FACULTY
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ALECIA LAKERNICK
owner & Artistic Director
All Stars Company Coordinator
Alecia is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Meredith College with a B.A. in Dance , a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Campbell University with a B.S. in Spanish with K-12 education certification and is certified in Early Childhood Education. As Miss Henderson 1992, she won the Talent Award at the Miss North Carolina Pageant & was a Top Ten Finalist. In 1987, as Miss Topsail Island, she captured the only Non-Finalist Talent Award at The Miss N.C. Pageant and was chosen as a member of the Miss NC Performing Troupe. Alecia toured 5 summers with Hoctor’s Dance Caravan as an instructor, performer and head coordinator for the Caravan Kid program. Studies include: N.C. School of the Arts, The Columbia City Ballet, Wake Forest University, Dance Theater of Fayetteville, Broadway Dance Center (NYC) and Steps (NYC). She has choreographed for Dance Caravan, Miss Henderson Pageant, Miss Erwin-Denim Pageant, Miss Topsail Island Pageant, Louisburg College, Vance Rec Players, Granville Little Theater, Lakeland Cultural Arts center, Broadway & Beyond Theatre Camp, Imagination Station, Vance County Show Choir, as well as, for high school majorettes & twirlers at Triton, Midway, Webb and Northern Vance. Alecia has judged for many dance and baton competitions including: Star Talent, Applause Talent, On Stage America, Stars of Tomorrow and Drum Majorettes of America. She is a certified judge and instructor for Drum Majorettes of America and has over 40 years experience teaching dance and baton.
LINDA SLONSKI
Clogging instructor
Linda has been clogging since age 9. She was a member of the Silverheel Cloggers in Randleman, NC and taught clogging classes there until attending UNC Chapel Hill. While at UNC-CH, Linda joined the NCSU Clogging team. She is a member of the competitive clogging team, Pride of Carolina Cloggers, where she continues to compete, perform and attend workshops, in ACHF and Cadence competition sanctions. Linda was inducted into the American Clogging Hall of Fame All American Clogging Team at the 2012 World Championships. Linda is the resident Clogging Instructor for the All Stars Competition Dance Team.
JEANIE CHROME
Ballet, Pointe, Jazz, Tap, Lyrical & Musical Theater instructor
All Stars Company Coordinator
Jeanie Chrome started her dance training at the age of 5 at Kay's Act II Dance Studio in Trevose, PA. Her passion for the sacred ritual of dance and the movement possibilities of the human body led her to continue her dance education after high school. In 2008, she received her B.F.A. in Dance from the rigorous training program at University of the Arts where she majored in Jazz Dance Performance. Miss Jeanie has performed with some of the most respected choreographers in the Pennsylvania tri-state area including Ronen Koresh, Christine Cox, Scott Jovovich, Molly Misgalla, Wayne St David, Kim Bears-Bailey, Donald Lunsford, and Ginger Cox. She danced as a soloist with Alchemy Dance Company for 5 years, as well as RHYP dance company, did industrial work with Mega Productions, Synergic Sounds Entertainment and 2Life Talent, Musical Theater with Mainstage Theater Company, worked the television pilot for the D-Train Comedy and Variety Show, was the face of Prissy Ballerinas tutu line, performs as a magicians assistant, and judges dance competitions. In July of 2014, she completed the Vaganova syllabus teachers training program under the direction of Mr. John White at the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet, and is now certified to teach levels 1-6. Vaganova’s syllabus is a world renowned standard of excellence in the training of ballet students. This amazing experience has completely changed how she instructs classes. Miss Jeanie was the owner and artistic director of Releve Dance Academy in Phoenixville, PA for five years where she taught 6 days a week as well as ran and choreographed for the award winning competition team. Her dancers have won titles, some have gone to college for dance and are even dancing and teaching professionally now. In April of 2021 she most recently became certified in Progressing Ballet Technique for junior, senior and advanced levels. Miss Jeanie is eager to have the opportunity to train a new group of students and to continue to nurture, challenge and motivate dancers to be the very best artists they can be.
PAIGE WORSHAM
Ballet, pointe instructor
Paige Worsham is from North Carolina and attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts for high school. As a member of the ballet program at UNCSA, she performed in works including Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Who Cares?, Tenderness of Patient Minds, Donizetti Variations, and the annual Nutcracker productions. She also performed in the inaugural Carolina Ballet performance of Western Symphony and attended summer intensives at Boston Ballet and Virginia School of the Arts. Following graduation, she danced with Atlanta Ballet. In New York City, Paige was a member and choreographer for the Peyari Dance Project and performed off-Broadway in association with Spotlight On Productions. She trained and choreographed dance pieces for Miss Virginia, Miss North Carolina, and Miss America contestants, and taught as guest faculty for the UNCSA Festival of Dance. She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for college and law school and has continued to teach a variety of dance genres for 20 years across North Carolina.
