Ninth State's Professional Instructors have over 100 years of experience along with numerous degrees, certifications and professional experience in dance, movement, and professional instruction.

Carole Ann E. Morrison – Owner & Director

Carole received her formative ballet training in the Vaganova method under the direction of Robin Deet, former director of The New School of Ballet in Schenectady, NY and Leanne Sweet current faculty at The Saratoga City Ballet. As a youth she studied (and a few times performed) with members of the New York City Ballet during their annual summer stay at their “2nd home”, the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. She went on to receive her MFA in Choreography and Performance from the State University of New York at Brockport, with an emphasis in modern and ballet.  She taught for 6 years at Plymouth State University in the Music, Theatre and Dance department and created and developed the Dance Pedagogy and Ballet program at PSU.  In 2003 she completed the 6-year Vaganova syllabus certification conducted by John White of Pennsylvania Ballet Society. She is a certified Zumba & Zumba Gold Instructor. In 1999 Carole founded the Ninth State Movement Complex (formerly Ballet Plymouth & BP studios). Carole also served as Executive Director of Friends of the Arts, a 34-year-old non-profit organization, which provides affordable art education programs throughout Central NH.

Erica Gilbert - Assistant Dance Director

Assistant Director Erica Gilbert is a graduate of PSU with a dance and health degree. A former member of PSU's Contemporary Dance Ensemble and the PSU Dance Team, she has studied with the Dance Teachers Club of Boston and interned at the famous Broadway Dance Center in New York City. She stays current with the trends in dance by continually attending master workshops with the dance elite in both Boston and NYC. She is a certified group fitness instructor, certified cheerleading judge, certified Zumba instructor.  She is also a danced professionally with the Lady Wolf's The Manchester Wolves areana football Dance Team.

Christian Jakubowski - Boxing Coach & Ballroom

Christian has been boxing and coaching boxing for more than 15 years. He was the winner of the Middle Weight Golden Gloves in Detroit, MI as well as the Motor City Diamond Gloves and Wild Card Games. A graduate of the University of Michigan, he served as President of the U of M Boxing Club for three years. He has also trained and coached at Uncle Sam's Boxing Gym in Troy, NY and the Santa Clara PAL Boxing Gym in Santa Clara, CA. He is USA Boxing certified to coach boxing and operate a gym. coming shortly. Chris has taught ballroom for over 15 years. He originally trained in San Jose, CA as an Arthur Murray Instructor.

Krista Lampe - Ballet

Krista Lampe began her formal dance training as a student of Alice
Bassler Sullivan at Alaska Dance Theatre.  She was a member and
soloist of the Alaska Dance Theatre Company for four years, performing
pieces by various artists from all over the world including Jeffrey
Marc Rockland, Jian-min Hao, Judy Austin, Noelle Rose Partusch, and
Natalie Le'toile.  Her studies of dance also included time at the
Interlochen Academy for the Arts, Whitman College Summer Dance Labs,
Colorado School of Ballet, and the Fairbanks Festival for the Arts.
Krista holds a BS in Natural Resource Management from Cornell
University and an MPA from the Maxwell School of Citizenship at
Syracuse.  For the last two years, Krista has been the Director of the
Upper Valley Music Center in Lebanon.  A recent transplant to
Plymouth, Krista is the regional recruitment coordinator for Court
Appointed Special Advocates of New Hampshire.

Lisa Travis - Modern

Lisa Travis currently serves on the faculty of the department of Music, Theater and Dance at Plymouth State University. She is the former Director of Dance at New Hampton School.  Lisa has been teaching and choreographing for the past 25 years after studying dance at the Boston Conservatory of Music. Lisa has performed with modern dance companies in California, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. She is founder and artistic director of Terminal Hip Dance Theater. Lisa has choreographed musicals for private and public high schools in NH, PSU Department of Theater and most recently guest choreographer for the Vietnamese National Opera and Ballet.

Jayne Walsh - Ballet

Jayne was a Soloist and Principal dancer with Ballet Memphis, Saint Louis Ballet and Indianapolis Ballet Theatre. Her formal dance training was with the Boston School of Ballet, Boston MA and she holds a BA in Dance from Butler University. (detailed Bio coming shortly)

                                                                                        

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