Our Staff

The staff at Edge Performing Arts are among the very best in the industry. With worldwide experience both on stage and on screen, our teachers have danced for and taught with some of most prestigious companies in the industry and have studied under many of the world’s top industry professionals.

The EDGE Instructors

The staff at Edge Performing Arts are among the very best in the industry. With worldwide experience both on stage and on screen, our teachers have danced for and taught with some of most prestigious companies in the industry and have studied under many of the world’s top industry professionals.

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Ashlee Dance

Director

Ashlee Dance received her Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Dance & Choreography from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and received her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Choreography at the California Institute of the Arts.


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Kerrie-Anne Sparks

As a youth, Kerrie-Anne Sparks trained at the Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, where she was a member of Lynchburg Regional Ballet Theatre under the direction of Colin and Sylvia Worth. She was also a principal dancer with the Columbia City Ballet.


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Sam Jones

Sam specializes in jazz, musical theatre and acro… and is equally well-versed in lyrical, contemporary, and many other dance styles.


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Kelly Spencer

Kelly began training at age 14 in New York with Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet. She also traveled to Russia where she performed under Oleg Vinogradov.


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Ciara Loscombe

NY native Ciara has been dancing since age 2. She trained with prestigious companies across the country in ballet, modern, contemporary, African and jazz, including techniques in Cunningham, Martha Graham and Limón.


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Rebekah Downing

Rebekah Downing, originally from Charlotte, trained at North Carolina Dance Theatre before attending North Carolina School of the Arts.


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