Meet Our Team
Intermediate/Advance and Advance Tap Instructor
Mrs. Gabby V
Gabby found her love of dancing and performing at the age of 2. After seeing all of the talented dancers in their rhinestoned costumes at her first recital, she was instantly hooked. She trained in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, lyrical, contemporary, and musical theater, competing and winning multiple regional and national awards, titles, and scholarships. In college, she was a member of the Georgia Southern University dance team.
Of all the styles of dance Gabby has learned over the years, tap was always her favorite. She hopes to instill a deep love and appreciation of tap in this upcoming generation of dancers. Gabby is currently pursing her certification in Tap!
Gabby is also a certified Zumbini instructor. She will be offering music and movement classes for children ages 0-4 with their caregiver. You can find her session dates and registration HERE
Miss. Tierra S.
Tierra began dancing at the age of four. She grew up learning liturgical dance from her mother. During that time she performed at multiple church events across the Augusta, Millen, and Thompson area in Georgia. Tierra then furthered her dance journey by taking jazz and ballet/pointe classes from a local studio.
Currently, Tierra is a member of the Augusta University’s Jag Elite dance team, which is the college’s first official dance team. She is also a pre-nursing major at AU and a member of Alpha Chi Omega.
Tierra also enjoys other styles of dance, such as Hula and Latin style dances. Tierra’s love of dance started with her first lesson and she has since then always wanted dance to be a part of her life.
Hip Hop Instructor
Cara W.
Cara has been dancing for over 20 years. She began dancing at Colson Dance Studio and later became a company member at the age of 12. Cara has also received ballet training from Ukrainian ballet dancer, Inna Dorofeyeva, of the Donetsk Ballet and from the late Augusta Ballet company member, Jamie Buchanan.
Cara began teaching over 10 years ago. She first began teaching when she created her dance team, Free 2 Dance, at an Augusta Church. She later began teaching at Augusta Youth School of Dance as a ballet/lyrical teacher and an assistant for the beginner classes. She later joined a studio in Grovetown as an Intermediate Ballet instructor and assistant to many classes. Cara also served as Artistic Director before taking a leap of faith and opening her own studio.
She is certified with Dance Educators of America. Cara is also certified with the National Council for Wellbeing as a Mental Health First Aider and Darkness to Light Stewards of Children.
Her passion is dance and her goal is to share the love of the arts with her students and to also provide quality instruction with care and fun!
Owner/Director
Mini Movers Lead Instructor
Miss. Lena D.
Miss. Lena began her dance journey at the age of 3. She has continued dance over the last 16 years, but really found her love for it during her middle school years. She began assisting the youngest classes at her former studio seven years ago. She has also been an assistant for intermediate ballet over the past six years and intermediate-intermediate advanced jazz the past two years. She LOVES working with the littlest students.
Lena is currently a Certified Clinical Medical Assistant. She wishes to pursue a career in Sports Therapy and would like to continue teaching and dancing as an adult. In August 2024 she will be attending her first year of college to begin her degree in Kinesiology.
Studio Assistants
Miss. Zuley
Zuley has been dancing for a total of eight years. During her years of dance she has attended multiple workshops and master classes. For the past five years she has served as an hip hop assistant teacher for the intermediate level classes.
After Zuley graduates she plans to attend college while continuing dance. Her goal is to open a dance studio of her own with a focus on traditional Hispanic dances.
Miss. Diona
Diona has been dancing for over half of her life. Growing up she always loved music and wanted to be a singer, but when she found dance, she knew it was for her. Diona has trained in Ballet tap, jazz, modern, hip hop, and pom. She gained much of her dance training at Davidson High School.
She has held the title of Vice President of Augusta University’s dance club and Captain of the dance team. She is pursing her major in accounting, while working as a barista, dancing on the AU dance team and assisting for Free Movement. Outside of dance she loves hobbies like writing, reading, and journaling.
Miss. Madelyn
Madelyn is currently in her junior year of high school. She is currently on the National Honor Society, Beta Club, Spanish Honor Society, HOSA and FFA.
She began dancing at the age of three and has loved it every since. She is excited to be an assistant this season at FMDS!
