Ann-Marie Heilman
CD/FW Company Member and Faculty Member

Ann-Marie was born and raised in Houston, and now resides in Euless with her husband, Jason. She has studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, with Shelley Wayne as a Kilgore College Rangerette, and with the excellent faculty at Texas Christian University including Susan Douglas Roberts and Kerry Kreiman. While she was a Rangerette, she was chosen to be an officer and swingster, and had many performances including the Lord Mayor’s Ball and American Embassy in Ireland, the Cotton Bowl, and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. She went on to receive her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Modern Dance from TCU. During this time, Ann-Marie had the opportunity to work with artists such as Nina Martin, Adrienne Clancey, Fernando Bujones, and Joel Ferrel, as well as perform at ACDFA (2003) and TAAPHERD (2003).

Ann-Marie teaches and choreographs as a free-lance artist and with Starmakers Dance and Performance Camps. She is currently the founder and director of Revelation Dance Ministries, the director of dance at Shady Grove Church in Grand Prairie, and a member of Christian Dance Fellowship USA. Ann-Marie is also very involved with her husband, Jason, in his work as the Director of the All Nations House of Prayer and 4-Runner Ministries. This is her fourth season dancing with CDFW.

Carmen Jones
CD/FW Faculty Member

Carmen Jones began dancing at the age of two and hasn’t stopped since. She is proficient in many styles of dance including ballet, jazz and musical theatre and her first love, tap. She has traveled the world as a professional, singer, dancer and actress in “Ain’t Misbehavin”, “Cinderella“, “Grease”, “Oklahoma”, “Schoolhouse Rock Live” and “Having Our Say, The Delaney Sisters First 100 Years”. Along with teaching at CJ’s Studio of Performing Arts in Ft. Worth, Ms. Jones is adjunct faculty at Tarrant County College SE Campus and The University of Texas at Arlington where she teaches adult tap, jazz and theatre arts for kids. She has taught in the FWISD after school program, and choreographed for various high schools and community theatres. She has recently completed training for the “Dancing Classrooms North Texas” program and will begin her first stint as a teaching artist with the program in two schools this fall. Carmen is the recent recipient of the first Curtain Call Teacher Development Scholarship presented by the Dance Council. This is her first season as a member of the CD/FW faculty.

Breanna Kimbley
CD/FW Company Member and Faculty Member

Breanna Kimbley received her BFA in Modern Dance from Texas Christian University (2004), where she performed in works by guest artists Sabrina Castillo, Leah Cox, Christian von Howard, Nina Martin, and Caryn Heilman. She also performed with the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange while attending the American Dance Festival (Durham, North Carolina). She has taught modern dance, creative movement, ballet, tap, jazz, tumbling, and hip-hop for the All-Star Movement Educators and other studios throughout the metroplex. She is a faculty member for the Dancing Classrooms project (teaching ballroom dance in area public schools) and also works as a certified personal trainer. This is Breanna’s third season to teach and perform for CD/FW.

Kerry Kreiman
CD/FW Executive/Artistic Director

Kerry Kreiman is the Executive/Artistic Director of Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth where she also directs the CD/FW school and studios. Kerry is also a guest lecturer in Modern Dance for Texas Christian University’s Dept. of Ballet and Modern Dance, and is a certified Pilates instructor for Pilates at Dancescape. She is currently participating in a select program for 12 teachers who are studying with Bill Evans to be certified in Bill Evans Modern Dance Technique. Kerry started teaching when she was 12, and has taught students from ages 3 and up in a multitude of settings from colleges/universities (both undergraduate and graduate classes) to recreation centers. Her extensive teaching experience includes teaching modern dance, ballet and jazz techniques in addition to improvisation, repertory, dance history and philosophy, teaching methods, dance for athletes, creative movement, Pilates, and choreography. Kerry holds a BFA in Modern Dance and a BA in Philosophy from TCU, in addition to a MFA in Dance from the Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Tina Mullone-Carter
CD/FW Company Member and Faculty Member

Tina N. Mullone-Carter (Fort Worth, TX), began her dance training in ballet under Fernando Schaffenburg. She continued to study dance under Darryl Sneed while attending the University of Oklahoma. After graduation Tina performed and taught for JAADE Dance Theater, Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth and Beckles Dancing Company. She also taught for Fort Worth and Dallas School Districts, Creative Arts Theater and School, the School of Fort Worth/Dallas Ballet (now Texas Ballet Theater), Texas Christian University as part-time instructor; Freedom Theater and Max Myers Recreation Center, both in Philadelphia, PA and Temple University as a graduate assistant. Tina has also studied under numerous dance instructors and workshops, including the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Philadanco Dance School, and Urban Bush Women.

After completing a Master of Fine Arts degree from Texas Christian University, she taught at Tarrant County College South, Mountain View College, Creative Arts and Theater School, Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth and Lisbon Elementary School. Currently she teaches for Tarrant County College NE, North Central Texas College and Dancing Classrooms North Texas for FWISD and DISD. She strives to keep the arts alive through performing, choreographing and teaching.

Sarah Newton
CD/FW Company Member and Faculty Member

Sarah Newton is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Sam Houston State University, where she holds a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Dance. She is currently a Master’s of Fine Arts candidate at Texas Woman's University (anticipated graduation May 2008). Sarah is a member of Out On a Limb Dance, and has also performed professionally with the Kista Tucker Dance Company, and MAMandSCHLECTE Dance, including appearances on the Barefoot Brigade Dance Festival and The NOTcracker. Sarah is a well-seasoned performer with credits including a solo choreographed by Dr. Linda Caldwell that was performed at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She toured New Zealand with the Pickwick Players (a youth theatre troupe offered by audition only) in the lead role of “The Hundred Dresses.” She is certified to teach mat Pilates, and her dance training includes study at the American Dance Festival. She has taught modern dance, creative movement, ballet, jazz, body conditioning, and dance fitness (salsacise, dancercise) to students of all ages. She also teaches dance for Texas Woman's University Office of Life Long Learning. This is her first season as a faculty member for CD/FW.