The Cartersville School of Ballet - Staff

Charlotte Delong
Charlotte DeLong began her dance training at The Atlanta School of Ballet, and later at The Atlanta Ballet Center for Dance Education. She has studied with nationally and internationally known directors and choreographers such as Robert Barnett, Andrea Pell, Maniya Barredo, John McFall, Rosemary Miles, and Sharon Story. Charlotte has performed with The Atlanta Ballet in the classic ballets The Nutcracker, Coppelia, Dracula, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Charlotte has choreographed for the Atlanta Jazz Theatre's Ballet Ensemble, Cartersville City Ballet, and Kennesaw Dance Troupe. Most recently, she performed as a guest artist with the Atlanta Jazz Theatre and Kennesaw Dance Troupe. Charlotte has been a faculty member at the Cartersville School of Ballet for 6 years where she teaches ballet.

Jillian Jones Mroczko
Jillian Jones began her dancing career in Beckley, West Virigina under the direction of Jenny Rose where she performed with Beckly Dance theatre and Theatre West Virginia. She has also taught and choreographed for Lee University, Chattanooga Ballet and various other companies in Tennessee and Georgia. This is her 4th year with the Cartersville School of Ballet teaching ballet, tap and hip – hop jazz funk.

Katie McMillen Stull
Katie received her early training at the Academy of Ballet Arts in Marietta and continued dancing at Texas Christian University. She graduated summa cum laude from TCU with a BFA in Ballet and News-Editorial Journalism. At TCU Katie had the opportunity to perform in original works by artists including Fernando Bujones and also presented several works of original choreography. Katie currently dances professionally with The Georgia Ballet where she has performed in the classic ballets Giselle, La Sylphide, Paquita, Coppelia, The Nutcracker, and George Balanchine’s Serenade and Valse-Fantaisie. Katie has recently choreographed original works for Cartersville City Ballet, The Georgia Ballet and Dance Stop Studios.

Bevin Newton
Bevin has had years of training and performance experience in ballet, modern and jazz. She has danced with The Virginia Ballet Company, Center Dance Company, Duke Ballet Repertory Ensemble, Chapel Hill Ballet Company, and is currently a professional ensemble member of Decatur City Dance. She was selected to attend the Governor’s School for the Performing Arts while in high school and won the Julia Ray Memorial Dance Award in college. Bevin served as a teaching assistant in college, and has recently taught and choreographed for Decatur School of Ballet, Cartersville School of Ballet, and DanceStop Studios. Bevin graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Duke University with a BA in economics and minors in business and dance. She also has a MBA from The Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This is Bevin’s 2nd year with the Cartersville School of ballet where she teaches ballet.

Toya Willingham-Riley
Toya W. Riley is a Choreographer, Professional Dancer and Dance Instructor, currently residing with her husband and daughter in Decatur, Georgia. She has been dancing since the age of four and graduated from DeKalb Center for the Performing Arts at Avondale High School. She attended Gwinett Medical with a major in Respiratory Therapy. She is the Assistant Director of Decatur City Dance Apprentice and Junior Ensembles and dances professionally with the company as a performing member. She also dances professionally with Gathering Wild Dance Company under the direction of Jerylann Warner. Toya also directs and performs in the Atlanta based “AboutFace” dance company.

Katrina Wells Curtis
Katrina began her studies in classical ballet and jazz in Illinois and St. Louis, Mo.  She continued her studies at Atlanta School of Ballet and then again in Ill. at the National Academy of Arts, a boarding school for ballet and orchestral students. Her professional experience was with the National Ballet of Illinois, Atlanta Ballet and City Center Dance Theater.  After her performing career Katrina began teaching for schools in the Atlanta area and LaGrange, Ga.

Katrina and her husband raised their two sons in the north Ga. Mountains, where she helped open Dance On The Mountain Ensemble & School for Rabun Co. dancers.

As well as teaching classical ballet and pointe for the past 20 years, Katrina is also a licensed massage therapist.  The extensive background in anatomy and physiology from that profession has given her even more valuable knowledge to pass onto her dance students.  Today’s technical demands for dancers are greater than ever before.  Katrina is very passionate about passing on the tradition of classical ballet with knowledge about the muscle structure to help dancers have longer, healthier careers.

Errin Cusack
Errin is from Orlando, Florida where she received her early training from Miriam Rye Doktor, Thom Lake and Kelli Sullivan. She graduated with honors in 2010 from Kennesaw State University where she helped found, Nu Delta Alpha the National Dance Honor Society. At Kennesaw State University under director Ivan Pulinkala she Choreographed “Shallow Lullaby” for the 2007 faculty show and “Aporia” in 2010. She has continued her dance education at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Her professional career includes working with Lauri Stallings’ gloATL, Atlanta Ballet, and Sandra Shih Parks. Being a versatile dancer has allowed her the opportunity to also work in the commercial world, volunteer, and teach dance in the Atlanta area.

Ian Baxter
Ian currently attends Kennesaw State University as a dance major. He has danced with the KSU Dance Company for six seasons now and has had the opportunity to work with many different world-renown choreographers. Most recently, Ian had the amazing opportunity to work with a member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Rosalind LeBlanc, to learn one of the company's signature pieces, "D-man in the Waters". Ian has also performed at The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Locally; Ian has worked with The Legacy Theatre and The Lyric Theatre on many of their shows. He has danced a number of lead rolls with the Cartersville City Ballet including the Cavalier in the “Nutcracker” and the Prince in “The Little Mermaid.”

Cara Collier
Cara Collier is a member of the Pre-Professional Elite Company of the Cartersville City Ballet. She has appeared in numerous productions including: A Dance Kaleidoscope, Cinderella, Tales of Hans Christian Anderson, Ballet Fest, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, The Little Mermaid, and The Nutcracker. Cara has performed at Roselawn Arts Festival and the Big Shanty Festival. She has attended summer dance intensives at the Atlanta Ballet Joffrey Ballet, and Kennesaw State University.

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