MEET OUR FACULTY
COURTNEY
SCHOOL DIRECTOR
Courtney is a South Florida native who has been performing professionally since 1992. She began her career in musical theater before deciding to pursue a serious study of dance with a focus on classical ballet.
Her classical ballet training started right here in Boca Raton in 1996. She has since had the privilege of studying under and working with some of the premier choreographers and dancers of today including Shettleroe, Tyree, Guin, Sagami, Levya, and Leeth. Courtney has performed in numerous professional and regional stage productions including Giselle and The Nutcracker. Most recently, she performed in the musical "Rent".
Courtney and her husband, also a native of South Florida, are thrilled to be raising their daughter in the community they both love. She created Organic Movements to combine her desire to give back to the local community with a desire to offer a nurturing, supportive place in which all students can receive a quality dance education with performance opportunities outside of the typical school recital. She believes that through local outreach and a dance program of integrity, Organic Movements can help every student reach their potential.
CONNIE
DIRECTOR OF ADULT FITNESS EDUCATION & OFFICE MANAGER
Connie has been in the women's wellness profession for over 29 years. She is a Fitness Instructor, Midwife, Certified Childbirth Educator and an American Heart Association Basic Life Support Instructor.
Connie is very active in the community working with women and families to improve their health and wellness. She has also given many presentations, lectures and has written and appeared in several magazine and newspaper articles.
JOHN
John Prinz grew up and received his first ballet training in Chicago, Illinois and then continued at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City as their first scholarship student. He went on to finish training at Balanchine School of American Ballet before joining the New York City Ballet in 1963. He was quickly promoted to Principal and danced many leads in Balanchine ballets including The Nutcracker, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet and Tarantella and was one of the original leads in Jerome Robbins Dances at a Gathering. He partnered ballerinas such as Suzanne Farrell, Allegra Kent, Kay Mazzo, Patricia McBride and Violetta Verdi. Mr. Balanchine created the Pas de Deux La Source for Mr. Prinz as well as leads in Jewels, Glinkiana, Don Quixote and Valse Fantaisie. Also at New York City Ballet, Frederick Ashton revived Les Illuminations with Mr. Prinz in the title role.
In 1970, Mr. Prinz joined American Ballet Theater where he was a principal dancer until 1979. Roles here included leads in Giselle, Coppelia, Fancy Free, Don Quixote, Le Corsaire and in Anthony Tudor ballets Jardin aux Lilas and Romeo and Juliet and he created roles in new ballets by Alvin Ailey, The River. He partnered ballerinas such as Natalia Makarova, Gelsey Kirkland, Carla Fracci and Cynthia Gregory.
John began teaching in 1978 in New York City including classes at Robert Denvers Westside School of Ballet and the Scholarship Program at the American Ballet Theater School. He gave master classes throughout Japan for the American Ballet Workshop in 1983-84 and has guest taught at San Francisco Ballet School. He staged Balanchine ballets such as Tarantella and choreographed Emperor Variations for the Capital Ballet of Washington D.C. in 1978.
As Assistant Director or Ballet Master, he has worked at the Pittsburgh Ballet, Cleveland Ballet, Ballet Nacional de Espana, Zurich Opera House and Staatstheater am Gartnerplaz, Munich. In 1993-94, Mr. Prinz formed a company which was invited as the first American ballet company to participate in the second International Nureyev Festival in Kazan, Russia. He lived in London where he taught at the Arts Educational Schools, Chiswick and gave daily professional open ballet classes in central London. He has guest taught for City Ballet of London and the Adventures in Motion Pictures Dance Company.
SUSAN
Bio coming soon.
CRYSTAL
Crystal is a native of Southern California, and has been a performer, choreographer and dance educator in the United States and Australia since 2002. She received her M.F.A in Dance and Choreography from Arizona State University in 2011, and her B.F.A from Columbia College in 2006.
Crystal has performed and shown work coast-to-coast featuring in several dance festivals. She had the privilege of creating and teaching with Miami Dade College, Arizona State University and FDance (Phoenix Fringe Festival), Showze Ma, The Power Company and was invited to work alongside Angella Ellisworth at the Sydney Biennale, in Sydney Australia. Her work was selected and presented at the American College Dance Festival in 2004 and 2010.
PARTNER AND GUEST TEACHERS
We are happy to partner with local teachers who have rented our studio spaces for their classes, and pleased to list these classes along with information about the teachers on our website for the convenience of our clients. However, we do
not handle registration or payment for these classes so unless noted, please be sure to make all arrangments needed through the teachers listed below. These classes do not accept OM class cards or student hourly packages, nor will we accept payment on behalf of our partner teachers.
TIR NA GREINE SCHOOL OF IRISH DANCE
INSTRUCTOR: CAMILLE EUBANK
Teaches Beginner, Advanced Beginner, and Novice Irish Dance
www.tirnagreine.com
The Tir Na Greine School of Irish Dance evolved due to an overwhelming demand in the Irish Communities throughout the state of Florida. The school was opened 1994 by Laura O'Sullivan and Maureen Armstrong. The school has students in training for both the World and National Irish Dance Championships. Tir Na Greine hosts a Feis annually in April; the South Florida Feis held on Hutchinson Island.
Camille Eubank has been involved with Irish step dancing for over 25 years! She started at the age of 5 & began competing locally/nationally/ internationally by the age of 7. She danced under Maureen Armstrong & Laura O’Sullivan, the founders of Tir Na Greine School of Irish Dance, both students of Donny Golden (teacher of Michael Flatley). Tir Na Greine was founded in 1995.
Camille was ranked 1st in the Eastern & Southern Region World Qualifying Championships on numerous occasions, top 3 in North America for 10 years, and placed as high as 8th in Great Britain, 15th in Ireland, and 18th in the World. She has had the opportunity of dancing with many famous groups such as Tony Kenny, Paddy Noonan, Noel Kingston, The Wolfetones, Cherish the Ladies, The Chieftans etc...
Camille became a certified dance teacher (TCRG) under An Coimisiun Le Rince Gaelacha in Dublin, Ireland in 2011. She has been teaching under Tir Na Greine ever since. She looks forward to sharing this amazing world with your children, even if not to compete then to learn about the music, culture, performing in shows, building character & self esteem, as well as making lifelong friends in a positive atmosphere and appreciating the uniqueness and beauty of what it is.
