The Creative Hearts
Our Faculty
Shaping the next generation of dancers.
Owner & Creative Director
Anna Lauren Fresk
Anna Lauren began dancing at the age of three in her hometown of Darlington, South Carolina, studying ballet, tap, jazz, and modern. She was invited to join the Florence Ballet Company under former Alvin Ailey dancer Carl Askew, performing in productions inclu…
Associate Program Director
Cherié Greene
Cherié has been dancing for 38 years and teaching for 28 years. Her choreography credits include three flash mobs for Christmasville in Rock Hill, the Dutchman Creek dance team, Theatre Charlotte, Pineville Ice House, Oakdale school cheerleaders, York Prep sch…
Assistant Director
Hannah Rodgers
Hannah has been dancing since the age of three. She has trained in many different styles including ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, hip hop, modern, lyrical, contemporary, and acrobatics. She spent fifteen years dancing for a highly esteemed studio in Fort Mill, Sou…
Contributing Director
Kelly Liddicoat
Kelly moved to Charlotte from Jacksonville, Florida, where she began her dance training at 2.5 years old! With training in ballet, modern, contemporary, jazz, tap, and pointe, Kelly attended LaVilla School of the Arts (middle school), and Douglas Anderson Scho…
Dance Faculty
Lauren Watt
Lauren is a Jolie South Alumni and an original JSDA Company dancer who began training under our staff when she was 3 years old. She has trained in many different styles including ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, hip hop, modern, lyrical, contemporary, and acrobatics…
Dance Faculty
Chancey Morgan
Originally from Southampton in England, Chancey grew up dancing at her local dance school, where she took all of her exams in ballet, tap and modern, and danced competitively, representing team England as a soloist in the dance World Cup. At age 18, she receiv…
Dance Faculty
Huntley Fresk
Huntley grew up at Jolie South Dance Academy and has been part of our studio family for as long as she can remember. After years of training in a wide variety of dance styles, she joined our Performance Company at a young age and quickly developed into a dedic…