Introducing
2024-2025 Teachers and Staff
![Laura Baker-Norris Laura Baker-Norris](assets/images/Staff/Laura.png)
Owner, Choreographer, Artistic Director
![Laura Baker-Norris - Owner, Choreographer, Artistic Director Laura Baker-Norris](assets/images/Staff/Laura.png)
Owner, Choreographer, Artistic Director
Laura Baker-Norris has taught dance for 26 years and is celebration her 12th anniversary as the proud owner of All That Dance. Under her direction, ATD has grown each year in its artistic vision, enrollment, and peer recognition.
Laura enjoys sharing her passion for dance with her students and each child holds a special place in her heart. She is proud to help her students build confidence as they grow into wonderful dancers and young adults. Many of Laura's former students have continued dancing in college and professionally, while others have successful careers in different fields. She is proud of all of them!
![Freddie Fourie Freddie Fourie](assets/images/Staff/Freddie.jpg)
Ballet Master
![Freddie Fourie - Ballet Master Freddie Fourie](assets/images/Staff/Freddie.jpg)
Ballet Master
Freddie Fourie was born in Pretoria, South Africa and was a professional dancer with the Dayton Ballet for seven years.
He began his training at the Judith Lee Johnson Studio in St. Petersburg, Florida. Freddie also attended The School of The American Ballet in New York. In 1996, he moved to Orlando to train with Russel Sultzback at the School of Performing Arts.
![Jennifer Linebaugh Jennifer Linebaugh](assets/images/Staff/Jennifer.jpg)
Teacher/Choreographer
![Jennifer Linebaugh - Teacher/Choreographer Jennifer Linebaugh](assets/images/Staff/Jennifer.jpg)
Teacher/Choreographer
Jennifer Linebaugh has taught at All That Dance for twelve years. She started dancing at age 3 and began dancing with Laura at age 12. Jennifer was a member of the Emerald Jazz Dance Team at Wright State University, where she earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in education.
Jennifer currently works as a middle school intervention specialist. She previously worked for dance competitions and as an instructor for Cheerleaders of America. She enjoys teaching children and helping them mature into responsible, hard working individuals.
![Jasmine Getz Jasmine Getz](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/atdwsdb.appspot.com/o/staff%2Fk%2Fk.jpeg?alt=media&token=ee7019de-ec38-4be5-be43-18c0833413d1)
Teacher/Choreographer
![Jasmine Getz - Teacher/Choreographer Jasmine Getz](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/atdwsdb.appspot.com/o/staff%2Fk%2Fk.jpeg?alt=media&token=ee7019de-ec38-4be5-be43-18c0833413d1)
Teacher/Choreographer
Jasmine Getz is from Chicago, Illinois and began dancing at the age of 3. Jasmine started her dance journey through Dixon Dance Academy and The Edge Dance Academy. She split her time between competitive dancing and her ballet training and eventually followed her dream of becoming a professional ballet dancer. While pursing her passion for dance, she also discovered her passion for teaching and choreography and has been actively teaching and setting choreography for several years.
Her pre-professional ballet training began at Faubourg school of Ballet under the direction of Tatyana Mazur. She then continued at the Joffrey Ballet in their pre-professional division and trainee program From 2015-2018. Jasmine has worked with a multitude of choreographers that include Nilas Martins from the Balanchine trust, Adam Hougland, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Paul Boo from the Balanchine Trust, and Omar Roman. From 2019-2021 she joined Ballet Austin’s second company for 3 years. Some of her professional credits include roles in the Grand Pas from Paquita and Les Syphilde staged by Michelle Martin, Stephen Mills’ The Nutcracker and Giselle, George Balanchine’s Rubies, August Bournonville’s Napoli divertissements, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Limoncello, Arpino’s Light Rain, Karen Russo Burke’s Dracula, and Adam Hougland’s Cold Virtues.
Jasmine is grateful and excited to be teaching at All That Dance and dancing with Dayton Ballet as a company member for her 4th season.
Jasmine is excited to be investing her time in the studio and students at All That Dance. She hopes that her extensive knowledge in ballet will bring a strong foundation and allow all the dancers to grow in all aspects of their dancing.
