People

Annette Lewis, Director

Annette Lewis is the Director, soul and spirit of Good Moves. Miss Annette, as she is known, came to dance in her mid-twenties. She studied dance with May O’Donnell, Martha Graham, Charles Weidman, Alvin Ailey, Agnes DeMille, Robert Joffrey, Carl Radcliffe and Fiona Faerie. She performed nationally and internationally with Company Kaye, Tokunagu Ko, Great American Dance Machine, City Center Dance Theatre, Charles Weidman Repertory Workshop Theatre, Theater of the Stars and Disney. She has provided teaching and choreography workshops and completed residencies for the Fulton County Arts Council of Atlanta, the Atlanta Center for the Visually Impaired, the Limón Dance Institute, the Arts International Educational Association in Italy, Spain and France, the Brooklyn College Youth Outreach Program in New York, Spelman College of Atlanta, and the Georgia Council for the Arts.

Ms. Lewis is a dedicated teacher whose philosophy is that the study of dance should be a joyful and intricate adventure. She does not hold that a teacher’s goal should be to “make dancers.” However, she has had many students who have gone on to successful professional careers in dance. They include: Pamala Jones Malavé, a former soloist with the Limón Dance Company, Albert Evans of New York City Ballet; Jean Hill who has performed with the Dance Theater of Harlem, Basil Ballet and the Düsseldorf Ballet; Cedric Rouse of the Dance Theater of Harlem; and Geoffrey Rhue who has danced with Joffrey II, the Boston Ballet, and Twyla Tharp. Miss Annette creates dances with her students but, more importantly; she fosters an atmosphere in which the students can in her words, “create themselves.”

Carolyn Stine Mclaughlin, Associate Director

Carolyn Stine McLaughlin is the Associate Director of Good Moves. She has been a part of Good Moves since the fall of 1996. A native of Atlanta, she grew up with Southern Ballet of Atlanta, a leader of the regional dance movement in the Southeast. She attended Virginia Intermont College where she apprenticed with the Bristol Ballet. Ms. McLaughlin was graduated with a B.A. in Business Administration with a minor in Ballet with a teaching emphasis. After several years in the business world, working in management for companies such as Federated and the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, she returned to dance. She has performed professionally with Kolors Dance, Ondine and Company, Beacon Dance and Disney. Ms. McLaughlin has taught and created dance programs for the WYCA, Georgia State University and the Fulton County Arts Council. She brings both artistic and business skills to Good Moves. Ms. McLaughlin functions in many capacities for Good Moves from teacher and choreographer to administrator and development director.

Board of Directors

Sarah du Bignon - Chair
Outreach Coordinator, The Fox Theatre
Annette Lewis, Director of Good Moves
Carolyn Stine McLaughlin, Associate Director of Good Moves
Ed Dobmeyer, Treasurer
President, The Dobmeyer Group
Rhonda Andrews, Secretary
Directory of Elementary Schools, Habersham County Schools
Sherrie L. Staler, Ed.S., Development
School Counselor, Gwinnett County Schools
Ann Cale Kruger, Ph.D., Advisor
Associate Professor of Education, Georgia State University

Auxiliary Board

Cheryll D. Allen, MEd.
Literacy Specialist, Gwinnett County Schools
Valetta Anderson
Literary Artist
Randy Bailey
Community Volunteer
Melissa Dean
Music Teacher, Rabin County Schools
Kris Dwyer
Financial Advisor, LongView Wealth Management
Diane Floyd
Treasurer, Inman Park United Methodist Church
Mali Harrell
Freelance Film Editor
Karen Kelly
Director of Exhibits and Education, Imagine It
Leslee Samuelson
Pastor, Inman Park United Methodist Church
Douglas Scott
Artistic/Executive Director, Full Radius Dance
Sam Williams
Retired Arts Administrator
Dean Williams
Dance Department Chair, DeKalb School of the Arts
Good Moves
404-518-1646
P.O. Box 5496
Atlanta GA 31107
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