Whitney Teyf - Founder/Director

Whitney Teyf, originally from Northern Virginia, has been pursuing her passion for dance since the age of three. Whitney has extensive experience in teaching, choreographing, and performance. She received her BFA in Dance Education from East Carolina University in 2006. During her time at ECU she was a member of the Pure Gold Dance Team and the ECU Jazz Performing Group. She was both a principle dancer in the outdoor drama Horn in the West and choreographer / performer at the Powderhorn Black Box Theatre in Boone, NC. She was a company member with Atlanta Dance Project. She has performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., with Atlanta Ballet's Fusion Project,and most recently with Atlanta Dance Project at the Alliance Theatre. Currently she teaches dance full time at Vanderlyn Elementary School in Dunwoody, GA. She founded  the dance program at Vanderlyn in 2006.

Nicole Kedaroe

Dance Instructor

Nicole Kedaroe is a native of Boston, MA where she began her formal dance training at the Boston Arts Academy for Performing and Visual Arts. Nicole moved on to attended Franklin Pierce University, where she received a Bachelor of Science Degree (Magna Cum Laude) in Arts Management and Dance. Since beginning her higher education in dance, Nicole has been training extensively by attending festivals and dance workshops. Upon attending these programs, she has had the pleasure of working with artists such as Rebecca Lazier, Gregory Maqoma, and Victoria Marks. She has also had the privilege of performing repertory work with companies such as David Dorfman Dance, Gibney Dance, Keigwin + Company, and the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. Nicole recently received her MFA degree in Dance Performance and Choreography from Smith College. While earning her degree, she had the opportunity to instruct dance at Smith College and the University of Massachusetts/Amherst as a teaching fellow. Nicole has been fortunate to have her work, Keeping Ties adjudicated at the American College Dance Festival and presented in New York City with the e.da.co. Eclectic Dance Company - Guest Artists Series. Nicole has served as an arts administrator for Green Street Studios, a non-profit dance organization in Cambridge, MA and an adjunct faculty member at Springfield College. Nicole has also performed with Greater Boston based company Dance Currents Inc. and is the co-founder of Spunk & Company Dance Collective.



Vera Rose Musgrove Woods

Dance Instructor

Vera Woods is currently touring with the theatrical production called DRUMLine Live!  She is the dance captain for the show which has travelled nationally and internationally.  When Vera is not touring, she works as a dance instructor and performer in the Atlanta area. She was also a five-year veteran and captain for the A-Town Dancers of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks.  As captain her duties included teaching and creating choreography for the A-Town dancers and coordinating the Junior A-Town Dancers. Prior to joining the A-Town Dancers, Vera was a member of the Washington Wizards (NBA) Dance Team.  Additionally Vera coaches the Mahogany-N-Motion Dance Team at Morehouse College and the North Cobb Warrior Elite Dance Team at North Cobb High School. A native of Temple Hills, Maryland, Vera took her studio dance training to dance teams while in high school. Vera is a graduate of Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.  While attending Spelman, she minored in dance and was a member of the Mahogany-N-Motion dance team for Morehouse College.  She has over 20 years of dance training and performing experience.  Vera has taught a range of master classes, performed for recording artists and special events including Purple Ribbon Atists, Bobby Valentino and the BET Hip Hop Awards.  She currently resides in Decatur, GA.



Rose Shields

Dance Instructor

Rose Shields graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in 2007 with her BFA in Dance. She performed with UNCSA’s outreach program
The Open Dream Ensemble, a musical theatre company, from 2007 to 2009. Rose has had the privilege to perform works by Charles Carr, T. Lang, and Ray Hall while residing in Atlanta. She has taught ballet for Chinese folk dancers with Cao Ying Dance and for aspiring young artists at Good Moves in Inman Park. Rose presently performs in Atlanta with Brooks & Company Dance, Young Audiences at Woodruff Arts Center, and The Imperial Opa Circus. Occasionally working in the Gwinnett County Public School system as a substitute teacher for grades K-12, Rose enjoys helping students to be active learners through the use of arts and academic integration. She is a closet breakdancer and loves all styles of dance and physical expression.

Ashley Card

Dance Instructor

Ashley Card has trained with several companies, ranging from Carolina Dance and Dee Crump Ballet as well as dance companies in the D.C. area. She attended the College of Charleston’s School of the Arts where she trained with Robert Ivey, founder and artistic director of  the Robert Ivey School of Ballet. She studied various choreographers of different dance disciplines ranging from ballet, hip-hop, jazz, and modern. While attending the college she performed with the College of Charleston Dance Ensemble. While training at the Robert Ivey School of Ballet, and she started her very own dance group entitled, “More Than Conquerors”. The dance group consisted of dance pieces choreographed by Ashley, along with the use of her very own curriculum to train her dance team members.  She currently performs with Refuge Dance Company, a contemporary dance company in Atlanta, Georgia, and she has her very own choreography business entitled, “Choreography by Ashley Card,” in which she choreographs for various local and well-known artists, organizations, and functions. 

Robyn Sabrina Higgs

Dance Instructor

Robyn was born in Brooklyn, NY and raised in Long Island, NY. She began her formal training in dance at the age of 14 at the Venettes Cultural Workshop (VCW) in Long Island, NY. Within a year, she was invited to join the performance company and selected as a teacher’s assistant. It wasn’t long before she realized that she possessed a natural talent in dance. At the age of 16, Robyn was accepted into the Long Island (B.O.C.E.S) school for the performing arts.After High School, Robyn was awarded a 4 year scholarship with the Prestigious Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre School of dance. The Ailey school shaped and molded Robyn’s gift in a way she could have never imagined.  In her 3^rd year of training she was selected to perform with the performance workshop. Robyn’s diligence and perseverance afforded her the opportunity to travel the US and Europe as a featured soloist with the “Dance Brazil!” Dance company. She also appeared on television as a background dancer for the musical artist Rick James.Throughout her career, Robyn has held the title of director, co-director, lead choreographer and teacher at several Dance Studios and Church ministries.  She has also been an invited speaker, facilitator and choreographer at liturgical dance conferences throughout the United States and Jamaica.Today, Robyn is the director and founder of live.Love.DANCE! L.L.C., an outreach program that affords underprivileged children an opportunity to learn and enjoy the discipline of dance.