SHERRY L. BARNARD

Sherry Barnard, Artistic Director/Choreographer, attended Jordan College of Music, special instruction division of Butler University, Indianapolis, and the University of Louisvillle. She continued her training in New York with such notables as David Howard (a favorite teacher of American Ballet Theatre), Finis Jhung, Bob Audy, Luigi, and Phil Black, and received her teaching certification through DANCE EDUCATORS OF AMERICA, an international organization of teachers.

Ms. Sherry has extensive experience in musical theatre having danced in or choreographed numerous musicals in dinner theatres in the tri-state area such as Beef ‘N’ Boards Dinner Theatre (Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Louisville), The Upstairs Dinner Theatre (Indianapolis), La Comedia Dinner Theatre (Ohio). In addition, she has perormed roles in many of the major ballets such as The Sleeping Beauty, The Firebird, Swan Lake, and The Nutcracker.

No stranger to local theatre, she has choreographed shows for The Youth Theatre of Hardin County, Hardin Co. Playhouse, the Pro/Am Community Theatre at The PAC, and has proven her strong commitment to developing the arts in the schools by choreographing musicals for Elizabethtown High School, Meade Co. High School, Nelson Co. High School, Bardstown High School, and John Hardin High School, not to mention working with area choral departments on all grade levels.

She has taught dance at Elizabethtown Community College, choreographed for Actor/s Theatre of Louisville, University of Louisville, University of KY, and Morehead State University, as well as the Louisville Orchestra and the Kentucky Opera. She has performed with The Stephen Foster Story for 43 years (including tours to Japan in 1985 and 1997) and is currently the show’s choreographer. She is the past chairman of the Dance Department for the Professional Intern Program at The Stephen Foster Story. Ms. Sherry is the Artistic Director of The Heartland Youth Ballet, The Dance Centre’s Arts Outreach Performing Dance Ensemble.

ERIN CUNIGAN

Erin Cunigan, Assistant Artistic Director has been connected to The Dance Centre of Elizabethtown since the age of three.  Ms. Erin was involved in all forms of dance through college.  She has taught for The Dance Centre since 2014. In addition to dance, Ms. Erin has enjoyed musical theatre and has performed in several shows including The Little Mermaid, (Ariel), The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy), Fiddler on the Roof (Chava), The Stephen Foster Story (Featured Dancer) and several productions with the Hardin County Schools Performing Arts Center. Erin, a Governor’s School for the Arts alumni received her Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Louisville and is now Vice President, Loan Administration Officer at The Cecilian Bank.

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