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CORI
WALL (EDUCATIONAL
DIRECTOR) has been dancing since she was two and
performing
since she was three. She grew up dancing at Darlene Nosworthy’s Academy
of
Dance in Paradise, California. When Cori was 10 years old she began
dancing
with The D. Noswothy Dancers, Academy of Dance’s competition and
touring
company. In 2006, at the age of 19, Cori moved to Flagstaff and began
dancing
with CCC’s ENCORE dance company and pursuing her AAS degree in dance.
In May
2008 she received her degree and will continue school to pursue a
business
degree at NAU; Cori is also continuing to further her dance education
at CCC.
KATIE
TURLEY (Teacher) is
from Snowflake and has loved dance her whole life.
She
officially started taking classes when she was 10 years old, at Raising
the Barre Dance Studio. She started out with Ballroom and then into
Jazz. When she moved to Flagstaff, she started her career at CCC,
majoring in Dance. Recently she has been forcusing on her dance
philosophy. She loves children and thinks that having dance in
children's lives helps them find meaning in their lives; creating
better human beings. When Katie is not working, she enjoys being
outdoors and taking photos. As a growing artist, her ambition is to
contribute her values and beliefs to the community.
RYAN PINTO
(teaching Hip Hop):
I have been dancing for 20 years. The moves that define me are Hip Hop,
Jazz,
House and just recently learning the movement of modern dance. The
inspiration
I got from dance was dancing and competing at Native American Pow Wows
to carry
on my traditional heritage. Growing up with the moves of Michael
Jackson and
the birth of break dancing in the 80s expanded my curiosity of wanting
to move
like them. When I was 18 years old I joined a well known Hip Hop crew
in 
OLIVIA
BECKLEY (Teacher) started dancing at
the age of four in Port Orchard, WA in general classical dance. She
later began formal training in Cecchetti at Huntington Academy of Dance
in southern California. While living in Flagstaff, she trained in the
RAD program with the NAU Prep School and is now dancing at CCC. Olivia
is continuing to broaden her horizons in the contemporary dance world
and appreciates all forms of dance. With her love for the arts and
expressing herself through movement, Olivia has always had a passion
for teaching and having the opportunity is incredibly exciting for her!
For Olivia it's not an option to dance, she must dance!
GINA B. DARLINGTON
is the executive director of Canyon Movement Company and Canyon Dance
Academy. Gina’s training began at the Virginia Tanner Children’s Dance
Theater at the University of Utah at age 4. She received her dance
degree from Brigham Young University in 1991. She also attended the
University of Utah and University of Nebraska in Omaha. She has
performed in dance companies in Utah, Missouri, Nebraska, and Arizona.
She has been an Artist-in Residence for the State of Arizona where she
conducted numerous residencies throughout northern Arizona. Gina is an
associate faculty member for Coconino Community College (since 1993)
and recently was a guest teacher at the American College Dance Festival
in Salt Lake City, Tempe, Scottsdale, and Bellingham, WA. Previously,
Gina owned and operated Gina’s School of Dance in Sandy, Utah, and
Danceworks Studio in Omaha and Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Gina keeps busy
with her husband and five sons. Her philosophy and teaching style is
congruent with those methods taught at the Children’s Dance Theater at
the University of Utah.
Miss Carol and Miss Sarah at the DaCI conference in