Cindy studied in Houston with the Houston Ballet, Patsy Swayze's Dance Studio and with Camille Hill, a renowned modern/jazz teacher and choreographer, in New York with the American Ballet Theatre and School of American Ballet, and in London, England at the Royal Ballet School and the Royal Academy of Dance. She excelled at all of her Royal Academy of Dance exams and is certified to teach all RAD curriculim. She danced with the Allegro Ballet and Discovery Dance Group (a modern/jazz company) both of the Houston area, and she danced as a soloist with the Houston Ballet and the Frankfurt Ballet of Germany.
Cindy has done choreography for several Batesville Community Theatre productions, and was involved with the "Arts in the Park" program. She has been teaching dance since 1976 and has schools in Batesville, Mountain View, and Izard County. She taught dance at Lyon College in Batesville for 11 years.
She founded the North Arkansas Dance Theatre along with Patrick Crommett in 1997 that allows the more dedicated students of the tri-county area to perform regularly throughout the year and to share dance with their communities. Aside from community performances, NADT danced with Ballet Magnificat! in 1998 and with Batesville Community Theatre in "The King and I" in 2000, and has now staged and co-choreographed "The Nutcracker" which not only involves the company but the entire community and has been performed annually since 2005. She has had several students win in local and state fairs, and now her Competition Team has won top honors in Little Rock, Branson, Orlando and Kansas City. Several competitors went to NYC to train at National Conventions. Many of her dancers have continued with their dancing after leaving the NADT Dance Academy.
Katie Crymes started as a toddler with the NADT Dance Academy, and has now become the Director of the NADT Dance Academy in Izard Co. She has danced in our annual Nutcracker for many years, and has been showcased as a soloist in those productions as well as our Spring recitals. Katie also excelled as a competitor in her high school years. She is head of our Competition Department working as a coordinator, choreographer and coach. Katie has an Associate Degree in Early Childhood Development. She lives in Mtn. View with her husband, Trenton, and son, Scott and daughter, Elsie.
Kathryn has been with NADT for over 20 years. She went off to school and earned a degree in Design, Marketing and Business. She's excited to be living in Batesville and loves teaching her student and seeing how much cance impacts her students' lives. She was an Angel in the very first Nutcracker in 2005 and Snow White in NADT's production of Snow White in 2016.
Lauren Gunderman has been involved with NADT for over 20 years. She was a member of the first NADT production in 2005. Lauren practices as a genral dentist in Batesville along with her work with NADT. Lauren lives in Batesville with her husband, Will, and their 2 cats.
Delaney has danced with NADT since early childhood and was a member of the company for 8 years. She had the title role of Beauty in "Beauty and the Beast," and had major roles in "The Nutcracker." She also is the Social Media Director of the NADT Dance Academies, and Head of our Competition Dept. She has won several choreogrpahy awards at competition!
Jadyn grew up taking dance classes in Ms. Cindy's Mtn. View studio and decided to retunr in the fall of 2023 after receiving a Master's in Acconting and a minor in Dance. While at college, she disvoered a lover for choreographing and she now loves testing her ideas on her competitors and seeing them bring her visions to life. When not at the studio, you can find her cruncing numbers at Ballard & Company where she works as a tax accountatn.
Laura trained at Fleur de Lis Dance Academy in St. Louis for 15 years as a youth. There she studied ballet, tap, jazz, acrobats, and served as an assistant teacher for several years. As a young adult, Laura pursued a variety of dance, movement, and fitness classes while studying and working in Early Childhood Education in Missouri. After moving to Arkansas in 2003, she continued work in Early Childhood Education; hosted dance/movement classes for local homeschool groups; participated in adult dance/movement classes every opportunity she had; and became a dance mom at NADT Dance Academy. In 2022, she began teaching acrobatics & dance at NADT in Mountain View and opened Move N’Groove Studio in Marshall, AR. Laura loves having the opportunity to share her passion of dance & movement with youth in Arkansas. The greatest part of teaching is watching students shine in their successes!
Kathryn is a 2024 graduate of Batesville High School and now attens ASU in Jonesboro. She started her career of dance when she was just 2 at KSPA and found NADT in 2016. She has performed in every annual production since, as well as dancing competitively. some of her major role includ: Spanish Solo and Pepptermint Twist in Nutracker The Step Mother in Cinderell and the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz. She has been teaching, coaching and choreographing for several years.