
Dancemoves Instructor's Info

Susan R. Joines
Founded Dancemoves Studio of Dance 1983
Founder and Artistic Director - Common Ground Dance Company
Panelist w/ Maryland State Arts Council 3 yrs.
Dance Specialist, Cecil County School Systems
Faculty of Towson, Harford Community College,
George Washington University
M.A., Dance, George Washington University
B.A. Towson University

Carrie Hammond Roemer
Director Dancemoves Performance Troupe
Managing Director - Common Ground Dance Company
Member of Common Ground Dance Company - 2001-2006
Panelist w/ Maryland State Arts Council
Certified DARE Dance instructor, staff member of UMBC Dance Dept.
B.A., Dance, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Graduate of Baltimore School for the Arts

Anne O'Brien
Assistant Director, Dancemoves Performance Troupes
Anne Magill O’Brien grew up in Bryan, TX. She graduated from the
University of Texas in 1997 with a B.A. in History.
While in college she danced with and choreographed
for the UT Dance Team, and was a member of Third Coast Jazz Dance Company.
Anne taught at Art In Motion Dance Studio in Illinois and also choreographed
and coached for its competition team. Anne went back to school for
a second bachelor’s degree in Dance Performance and Education, with K-12
Certification from Towson University which she just completed in December, 2005.
Her latest and greatest achievement is the birth of baby
Daniel Magill O’Brien on March 8, 2006.

Deborah Engerman
Rehearsal Director - Common Ground Dance Company
Faculty of Dancemoves Studio of Dance and Spotlight
Ballet Academy Director, Mid Atlantic Center for the Performing Arts, 2002-2004
Towson University, undergraduate Dance Education coursework
Central PA Youth Ballet
Baltimore Ballet School, RAD Certificates

Jennifer Hegner
Jennifer Hegner grew up in Annapolis and studied dance at
Dance Explosion in Glen Burnie Maryland.
In college, she was a member of the nationally ranked
Towson University Dance Team. Jennifer is a graduate of Towson University
holding a degree in psychology. Jennifer has also been a dance teacher
for seven years. Jennifer is a member of Common Ground.
Jennifer Brilliant
photo and bio to come

Debbie Henry
Debra Ballwanz Henry graduated magna cum laude from the
College of Notre Dame of Maryland,
where she was the recipient of a Scholarship for the Arts and
received Honorable Mention for the
Maryland Distinguished Scholarship of the Arts.
She is also a graduate of the Institute of Notre Dame,
for whom she choreographed Anything Goes,
42nd Street and for the Dance Team.
She has danced under the direction of Jean Kettell and
performed with the Baltimore School of the Washington Ballet.
She has studied under the Maryland Gifted and Talented Summer Camp
for the Arts and has taken class from Ben Vereen, and Mia Peeples.
Debbie has been an Instructor with Dancemoves Studio for ten years.
She is also the Assistant Director of Marketing for the law firm of
Gordon, Feinblatt and a proud mom and wife.