Austin Kohler
Contemporary, lyrical, jazz, hip hop instructor
Austin is a graduate of East Carolina University with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance Performance and Choreography. While at ECU Austin was awarded an Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Award (URCA grant) for choreography. Since graduating from ECU Austin has joined the Raleigh based professional modern dance company, Black Box Dance Theatre. Austin is from the Charlotte area and has trained, choreographed and taught at Miss Donna's School of Dancing. Austin has passion for bringing artistic visions to life, excels in creating innovative routines and is committed to inspiring and motivating performers to achieve their highest potential.
Ginevieve Cunningham
Acro, lyrical, jazz instructor
Ginevieve Cunningham is from Cedar Point, N.C. where she has taught, trained and competed for Jessica's Dance Academy. She currently teaches dance at Lune Sparks Art Center and continues to teach as a guest artist at her home studio in Cedar Point. Ginevieve also has trained and coached gymnastics for several years. She is a Junior at North Carolina State Universtiy, majoring in Fashion Textile and Marketing and minoring in Dance. Ginevieve is excited to join the Ballet Arts faculty and family!
Kimberlyn Rojo-Rojas
ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical INSTRUCTOR
Kimberlyn began dancing at Ballet Arts when she was 6 years old. She immersed herself in a variety of recreational classes such as ballet, tap, jazz, baton, and acro. Her passion for dance led her to later join the company, where she competed in group numbers as well as solos. After graduating high school in 2021, she attended Wake Forest University where she majored in Psychology and minored in Spanish and Dance. While at Wake Forest University, she was an active member of the Dance Company and even had the opportunity to take a class with legendary Debbie Allen in the fall of 2023. Kimberlyn graduated from Wake Forest University in May 2025 and is currently a college counselor for juniors at Henderson Collegiate High School and also is studying to obtain a masters degree in counseling.
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AMY BROWN
All Stars Company Coordinator
Youth ballet, tap, jazz instructor
Amy is originally from Norfolk Virginia and now resides in Henderson. She is a graduate of Shaw University, in Raleigh. Amy has many years experience teaching and directing praise dance groups in churches and the dance studio setting. She is a certified elementary school teacher with 30 years experience teaching in the public schools and was selected as Granville County’s Teacher of the Year for 2020. Amy retired after 31 years in NC Public Schools and now works from home teaching with NCVA. She has been affiliated with Ballet Arts for over 29 years.
Thomas Dixon
hip hop instructor
Thomas Dixon, is a street style hip hop freestyler who graduated from Appalachian State University with a BA in Dance. A member and choreographer of Entropy Dance Crew, he also teaches at Broughton High School “YAY Dance Camp” and at Raleigh area studios and workshops. Thomas wishes to bring out expressiveness and creativity to fellow dancers and students.
KRISTIN VICK
BATON instructor
Kristin Vick is a Ballet Arts alumni. She is a former Competitive baton twirler and has trained in ballet, lyrical,tap, jazz, clogging and musical theater. Kristin traveled the country competing nationally for years and won many local, regional, state and national titles. She earned the status of advanced and elite levels. Kristin from seventh grade until graduation was the feature twirler for JF Webb high school as well as color guard captain. Kristin has been teaching twirlers for over a decade. She is a veteran instructor at Ballet Arts and is returning after a hiatus to focus on mommy duties for her recently adopted girls and toddler son. Kristin has master level skills in baton and has taught 1, 2 and 3 baton, fire baton, knives, hoop, streamer, flag, and rifle.
OFU CAIRNS
Guest instructor
Ofu started dancing at Ballet Arts when he was 8 years old and took classes in the styles of tap, contemporary, jazz, clogging, ballet, and lyrical. Early on, Ofu showed a passion and dedication to the art when he started assisting Ballet Arts faculty members on top of his own training. He eventually became a student-teacher at Ballet Arts when he was 15 years old and taught tap classes until graduating from high school in 2020. He is now a graduate of Swarthmore College and resides in Rhode Island. Ofu has continued to dance and teaches at several studios in the Providence, Rhode Island area and returns to Ballet Arts as a guest artist
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AMAYA BROWN
Guest instructor
Bio coming soon.
phil lakernick
studio manager
