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Kimberly is a native of Columbia, South Carolina. Upon graduating from High School she received a Dance Scholarship to The University of South Carolina under the direction of Susan Anderson. Kimberly has a well rounded background in ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, hip hop and modern. She has an extensive background in classical ballet with a main focus of study of Vaganova under the tutelage of Ann Brodie, Fina Suarez-More, Susan Anderson, Stanislav issaev, Maya Pilsetskaya of the Bolshoi Ballet, Vyacheslav Gordeyev of the Moscow Ballet, William Starrett, Mariclare Miranda and Radenko Paviovich. Training in New York with Michael Lland, Robert Denvers and David Howard.
Kimberly brings with her over 30 years of teaching experience to all level students and in multiple dance genres. Kimberly's choreography has won awards for groups and solos in multiple genres. She specializes in technical coaching for dancers looking to take their abilities to the professional level. She is the ballet technique Coach for the Chapin Girls Dance Team and currently on faculty with Palmetto Conservatory of Dance home of the Columbia Classical Ballet and Dreamworks in Sumter SC. Kimberly is known for her enthusiastic and innovative teaching style. Students under her tutelage have achieved top honors as soloist and title winners at National Dance Competitions, scholarship recipients and top five at Youth America Grand Prix, Universal Ballet Competition top five, The Dance Awards, Grand Talent at the Miss SC Pageant, performed with The Rockettes, admissions to Point Park, Joffrey, AMDA, and New School NYC, performed on Broadway, Cast Members for Disney and more.
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