Meet the Team
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directorMati Anderson has had the opportunity, throughout her education in dance, to train all over the world. She began her training at DC Dance Factory and then auditioned for Virginia School of the Arts, a ballet boarding school, where she was the youngest student ever selected to attend. During her time as a pre-professional, Mati attended summer intensives with The Joffrey Ballet School as a trainee, ABT, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet (CCB). During her time at CCB, she decided to homeschool and travel back and forth to NYC to train with the company and others extensively. She then ventured on to pursue a BFA in Dance at Troy University. During her time in undergrad, Mati was able to train and perform repertory from AbrahaminMotion, Kile Hotchkiss, again with CCB, attended The American Dance Festival, and completed a summer residency at NYU: Tisch School of the Arts. Mati then ventured across the pond and moved to Italy. She was a soloist with Florence Dance Company, as well as took on the role of International Relations Coordinator for Danzainfiera, Europe's largest dance festival. Mati was able to complete her undergrad early and went on to graduate Summa Cum Laude from Troy University in December 2016.
After returning to the states, Mati made her home base Atlanta, Georgia. During her time in the A, she was a company member with Admix Dance Project, Kit Modus Dance Company, Underground Ballet, and Fuerta Dance Company. Mati recently moved back to Nashville, TN where she served a short tenure as the Director at Millennium Dance Complex. Mati still performs and teaches in conjunction with choreographing at dance studios across the country. She is truly ecstatic to share her passion for the arts and technique with others.
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CONTEMPORARY + IMPROV
Morgan Burke was raised in Nashville, Tennessee where he trained DC Dance Factory as well as Nashville School of The Arts. By the age of twelve he had performed on American Juniors, America’s Most Talented Kids, Showtime at the Apollo, Carnegie Hall, and City Center Encore’s production of Golden Boy. After graduating and heading to Los Angeles, he switched his focus to dance completely. His credits include: Jennifer Lopez, Chaka Khan, Dancing With The Stars, Cirque Du Soleil, as well as behind the scenes work on So You Think You Can Dance assisting Mia Michaels and Ray Leeper. Now his focus is on education and choreography, where he hopes to help people showcase their full artistic breadth, imperfections and works in progress included.
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MUSICAL THEATRE || PRECISION || INJURY PREVENTION
Christina is originally from Virginia and studied at The Richmond Ballet. She received her B.F.A in Dance Performance from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. She performed with the Radio City Rockettes in New York City for 15 years, performing in numerous television and live events. National Tours: Guys and Dolls, Dorcas in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Regional Theater: Beauty and the Beast, Christmas Dreams, Cirque Dreams. Along with performing at Tokyo Disneyland, She was also a member of the Philadelphia 76ers Dance Team and danced for many music artists. Christina is also a certified personal trainer and a yoga/barre instructor. After living in NYC for 15 years as a professional dancer, her and her family now reside in Florida. She now teaches as a guest artist in Precision dance, Broadway Jazz & dance conditioning.
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DIRECTORAdam moonwalked into the hip hop scene at age 11 and hasn’t looked back since! He has featured in numerous music videos and TV appearances such as Dan + Shays music video “Steal My Love”, Dreamworks Kung Fu Panda, The Middle, TV Land Awards Show, TeenNick, Xbox Kinect, Macy’s Annual Passport Show “Glamourama” and America’s Got Talent. He was also apart of Nick Cannon’s boyband “4Count” in which he sang, danced and choreographed for the group. They spent 2 years in Canada signed to Sony Canada where they toured the country, released an album, and starred in their own tv show “Mission4Count” which aired on YTV then later aired in the US on TeenNick. In 2016 he toured with Monster Headphones performing all over Japan and South Korea. His most recent travels include China where he choreographed and danced for a Canadian Artist at a club residency in Chengdu. Adam sets his sights high, reaching for the moon and already moonwalking on the stars!
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CONTEMPORARY + JAZZ
Liana Marie is a native of San Juan, Puerto Rico and made her way to Florida at the age of 3. Liana Marie has been an arts educator for the past 14 years, having taught at dance studios, colleges, and public schools across the country! Liana Marie has had the privilege to perform alongside the top choreographers in the industry. As well as dancing for Enrique Iglesia, Pitbull, Daddy Yankee just to name a few. Liana Marie has also co-choreographed multiple pieces that have made it to many national events and have been televised through out United States. Liana Marie has also choreographed multiple award winning routines that have been performed in multiple competitions. She’s known as “2020 Up & Coming Choreographer” of the season! Liana Marie has created an amazing program along with her fellow artist Mario Spinetti to better musicality for dancers. She will continue touring different countries as a guest judge and teaching for competitions, conventions, and in- house workshops. Her dedication is indescribable for the love of dance and hopes to spread encouragement and soul throughout the dance community.
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TAP + MUSICALITY
Gabrielle Bockewitz comes to us from the Midwest! She grew up in her mom’s dance studio and that’s where her love of dance began! She knew from a young age she wanted dance to be her career. Growing up, she trained in many styles of dance including, ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, hip hop, musical theater, and acro. She attended California State University- Los Angeles after high school and pursued a musical theater and arts degree under the direction of Hae- Kyung Lee, Holly Johnston, and C. Derrick Jones. She later went on to tour with Totally Tap convention and assisted Jim Taylor and Mark Goodman. She performed with Disney for 8 years and has been in several of their touring productions across the globe. She opened “Phineas and Ferb The Best Live Tour Ever” as the dance captain. She assisted choreographed and directed Fred Tallaksen on a Disney show “Pirates and Princesses” that toured for several years. She has made appearances on Good Morning America, The Today Show, Live with Kelly, Disney 365, Disney commercials, MTV, and many more. She currently resides in St. Louis where she lives with her husband and three boys. She’s been a dance educator for 16 years. Her studio has won many regional and national titles and her choreography has won many awards across the US. She currently judges with Star Systems Talent Competition and loves the opportunity to watch kids grow up on the stage over the years. She loves getting the opportunity to teach this generation of dancers and to expand hers and their knowledge of the arts. She loves everything about dance and hopes that anyone who comes out of her classes loves it even more than they did when they walked in!