Staff - Teachers

 Valeria Sinyavskaya - Artistic Director & Ballet Mistress
 Erika Ballard - Ballet/Modern
 Sergei Gorbatov - Ballet & Character (Visiting Guest Artist)
 Adriana Dew - Jazz/Preparatory Ballet
 Tonya Harris - Jazz
 Gigi Boggan - Pilates
 Cara Harker - Ballroom


Ms. Cara Harker graduated from the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University with an M.F.A. in Theatre Performance in 2003. Since that time, she has been working as a dance and theatre instructor and director in Chicago and Cincinnati. She was most recently seen onstage as Kathleen in East Tennessee State University’s production of Three the Hard Way, where she received an Irene Ryan nomination for her performance. Cara teaches three levels of ballroom dance at Kingsport Ballet and was part of the staff during summer workshop 2007.