SSOD Dancer Harper Whitlock was part of a social media feature on Joffrey Ballet’s Instagram as a part of their Summer Intensive Program. A current 8th grader at Bulloch Academy, Harper auditioned earlier this year and attended their 2 week summer intensive in Athens on the University of Georgia campus. Many dancers from SSOD have...
In honor of Statesboro School of Dance’s 20th Anniversary Spring Performance, SSOD alumni reunited to perform. Those participating included a dozen students who graduated from SSOD during 2002-2021. Below are some pictures from the performance.
This summer, Statesboro School of Dance students attended Joffrey Dance Intensives in Athens, Georgia, and private lessons with William Starrett, director of the Columbia City Ballet. Ceci Smith, daughter of Jeffery and Amy Smith attended Joffrey’s Summer Intensive in Athens, Georgia for one week in June. In July, Katherine and Harper Whitlock, daughters of Austin...
Current SSOD dance students Ceci Smith, Helen Piltner, Katherine Whitlock, and Abbie Durden auditioned on January 19, 2019 for the Joffrey Summer Dance Intensives. Way to go girls!
SSOD students Katherine Whitlock and Helen Piltner were recently selected by the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City to become part of their Joffrey Trainee program. The Joffrey Trainee Program is a rigorous four year program, located in New York City and Dallas, Texas, designed to take individuals from a student to a professional...
This summer, four SSOD students attended Joffrey Ballet Summer Intensives. Katherine Whitlock and Helen Piltner both attended intensives in Athens, Georgia. Abbi and Ceci Smith attended musical theatre intensives in New York City. Below are pictures submitted by Abbi and Ceci’s mom Amy. Summer intensives are a great way to fine tune your ballet skills...
Every summer most children and teenagers lounge by the pool or hang out with their friends. Statesboro School of Dance student Katherine Whitlock chose to take one week out and study at the Joffrey Ballet Intensive at the University of Georgia in Athens. The Joffrey Georgia South program is led by Colleen Merwin a former...
Last month, Statesboro School of Dance Artistic Director Shay Morgan was honored with a Deen Day Smith to Mankind Award. Over the past 29 years, the annual prestigious, invitation-only event has recognized hundreds of members of our community for their efforts to help other people. This year, twenty people were recognized for their “unselfish acts…measure of...
