ballet
since
she
was
15
years
old
–
she
has
taught
at
Lilburn
School
of
Ballet
since
2005,
and
Grayson
School
of
Ballet
for
since
2008.
While
in
college,
Arianna
taught
ballet
for
Cleveland
City
Ballet
School.
She
was
also
heavily
involved
in
many
different
volunteer
organizations,
as
well
as
a
middle
school
ministry
program.
Her
passion
for
ballet
has
increased
year
by
year,
since
the
age
of
three.
Arianna
is
passionate
about
her
students,
and
their
dreams
of
becoming
a
ballerina.
After
being
an
instructor
for
CMD
for
several
years,
she
decided
to
become
a
franchisee,
and
now
operates
in
the
Tampa-St.
Petersburg
area.
Franchisee
Oksana
has
been
a
dance
instructor
for
CMD
since
2000,
and
in
2007
became
a
CMD
Licensed
Territory
Owner
and
Director
of
Ritmika,
Inc.
She
has
extensive
training
in
gymnastics,
sports,
acrobatics,
choreography,
and
dance
in
the
former
Soviet
Union,
with
internationally
renowned
coaches
and
instructors.
She
received
her
level
10
in
Artistic
Gymnastics,
and
attended
the
prestigious
Olympic
Reserve
Boarding
School
of
Uzbekistan
(SSSR).
She
continued
training
in
Sports
Acrobatics
with
the
elite
National
Uzbek
Team
as
a
flyer
in
women’s
double.
Dance
was
a
part
of
all
her
sports
career,
as
a
regular
class
in
Choreograph
school
in
Tashkent.
Oksana
has
a
unique
ability
to
orchestrate
creative
artistic
dances
for
children,
and
bring
out
their
special
talents.
Her
sweet,
gracious
and
captivating
teaching
style
is
contagiously
fun,
and
she
knows
how
to
capture
the
hearts
of
her
students.
Franchisee
Autumn
Hill
became
a
Licensed
Territory
Owner
in
2012,
after
working
for
CMD
as
an
Instructor
for
3
years.
Her
territory
is
Lexington
County Lexington
County,
South
Carolina,
which
includes
Columbia,
West
Columbia,
Lexington,
Irmo,
Chapin,
and
Batesburg-Leesville.
Autumn
is
a
native
of
California,
where
she
began
her
dance
training
with
tap,
jazz,
and
musical
theatre.
Upon
acceptance
to
the
School
of
San
Jose
Cleveland
Ballet,
she
was
named
the
Bess
Cartwright
Scholar
recipient.
There,
she
trained
in
the
Bournonville
technique
under
the
direction
of
Lise
La
Cour,
former
director
of
the
Royal
Danish
Ballet
School.
During
her
time
as
a
student
at
Ballet
San
Jose
(formerly
San
Jose
Cleveland
Ballet)
she
joined
the
company
as
a
trainee,
performed
with
the
second
company
in
New
York,
and
was
invited
to
join
as
an
apprentice
in
2004
by
Artistic
Director
Dennis
Nahat.
In
order
to
pursue
her
studies,
she
attended
The
Boston
Conservatory
of
Music
on
scholarship
with
notable
teachers.
There
she
performed
soloist
roles
in
an
array
of
pieces,
including
Martha
Graham’s
Night
Journey
staged
by
Yuriko
and
Antony
Tudor’s
Dark
Elegies
staged
by
Donald
Mahler.
Upon
graduating
in
2008
Magna
Cum
Laude
with
a
BFA
in
dance,
she
joined
BalletRox
in
Boston,
MA
where
she
rose
to
be
the
youngest
African-American
female
principal
in
BalletRox
history.
There,
she
served
on
the
faculty
of
Boston
Ballet’s
Centre
for
Dance
Education
and
BalletRox’s
official
school
where
she
taught
tap,
jazz,
and
ballet.
In
2009,
Miss
Hill
was
invited
by
William
Starrett
to
join
Columbia
City
Ballet,
where
she
currently
performs
in
the
professional
company
and
is
an
instructor
for
their
official
school,
Columbia
Conservatory
of
Dance.
Ms.
Autumn
joined
Creative
Movement
and
Dance
in
2009
teaching
dance,
Little
Champ
Sports,
and
Soccer
Champs
classes.
Heather
is
a
Texas
native
and
has
been
in
Georgia
since
2006.
She
is
the
mother
of
two
wonderful
girls,
Nevaeh
and
Faith.
Heather
has
been
with
CMD
since
2010,
working
in
many
areas
of
the
company
from
office
administrator
to
instructor.
She
not
only
teaches
dance,
but
also
Little
Champs
Sports
classes
for
CMD.
Heather
has
always
enjoyed
teaching
children
as
well
as
coaching
her
own.
She
has
been
a
National
Champion
for
many
years
for
Fellowship
of
Christian
Cheerleaders,
and
continues
to
volunteer
her
time
with
this
organization.
She
truly
enjoys
watch
children
grow
not
only
in
her
their
dancing
abilities,
but
as
students.
She
has
had
some
students
for
many
years
and
values
the
time
she
has
to
teach
them.
Heather
danced
her
way
through
High
School
in
Texas,
with
many
accomplishments
and
awards.
She
ended
her
High
school
career
being
one
of
the
Captains
of
the
dance
team,
and
received
a
dance
scholarship
to
attend
Texas
State
University
in
which
she
performed
in
the
annual
Macy’s
Thanksgiving
Day
parade.
She
then
pursued
her
dream
to
become
a
mother
and
moved
to
Georgia.
As
a
mother
and
being
around
children,
she
again
found
her
love
for
dancing,
teaching
children
and
impacting
lives
through
dance.
Licensed
Territory
Owner
Heather
began
dancing
in
Alabama
at
the
age
of
three,
and
received
her
early
training
in
Ballet,
Tap,
and
Jazz
at
Jane
Kohl
School
of
Dance
and
Huntsville
Community
Ballet
School.
She
also
spent
many
years
studying
music
and
theater.
Upon
graduating
from
Arab
High
School,
Heather
continued
studying
dance
at
Huntingdon
College
in
Montgomery,
Alabama,
and
graduated
with
a
BA
in
Dance
Choreography
and
Pedagogy
in
2001,
then
completed
state
teaching
certifications
in
dance
in
Alabama
and
Georgia
in
2002.
Heather
completed
Dance
Masters
of
America’s
Teachers’
Training
School
in
July
2000,
and
became
a
member
of
Dance
Masters
Chapter
#33.
After
teaching
in
public
schools
in
Alabama,
Heather
moved
to
the
Atlanta
area
in
2002,
and
continued
teaching
dance
at
numerous
locations,
then
moved
to
Kennesaw
in
2006,
where
she
currently
lives.
Heather
is
certified
to
teach
Healthy-Steps,
a
movement
therapy
program
for
breast
cancer
patients.
Her
territory
includes
Kennesaw,
Acworth,
Canton,
and
Woodstock.