Professional Affiliates
Ginny Siano-Eck, Artistic Director
Ginny is the Owner-Director of Foothills Dance Conservatory. Her former students have danced professionally with many companies including American Ballet Theatre, The Mark Morris Dance Group, Charleston Ballet, Maryland Dance Theatre, and Cedar Lake Dance Ensemble.
Ginny trained and performed with Ruth Page Foundation, Bell Bender Dance School, Ellis-DuBoulay Dance School, Barat College and Repertory Dance Company, Northwestern University, Tony Wilson Dance Company, and Chicago Ballet Ensemble, among many others.
Ginny founded Lake Shore Dancers and Foothills Dance Conservatory.
Other teaching experience includes Highland Park High School, Stevenson High School, and School District of Oconee County.
In 2023 Ginny received the Order of the Silver Crescent from Senator Alexander on behalf of Governor Henry McMaster; a recognition from Representative William E. Sandifer III on behalf of the House of Representatives; and a proclamation from Mayor Daniel Alexander of Seneca and Mayor Robert Halfacre of Clemson for her contribution to the arts in our community.
Jessica McAlister, Choreography and Ballet
Jessica McAlister, Choreography and Ballet
Jessica McAlister, Choreography and Ballet
New Orleans Youth Ballet, New Orleans Opera, Delta Festival Ballet, Joffrey II, Ballet Austin, Colorado Ballet, Greensboro Ballet, Montgomery Ballet, Ballet Theatre of Maryland, Long Island Ballet Theatre, Egleysky Ballet, Burklyn Ballet Theatre, Winston Salem Festival Ballet, Foothills Dance Conservatory (Ballet Mistress)
David McAlister, Choreography and Ballet
Jessica McAlister, Choreography and Ballet
Jessica McAlister, Choreography and Ballet
School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, Ballet Theatre of Maryland, Long Island Ballet Theatre, Eglevsky, Burklyn Ballet Theatre, Foothills Dance Conservatory (Ballet Master)
David Palmer, Choreography
Jessica McAlister, Choreography and Ballet
John Deming, Guest Artist
Australian Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, Miami City Ballet, The Royal Ballet of Flanders, San Francisco Ballet, Maximum Dance Company; President of the Jury for The World Ballet Competition and The Miami IBC
John Deming, Guest Artist
Chris Collins, Guest Artist
John Deming, Guest Artist
Draper Center for Dance Education,
Boston Ballet, Carolina Ballet,
Ballet Memphis,
Rochester City Ballet (Ballet Master)
Katherine Duffy, Guest Artist
Chris Collins, Guest Artist
Chris Collins, Guest Artist
UNC School of the Arts,
Pennsylvania Ballet II,
Rochester City Ballet (Director of Development)
Chris Collins, Guest Artist
Chris Collins, Guest Artist
Chris Collins, Guest Artist
Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education, Joffrey Ballet School, Hubbard Street Dance, Point Park University; Gelsey Kirkland Academy, Ballet for Young Audiences, Carolina Ballet Theatre, Springfield Ballet, Western Ballet, Ballet Theater Company, Rochester City Ballet
Vaughn Newman, Guest Artist
Traysie Amick, Guest Instructor for Acting
Kelly Moeller Rabe, Choreographer
William Penn Arts Charter,
Freedom Theater, PHILADANCO,
New World School of the Arts,
Vaughn Newman Dance
Kelly Moeller Rabe, Choreographer
Traysie Amick, Guest Instructor for Acting
Kelly Moeller Rabe, Choreographer
Tri-Cities Academy of Ballet,
University of Arizona School of Dance, Arizona Theater Company, Island Moving Company, Newport Contemporary Ballet, Rochester City Ballet
Traysie Amick, Guest Instructor for Acting
Traysie Amick, Guest Instructor for Acting
Traysie Amick, Guest Instructor for Acting
Principal Teaching Artist with South Carolina Children's Theatre
Contributor to SCCT since 1999 as Actor,
Program Developer, Playwright, Director
Nikki Belch, Guest Instructor for Music
Nikki Belch, Guest Instructor for Music
Traysie Amick, Guest Instructor for Acting
Choral Director at West Oak Middle School
Choral music instructor over two decades, Past President of SC Music Educators Assoc., Co-Chair of SC Choral Festival Committee
Isabella Normandin, Choreographer
Nikki Belch, Guest Instructor for Music
Isabella Normandin, Choreographer
Foothills Dance Conservatory
Summer Intensives: Bolshoi Ballet Academy; The Art of Classical Ballet; Next Generation Ballet; Orlando Ballet School; UNC School of the Arts Professional Studies Program