Dance Works Studio

Faculty

Adriana Heindl is originally from Brazil, and she moved to Clinton, MS in 1990. She began dancing at the age of 14 and has not stopped dancing since! During her high school years, she danced with the Mississippi Ballet Theatre and Ballet Magnificat!. Adriana continued her dance studies at Belhaven College as a Ballet Major where she performed with the Belhaven Ensemble. She danced in various ballets including Cinderella, Gloria, Les Sylphides, and Swan Lake. After college, Adriana began teaching dance, and she has now taught for over seven years around the Jackson/Metro area. Adriana has four beautiful daughters: Annelise, Kali, Haddie, and baby Esli. She is married to her favorite guy, Paul Heindl.


Tiffany Jefferson spent her formative years in Oklahoma & Kansas where she obtained her undergraduate degree from Oklahoma State University and her M.Ed. in Dance Education from Wichita State University. Tiffany has danced professionally for Music Theatre of Wichita, Oklahoma Dance Theatre, Paramount Parks, New Stage Theatre, Mississippi Metropolitan Ballet, and Actor's Playhouse. She is currently the director of dance at Hinds Community College and the founder and artistic director of Montage Theatre of Dance. Tiffany resides in Jackson with her loving and supportive husband, Joe, and her two sons, Jordan and Jones.


Shannon Price is originally from Vicksburg, MS where she studied dance for 15 years. She was a Gator Girl her senior year of high school. During her first three years of college, she was a Hinds Hi-Stepper and was captain for the last two years. Also while at Hinds, she obtained a minor in Dance and became a part of Montage Theatre of Dance. With Montage, Shannon has performed in Arkansas, Texas, Alabama, Tennessee, and New York. While in New York, she studied a variety of dance at Alvin Ailey and Broadway Dance Center. Shannon has won various awards while performing with Montage Theatre of Dance. She has a degree in Secondary Education from the University of Southern Mississippi and is an 8th grade English teacher at Florence Middle School where she helped start a dance team and is currently the co-sponsor.


Katie Childs Limbaugh was born and raised in Mississippi. Katie started her early dance training at Byram School of Dance. She then went on to Hinds Community College where she majored in Dance. There she received a Dance Scholarship for her excellence in dance. Katie was one of three dancers chosen out of the dance program to study and perform at Bridgewater College in England. She is currently a member of Montage Theatre of Dance where she has had the opportunity to dance at various locations around the south and has even performed at the famous Carnegie Hall in New York. While in New York, Katie studied at Broadway Dance Center and the world famous Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. She has also starred as characters in various dance productions such as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Dorothy and Juliet. Katie currently resides in Byram with her husband, Jared.