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Dance Instructors | Teaching Assistants
For 2009-2010, we are excited to have several of our older CDP dancers serving your ballerinas in class! Each TA is held to a high standard of behavior. They are great examples and role models for our dancers!

Mady Brann has been dancing at Cary Dance for 10 years now, and this is her 4th year on company. She is a member of our Junior Company. This is her first year as a TA and she is loving it! Mady TA’s with Ms. Allie on Tuesdays with our new Boys Hip Hop class and with Ms. Brooke on Wednesdays. Mady is a 7th grader at Martin Middle School and is on their dance team. Mady is looking forward to another amazing and exciting year at CDP.
Celia Burger is an 8th grader at St. Michael School. She has been dancing at CDP since she was 21/2 years old. She has been in Company for 5 years. Her favorite dance forms are Hip Hop and Jazz. She also enjoys tumbling and running. In addition to conventions and competitions she had the opportunity to dance in Orlando and NYC during the summer of 2009. She would like to thank the CDP family for helping her achieve her dreams supporting the LiveSTRONG Foundation last season.
Katie Chatman is a junior at Panther Creek High School. She has been dancing for 12 years and has been competing since the age of 5. This is her fourth year as a member of the CDP company and her second year competing with the Teen Company. This is Katie’s second year TAing. Her favorite styles of dance are hip-hop, lyrical and musical theater. Katie is excited to be TAing her Monday students from last year again with Mrs. Ashley and Mrs. T.
Rachel Duncan is a sophomore at Green Hope High School. One of her favorite things to do is dance. She began dancing in school in 6th grade and this is her sixth year with CDP. She enjoys ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical and hip-hop. Rachel loves working with children and is very excited about her first year as a TA!
Hannah Eadie is a sophomore at Panther Creek High School. She has been dancing for nine years and has been at CDP for the last two years. This is her first year TAing with Ms. Ashley and she enjoys sharing her love for dance with the younger girls she teaches.
Sarah Farrar is a freshman at Athens Drive High School and has been dancing at Cary Dance Productions since kindergarten. It is her 8th year competing in CDP's company. This is her first year being a TA and she is very excited to be given the opportunity. Sarah is looking forward to sharing her love of dance with her adorable ballerinas!
Rachel Gibson is a junior at Middle Creek high school and has been dancing at CDP for the past 11 years. Her favorite form of dance is hip-hop but enjoys every style. This is her second year as a teacher assistant. She is excited to continue to share her passion for dance with the younger girls. Rachel is looking forward to another exciting year at CDP!
Celina Rini has been dancing since she was 3 years old. She started at North East Dance Academy in New York. She is currently a seventh grader at Salem Middle School. This is her 3rd year at CDP as well as her 3rd year on company. This is Celina’s first year as a TA and she enjoys helping out the CDP staff and finds it to be a very rewarding experience. Dance is her passion and she lives for dance!! Celina’s favorite genres of dance are jazz and contemporary. Celina enjoys being a part of the CDP family!
Anne-Catherine Rossi is an eighth grader at Salem Middle School in Apex. She has been dancing since she was four years old. This is her eighth year at CDP and her fifth year dancing in Company. She was excited to be a new TA last year and is even more excited to TA again this year. She considers dance her passion and hopes to make it a career, but in the meantime she loves helping others enjoy it, too.
Courteney Sebastian is in 8th grade at East Cary Middle School. She started dancing when she was three and loved it ever since! This is her 8th year at CDP and 5th year on company. Her favorite styles of dance are lyrical and jazz. Outside of dance, she also enjoys gymnastics and football. She feels that TAing has helped her grow as a dancer and she looks forward to an amazing year!


