Stacy Davis ~ Director

Being the owner of Dance Designs Studio, a graduate of
Southern High School,  Stacy went on to pursue her love
and dream of dance to be on Star Search.  Stacy has studied
dance with many of the greats, such as Stepp Stewart, Joe
Tremaine, and Gus Giodarno. She has also studied in  Las
Angeles at the Edge Dance Center. She was dancer and
choreographer in the Ms.and Mrs. Kentucky Pageants.
She also taught a dance program with the Jefferson County     
Public School System. She has choreographed some of the
best routines and has been awarded regionally and nationally
for her success.  She directed and choreographed the entertainment    
for the Barnstable Brown Derby Eve Gala for 2 consecutive years.     
She also coaches the award winning NOMS~NOHS dance teams.

Renee Davis ~ Instructor

Renee has over fifteen years of dance experience.  She is a
graduate of Sacred Heart Academy where she was a member
of Sacred Hearts Dance Team.  As a member of many competitive
teams, throughout the years, Renee has studied in jazz, lyrical,
hip-hop, and tap, and has had excellent training in all forms of
technique. She has won many top awards during her dance
career, including a platinum award at the 2005 Footloose
Nationals in Orlando. She performed for  two consecutive
years at the Barnstable Brown Derby Eve Gala. She recently
attended a workshop at The Edge in Los Angeles. In 2008 & 2009    
she received  choreography awards at Star Systems Competition.
Renee currently attends U of L.

 Sarah Deely ~ Instructor

Sarah has been dancing for 19 years and teaching for nine
years. She has been a competitive dancer for years and has
won many awards at both regional and national competitions.
In 2003, she was selected to work with the Hoctor Dance
Caravan as a Caravan Kid, travelling nationwide, performing
and running the competitions. She has worked with top
choreographers such as Barry Youngblood, Anthony LaCossio,
Jerry Rose, and many more. In 2006 and 2007 she participated in
a duet which won top overall and 1st place overall in tap routines
which she  choreographed. She recently attended a work-shop at
"The Edge" in Los Angeles.  In Feb. 2007,  2008, & 2009, she received     
"teacher  awards" @ Star Systems. She currently attends ITT.

Margie Fitzpatrick has been teaching Ballet for over ten years.
Her credentials include Director of the Harmony Elementary
Dance Club, Dance Designs, and the Louisville Ballet school.
Ms. Fitzpatrick holds a B.F.A. from the University of Cincinnati-
College Conservatory of Music, where she attended on scholarship;
performing principal roles in original Ballets choreographed by
faculty and guest Artists from the Cincinnati and Houston Ballet.
Her training started with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Mansur
Kamaletdinov-former Ballet Master of the Kirov Ballet, and New
Castle Regional Ballet as the original Sugar Plum Fairy at age 15;
in their First annual production of the Nutcracker. Upon graduating
college, Ms. Fitzpatrick retired as a dancer, and is a dedicated mother
and teacher; promoting healthy children and dancers.

 Samantha Watkins ~  Instructor

Samantha has been dancing for over 15 years and is a graduate
from Shelby Co. High school. There she was a cheerleader for
three years and a co-captain on the varsity dance team her senior
year. Samantha decided to take her dancing skills to a different
level and join a local dance studio. Where she won 1st, 2nd, and
3rd at nationals also many other awards. Samantha then decided
to take another journey in the dancing industry and moved to Los
Angelas, California to pursue her dancing career. In California she
understudied Shane Sparks, Brooklyn, Kennis, and Showtime at
Milenium Dance Complex. While being in California after exploring
her dancing skills Samantha decided to come back to Louisville, KY,
to share her dance experience of the west coast. Samantha is now
currently choreographing for local school dance teams and Dance
Designs Studio.

 Christina Rose Clements ~  Instructor

Christina began her dance training at 3. She is a graduate of
the Youth Performing Arts School. Her collegiate level dancing
includes both Point Park Conservatory and Western Kentucky
University. She participated in the nationwide ACDFA and other
national collegiate level dance education programs. Her teaching
credits include Ballet (Vaganova and Cecchetti), Tap, Jazz (Giordano),
modern (Graham and Humphrey) Latin jazz, pointe, theatre jazz
and contemporary ballet. Christina has danced nationally in many
different venues from competitive to the professional realm. She
firmly believes in a stern leaning environment, which prepares
dancers for accuracy in technique and maximum individual
artistic development,

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