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Matt Carney is thankful for this thing called dance and for all the teachers that have crossed his path along the way. Matt began dancing professionally in his hometown of St. Louis with the Modern American Dance Company (MADCo).

He had the opportunity to work with renowned choreographers such as Donald McKayle and Jennifer Muller as a company member with the Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company in Kansas City where he was also seen performing with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City and with the Kansas City Ballet. While finishing his BFA in dance, Matt performed master works by George Balanchine, Frederick Ashton, and Doris Humphrey at the conservatory of music and dance at the University of Missouri - Kansas City. Matt is currently a company member of the San Diego based contemporary dance company Malashock Dance. Matt teaches Horton contemporary dance classes and ballet at Point Loma School of Classical Ballet.

Erica Ogdon, director grew up in San Diego in a home environment that was rich with music; her father, a composer and a professor emeritus at U.C.S.D and her mother a soprano who spent many hours singing and teaching in their home studio.

She began her ballet lessons at the age of 9 at local ballet studios. At age 16 she continued her ballet studies at California Ballet where she also performed with the company. After training with Erling Sunde (former company teacher of The Royal Ballet) she joined Indianapolis Ballet Theatre.

Since then Erica has also danced with Long Beach Ballet, directed by David Wilcox and Festival Ballet Theatre, directed by Salwa Rizkalla. Erica has also studied with Marat Daukayev (2006 - 2007) and following substitute taught for the Marat Daukayev school of ballet for all their ballet levels one through five. Erica opened Point Loma School of Classical ballet in 2003.