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Afton Fox
Afton is from Garland, Texas where she has been dancing/performing since a young age and has been involved in the dance/ drill team world for several years. Afton spent 6 years as the Assistant Drill Team Director at South Garland High School “Southern Belles” and has been the choreographer for the JJ Pearce High School “Pacesetters” for the past three years. Currently, Afton is the competitive team Director of two award winning companies at the Dance FX Studio in Garland. She is also starting her seventh year as a choreographer and instructor with Encore Creative Productions. Afton spends a majority of her time traveling and choreographing around the state of Texas and has had the privilege of choreographing for such prestigious teams as the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and the Kilgore College Rangerettes. Afton has been associated with the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade for over fifteen years!
Angela Aulds
Angela Aulds has been the Head Dance Instructor for the Kilgore College Dance Department since 2014. She is the Artistic Director of Industry Dance Company, which was established in 2015. Angela is also the Assistant Choreographer and Dance Technician for the Kilgore College Rangerettes. She graduated with her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 2012 and received her Master of Fine Arts from Texas Woman’s University in 2015. Angela has also worked for Encore Creative Productions since 2009 and more recently was hired by Spirit of America Productions to film and photograph their exciting events. She cannot wait to move and groove with fellow believers and make some incredible memories!
Alaina Flores
Alaina Flores is from Austin, Texas where she trained in ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, modern, and hip hop from Body Talk Dance Company.
Alaina was also a member of her high school dance team, the Westwood Sundancers, and served as an officer for two years. Throughout her years at Texas State University, she was a member of Merge Dance Company for two years as well the director of the University of Texas Roustabouts dance team for 4 years. During her last 6 months of college, Alaina was invited to train and perform with Tanz Compagnie Giessen Dance Company in Germany.
In 2012, Alaina graduated from Texas State University where she received her BFA in dance. For the past five years, Alaina had been dancing professionally in Los Angeles, California where she is signed and represented by GTA dance agency. During her years there, Alaina danced and appeared in the film “Bernie” starring Jack Black and Mathew McConaughey. Just a few of her credits include dancing for Disney artist Jada Grace, Rayven Justice, Tinashe, Silento, Designer, Mariah Lynn, Keke Palmer and performed with Dawin on his international world tour. Alaina currently works at Alisa’s Dance Academy where she is the creative and artistic director of the award winning hip hop company The Establishment for the past 5 years.
Claire Rogers
Claire Rogers Lewis has been a dancer for 20 years and is excited to be currently living in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband John. Claire is from Houston, and grew up in the drill team community. She has been trained in jazz, hip hop, acrobatics and tumbling, contemporary, and pom. Claire graduated from Louisiana State University in 2020 with a Bachelor of Liberal Arts in Religious Studies and a minor in Dance. While in college, Claire danced competitively as an LSU Tiger Girl at UDA Nationals and traveled to perform at various sporting events. After college, Claire began the pursuit of a Masters in Christian Counseling at Houston Baptist University while working as a dance instructor and choreographer across Houston. She has also been blessed to do choreography for events such as TDEA and Ascension Dance Officer Camp as the opening presenter and choreographer. Claire founded Uncharted Movements in the summer of 2021 which combined her love of Jesus and dance. These Christian-based master classes allow artists to grow physically, mentally, and spiritually through the medium of dance. Claire also provides adjudicator services in Austin, Texas for Ascension Dance during contest season. Through formal leadership training in college, Claire has been able to provide master
classes for drill teams which focus on fostering motivational skills and inspiration development. Claire also uses her passion within the mental health field, as she offers educational workshops to drill teams. Claire is also a Free People Movement Ambassador and receives clothing to represent the brand as she teaches. She has proudly worked for Free People since 2020 and is excited to be partnering with the brand this year! Overall, Claire has a heart for the Lord’s gift of leadership in dance and is passionate about using it to empower and instill confidence in dancers.
