Dance

Dance Instructors

Instructor Sandy Griffin has been a dance educator for over 40 years and is beginning her 17th year at CRPD. She has had extensive training as a dancer with many renowned teachers and performers, has judged many dance competitions , professionally danced in ballet and musicals and has owned her own dance studio in Marietta. She has been educated in the RAD syllabus for teaching beginning-professional levels at the Royal Ballet School in London England.

Instructor Andrea Walker began dancing at the age of three with the CRPD dance program. While in the program as a student she discovered her love for teaching while assisting with various classes. Andrea attended many master classes and intensives at Brenau University, Kennesaw State, and Bandan Koro. She graduated with honors from Tyler College in TX, where she majored in dance with a focus in dance education. While at school she taught at a local pre-professional dance school, performed in several of the college’s dance shows, choreographed a piece for their annual student-faculty recital, and worked as an assistant to the director of the school’s annual Nutcracker production.

 Due to recital preparations there are no new students allowed March-May.