Katie joins Grassland Dance Academy from The University of Tennessee Chattanooga. With thirteen years of dance experience she has honed her skills through Grassland Dance Academy's internship program during Spring 2014 and is proud to now be an instructor for GDA. Katie has traveled to New York City where she trained with some of the cast members from the Tony Award winning Broadway show Billy Elliot. Including some of the original cast. She has performed in Walt Disney World and was a Junior Member of the Southern Association of Dance Masters. She has worked with various well-known choreographers and has participated in multiple dance conventions over the years.  Katie was recently a back up dancer for an upcoming A&E television show and has received her associates degree in Commercial Entertainment through Columbia State Community College . Spreading the joy of dance is Katie's passion and she looks forward to sharing that very passion with Grassland Dance Academy's students!