![Lukas Pringle Lukas Pringle](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/atdwsdb.appspot.com/o/staff%2Fl%2Fl.jpeg?alt=media&token=c59c4239-2dff-4d1b-ac66-adbffcbef336)
Teacher/Choreographer
![Lukas Pringle - Teacher/Choreographer Lukas Pringle](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/atdwsdb.appspot.com/o/staff%2Fl%2Fl.jpeg?alt=media&token=c59c4239-2dff-4d1b-ac66-adbffcbef336)
Teacher/Choreographer
Lukas Pringle is originally from Carmel, Indiana, and began his dance training at Central Indiana Academy of Dance at the age of 3. He began his pre-professional training with Kansas City Ballet when he was 17. After two years with Kansas City Lukas joined Richmond Ballet’s second company. As a Richmond Ballet II member, he performed with the company in pieces such as Journey, Cinderella, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and George Balanchine's Who Cares?
After two years with Richmond Ballet, Lukas joined Dayton Ballet in 2019 and is currently still dancing with the company. His professional credits include performing lead roles in classical ballets such as Swan Lake, Dracula, Cinderella, Nutcracker, Butterly Suite, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. He also performed Confetti, Valse Fantasy and Light Rain staged by The Balanchine Trust.
During Dayton Ballet seasons, some of his professional mixed repertory credits include Harry Houdini in Penny Saunder’s Ghost Light, Ma Cong’s Calling, Ron Cunningham’s Great Gatsby as Jay Gatsby, Amy Seiwert’s Chasing Ghosts, and Steven Mill’s Five Flights Up.
![Cathy Cardona Cathy Cardona](assets/images/Staff/Cathy.jpg)
Teacher/Choreographer
![Cathy Cardona - Teacher/Choreographer Cathy Cardona](assets/images/Staff/Cathy.jpg)
Teacher/Choreographer
Cathy Cardona began teaching at All That Dance in 2010. She began her dance training at age three in Chicago which led her to become a competitive dancer at age 8. Through her competitive years she won several regional and national titles and had the opportunity to travel all over the country to learn from some of the industry's top dancers and choreographers.
She began as an assistant teacher at age sixteen, and has been teaching her own classes and choreographing since 1999. Cathy was also an All Star and instructor with Universal Cheer Association as well as a scholarship member of the Wright State Emerald Jazz dance team. Cathy has taught tap, jazz, musical theater, ballet, and lyrical throughout her teaching career.
Cathy currently resides in Springboro with her husband and daughter. Her husband serves as inspiration in her teaching as he is also a former performer with the Dayton Ballet and also teaches tap at All That Dance.
![Alyssa Jagodzinski Alyssa Jagodzinski](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/atdwsdb.appspot.com/o/Staff%2FAlyssa.jpg?alt=media&token=0d50ff16-ca61-47da-a8bb-261c7f4beb3a)
Teacher/Choreographer
![Alyssa Jagodzinski - Teacher/Choreographer Alyssa Jagodzinski](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/atdwsdb.appspot.com/o/Staff%2FAlyssa.jpg?alt=media&token=0d50ff16-ca61-47da-a8bb-261c7f4beb3a)
Teacher/Choreographer
Alyssa Jagodzinski grew up in Middletown, Ohio and began dancing at the age of four. She spent the following fourteen years training at All That Dance. Alyssa furthered her training at the Ohio State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance with a performance/choreography focus and a minor in Integrative Approaches to Health and Wellness. She has performed in several faculty and student works through the Ohio State Dance Department, including those choreographed by Crystal Michelle Perkins, Momar Ndaiye, Susan Petry, and Edward Taketa. She also choreographed and performed a solo work for her BFA thesis project.
Alyssa performed and choreographed works through the student organization Dance Connection at Ohio State. She served as President for the organization during the 2022-2023 school year, where she led rehearsals and produced semester performances. In the summers of 2022 and
2023, she performed and served as Dance Captain in Kings Island’s Off the Rails stunt show in collaboration with All Wheel Sports. She hopes to continue sharing her love for dance and growing within the artform as she pursues work in the field as a dancer, choreographer, and educator.
![Claire Jensen Claire Jensen](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/atdwsdb.appspot.com/o/Staff%2FClaire.jpg?alt=media&token=f3b0053a-22cd-4969-8fab-4706d32d87fc)
Teacher/Choreographer
![Claire Jensen - Teacher/Choreographer Claire Jensen](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/atdwsdb.appspot.com/o/Staff%2FClaire.jpg?alt=media&token=f3b0053a-22cd-4969-8fab-4706d32d87fc)
Teacher/Choreographer
Claire started dance at age four and came to All That Dance in 2005. She started on the competition team with Jen as her first dance teacher and continued at All That Dance until I graduated in 2018. Her first year at Bowling Green State University she was on the dance team and competed on their UDA Nationals team. Claire also participated in University Dance Alliance starting in her spring semester freshman year. As a senior, she was the president of this organization and was able to put on 2 in-person shows. She also took part in the dance program's repertoire concerts her junior and senior year at BGSU.
