Dance Teachers, Movement Instructors, and Staff at Greensboro's Artistic Motion School of Dance

Lynn Angermeier

Lynn teaches Adult Beginning Ballet, Ballet III, Ballet IV, and Ballet I/Tumbling. She has participated in Master classes with Valery Lantratov and performed in Greensboro as well as Yerevan, Armenia with Artistic Motion's first cultural dance exchange. She has a BS in Education from the University of Texas and 15 years of educational teaching experience.

Sarah Wildes Arnett

Sarah Wildes Arnett is a native of Concord, North Carolina, where she trained in dance, music and musical theatre. She holds a BA in American Studies from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where she was the co-chair of Momentum Dance Company, a member of the Vanderbilt Dance Program, and the Vanderbilt Performing Arts Council. While in Nashville, she performed with six-time percussive arts world championship ensemble, Music City Mystique, and toured the U.S. as a member of the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps of Dubuque, Iowa. She has taught classes in ballet, contemporary, jazz, and rhythm tap in Nashville, Memphis, and Greensboro. Sarah is currently working towards an MFA in Choreography at UNC-G. She also enjoys teaching Spinning®, Zumba®, and cardio dance in her spare time.

Heidi Echols Godfrey

Heidi Echols Godfrey is an Associate Professor and Director of Dance at Salem College. She received her MFA in Choreography from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Along with teaching modern, jazz, ballet, choreography, ashtanga yoga, and dance history, Heidi is also the coordinator of the Salem College Dance Company. She has trained, performed, and choreographed with many dance artists including Jan Van Dyke, Gerri Houlihan, B.J. Sullivan, and Wendell Beavers. Heidi has presented her work in Washington, D.C. and New York City. She has also been chosen to present at the American Dance Festival in Durham, NC. Heidi's work has been presented on tour with the NC Dance Festival, the American College Dance Festival, Old Dominion University, and throughout North Carolina. Heidi has been a guest teacher at several schools including Old Dominion University, Wake Forest University, and Winston Salem State University. She has also been an adjudicator and faculty for the North Carolina Governor's School. Heidi is also one of the founders of Variable Space, a concert uniting Winston-Salem Dance artists. She is a former President and current member of the North Carolina Dance Alliance, and believes strongly in fostering the growth of dance.

Denise Johnson

Denise Johnson is an award-winning, director, choreographer and musical theatre performer. Among her Broadway credits are Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Mamma Mia!, 42nd Street, and Seussical. She has been involved in many Pre-Broadway shows, readings and premieres include Hairspray, Legally Blonde, and the upcoming Broadway musicals Wonderland and Catch Me If You Can. She has performed, directed and/or choreographed for major regional and community theatres around the country and has studied and worked with many legends of the stage. Denise is a popular adjudicator, clinician and teacher, teaching master classes and workshops to the next generation of dance and musical theatre stars. Her work as a choreographer and show designer for competitive show choirs around the U.S. has earned her over 100 National Championships, Grand Championships, Best Show Design and Best Choreography awards. A Raleigh, NC native, Denise holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre and is a proud member of Actor's Equity Association. She currently lives in Greensboro with her husband, GRAMMY Award® nominated singer, conductor and educator Marshall Johnson and their daughter, Greta Grace.

Stephenie Mathews

Stephenie has been dancing since the age of two: first in tights and leotards her mother had to FORCE her to wear, then later by her own free will. By high school she was hooked on dance. Stephenie danced at every opportunity. She took ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, modern, hip hop, broadway, and finally swing, where she found her home. Swing dancing in college lead Stephenie to ballroom dancing and a world of opportunity. Under the tutelage of Kem Overby at the Asheville Ballroom, Stephenie competed in a college ballroom troupe and began a teaching career. Later she was recruited by Arthur Murray of Raleigh and trained with world champion coaches. She began teaching and competing along the east coast. Stephenie has taught students from 2 to 98 and believes to dance is to be!

Sudie Nallo

Sudie teaches Hip Hop, West African, and Caribbean dance. She holds a BA in English from Wake Forest University and a MSW in Social and Economic Development from Washington University in St. Louis. Sudie co-founded Wake Forest University's first hip hop dance squad, coordinated hip hop/Caribbean aerobics at Greensboro College, taught creative movement and multicultural dance to youth in St. Louis and Greensboro and has eight years of dance experience.

Cassie Pierce, R.Y.T.

Since finding yoga upon moving to the mountains of North Carolina, Cassie has been practicing steadily for 11 years. Upon completing her teacher training at the Triad Yoga Institute this year, she has found that her passion for yoga has translated into a love of teaching. She credits her teacher Terry Brown for instilling an alignment based focus rooted in the Iyengar style, a mind/body connection linked by the breath, and the appreciation of a flexible mind and an open heart.

Brandi Scott

Pre-school Dance Program Director

Brandi teaches Creative Movement, Ballet/Tap I, Ballet/Tap/Jazz II, Adult Intermediate Modern, and various children's Summer Camps. Brandi earned her BA in Dance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has danced with Sidelong Dance Company of Winston Salem and X-Factor of Boone. She has nine years of teaching experience. (Photo by Steve Clarke)

Rose Sunila

Rose Sunila was born in Helsinki, Finland. She holds a M.A. from the Dance Department of Theatre Academy of Finland. Rose has several years of experience teaching dance and movement classes to children and teenagers. She has performed and taught in Finland, the Netherlands, France and U.S.A.

Cynthia Wolfe

Licensed Green Belt Nia Instructor

Happiest when she is moving, Cynthia has studied and explored many forms of dance, T'ai Chi, and yoga. She taught skiing, and studied anatomy and kinesiology. She is also a visual artist, with a deep affinity for nature. Interested in the powerful shifts and changes that occur when movement and music are combined with other expressive arts, Cynthia is very excited to be sharing Nia's creative, joyous and holistic approach to fitness and health with others.

Jessica Davison Haverland

Marketing Director

Jessica has developed a strong sales background in Greensboro since 1992. She was formerly an Assistant Vice President with Central Carolina Bank and is currently a Real Estate Broker on The Banner Team, one of Guilford County's highest producing real estate teams.

Jessica has enjoyed serving on a number of area Boards including the Junior League of Greensboro Board of Trustees and Executive Board of Trustees and the Greensboro Day School Alumni Board. Jessica has also volunteered with Hospice & Palliative Care of Greensboro since 1997.

Natalya Igitkhanyan Davison

Studio Director

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