Cassandra Springs
Cassandra Pappy Springs is a business owner, choreographer, and dance educator currently living in Atlanta, GA. Originally from Charlotte, North Carolina, she has trained and worked with teachers, choreographers, dance teams and dance studios across the nation. She received her competitive dance training from Dance Productions Performing Arts Studio where she earned various awards including the title of Miss Dance of North Carolina and Top Senior Soloist at Nationals. After high school, Cassandra pursued higher education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. There she served as a member and captain of the Spartan G’s dance team and received a B.A. in Dance with a K-12 teaching license in dance. She has trained in the genres of ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, modern, lyrical, west african, hip hop and heels technique. Cassandra’s extensive background in performance, dance education, and choreography led to the creation of her professional dance company, Elite DanceWerks LLC. (EDW) in 2016. The company began as a summer project and blossomed into an effort to reach and inspire dancers nationally. Aside from her dance education company, her passion for dance continues to extend beyond the classroom. She serves as a judge for various dance competitions and is a dance fitness instructor with DivaDance Atlanta. She also maintains her dance training by taking classes at industry studios in the Metro-Atlanta area.