![Kayla Ratcliffe Kayla Ratcliffe](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/atdwsdb.appspot.com/o/Staff%2FKayla.jpg?alt=media&token=82d190f4-a186-4552-8887-acbd055d4623)
Teacher/Choreographer
![Kayla Ratcliffe - Teacher/Choreographer Kayla Ratcliffe](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/atdwsdb.appspot.com/o/Staff%2FKayla.jpg?alt=media&token=82d190f4-a186-4552-8887-acbd055d4623)
Teacher/Choreographer
Kayla is a 2008 graduate of Middletown High School. After graduation she moved to New York City and attended The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, and has her degree in Musical Theater Performance. This is her first year teaching at All That Dance. She has been dancing competitively since the age of 4. She is a former dancer/ choreographer of A Step Ahead Dance Studio. She has also taken classes at The Pulse. Besides dance, Kayla has also taught show choir, cheer, voice and helped choreograph musicals at numerous schools throughout Ohio. Her theater credits include: The Little Rascals, West Side Story, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Anything Goes, Damn Yankees, Once Upon a Mattress, Suessical, The Wiz and Cinderella. She is currently an Assistant Teacher at MELC. Kayla is so excited to be teaching at all that dance, with their amazing and talented staff!
![Olivia Fisher Olivia Fisher](assets/images/Staff/Olivia.jpg)
Teacher/Choreographer
![Olivia Fisher - Teacher/Choreographer Olivia Fisher](assets/images/Staff/Olivia.jpg)
Teacher/Choreographer
Olivia Fisher received her BPA in Dance Performance from Oklahoma City University, where she was a 4 year member of the American Spirit Dance Company. Olivia choreographs and judges throughout the USA and she teaches jazz, lyrical, and contemporary dance.
Olivia hopes to instill the love of dance in her students through her passion for the art of choreography. Olivia performed in Peter Pan (Tiger Lily), West Side Story (Consuela), Cats (Victoria), Hairspray (Tammy), Damn Yankees (The Nerd), White Christmas, and Seussical the Musical. Olivia's other credits include American Spirit Touring Company, Graveyard Shift and Dick Foster's Spellbound at King's Island, The Humanly Weathering of Love with Dare to Be Soul Dance Company, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's "Imagine" Gala.
![Kristina Creager Kristina Creager](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/atdwsdb.appspot.com/o/Staff%2FKristina.jpg?alt=media&token=8654926e-2b47-40ec-9f8a-6dfc427fa12d)
Teacher/Choreographer
![Kristina Creager - Teacher/Choreographer Kristina Creager](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/atdwsdb.appspot.com/o/Staff%2FKristina.jpg?alt=media&token=8654926e-2b47-40ec-9f8a-6dfc427fa12d)
Teacher/Choreographer
Kristina began dancing at the age of 2 and has been a part of All That Dance for 9 years. She was a member of the 2021 NFL Ben-Gals Cheerleading team and had the opportunity to perform in the Super Bowl. Kristina previously danced with Norwegian Cruise Lines performing in the shows Rock You Tonight and World Beat. She previously worked for Masquerade Dance competition as the backstage director. Kristina has trained with the Radio City Rockettes at their invitation only summer intensives. She has also performed in Dayton Ballets Nutcracker. Kristina is a NASM certified Personal Trainer and Health Coach.
![Manny Cardona Manny Cardona](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/atdwsdb.appspot.com/o/staff%2Fm%2Fm.png?alt=media&token=15fa200d-7c61-4bf5-8252-8283c8c3622e)
Web Master
![Manny Cardona - Web Master Manny Cardona](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/atdwsdb.appspot.com/o/staff%2Fm%2Fm.png?alt=media&token=15fa200d-7c61-4bf5-8252-8283c8c3622e)
Web Master
Manny began taking dance classes at the age of 8 and has been teaching and choreographing since he was 16. While he was still taking classes, Manny won numerous awards and titles throughout the competition industry including Master Dance of Ohio, and performed and toured with the Dayton Ballet. Manny has performed in multiple shows including "The Wiz," "Grease," and "Damn Yankees" as well as various ballets, including "Romeo and Juliet," "The Nutcracker," "Sleeping Beauty," and "American Cinderella." Manny has an undeniable affinity for the style of tap that began when he was a teenager. He has had the opportunity to take classes from some of the most gifted tap dancers and continues to study the art now. His tap choreography has been awarded at competitions throughout the years with a variety of overall awards and judges awards.