Faculty

Ali Corbett // Owner, Artistic Director

For the past 15 years, Miss Ali has been a part of the Dance Fusion of Harrisburg family. A native of Mount Pleasant, NC, Miss Ali began dancing at the age of 4 at The Studio, formerly located in Concord, NC. At the age of 12, Miss Ali began her training at Dance Fusion, under the instruction of Mrs. Lauren & Mrs. Vikki Artuso, and became a member of the very 1st competition team at DFH. As a competitive dancer, Miss Ali received numerous high score placements and special judges awards.

Throughout her high school years, Miss Ali was very involved in the theatre department at MPHS and also served as an assistant teacher to Mrs. Lauren. After graduating from high school in 2014, Miss Ali continued her education at Rowan Cabarrus Community College while also taking on a new role at Dance Fusion as a dance instructor for the recreational dance program. Since 2014, Miss Ali has expanded her teaching scope to include both recreational and competitive level classes at DFH. As a choreographer, Miss Ali's routines have placed consistently with highest overall scores and received choreography awards. Additionally, in 2020, Miss Ali became Acro dance certified through Acrobatic Arts.

Miss Ali feels fortunate to call Dance Fusion of Harrisburg her dance home and is excited to continue sharing her passion for dance & performing with her students as the new owner and artistic director of DFH.

Lauren Hinson // Founder, Dance Instructor

Lauren, a 2007 graduate of UNC-Charlotte with a BA in dance, has been teaching all over NC for the past 18 years. Her choreography has been recognized by many in the competition industry and has won numerous 1st place and overall awards. After being accepted into the School of American Ballet, in New York City, NY at the age of 12, Lauren chose to continue her dance training at Broadway Dance Center, also in NYC, and in Winston-Salem, NC at North Carolina School of the Arts. Lauren spent many winters performing in The Nutcracker with Dance Theatre of Fayetteville in Fayetteville, NC dancing such roles as Clara, Spanish, and Dew Drop. Lauren was also very active in Cape Fear Regional Theatre, performing in musicals including, The King and I, Music Man, and Grease. Before entering into college, Lauren spent her summers as head choreographer for CFRT's summer drama camps, teaching musical theatre style routines to children of all ages. While at UNCC, Lauren was a member of the dance team, The Golddusters, under the instruction of Veronica Bradley-Badgett.

Mrs. Lauren coached for the Harrisburg Cowboys' (Pop Warner) cheerleading program during their 2008 season and previously worked as an orthodontic assistant at Chad Johnson Orthodontics in Harrisburg Town Center. In Mrs. Lauren's free time she enjoys spending time with her husband, Brad and their daughter, Mary-Creighton. Mrs. Lauren owned and directed Dance Fusion of Harrisburg for 12 years and is thrilled to get back to teaching, choreographing, and sharing her love of dance with her students.

Gracyn Welch // Dance Instructor

Gracyn has been teaching dance for over 5 years and enjoys teaching a variety of genres and ages. Dancing since the age of 5, Gracyn competed for 11 years, both regionally and nationally. While competing, she won many first place awards, as well as numerous overall awards. In her senior year, she scored the highest score of the weekend, in her division, for her solo at Nationals. While in high school, Gracyn participated in the Advanced Dance Program and her choreography was accepted into the Charlotte Ballet’s student program. Gracyn's choreography has won top awards, judges’ awards, and has placed in overalls at various dance competitions. Miss Gracyn is well versed in ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical and contemporary. She graduated from Cabarrus College of Health Sciences in 2021 and works full time as a COTA/L. Gracyn has a passion for teaching dance, working with children and creating choreography! She is so excited to be part of the DFH Family!

Julia Ryan // Dance Instructor

Miss Julia is currently a student an UNCC, where she is majoring in psychology and planning to minor is dance. Julia danced for 12 years and 10 of those years were spent here at DFH. Julia spent most of her dance career being apart of our award winning competitive team, competing in various styles of dance including lyrical, jazz and contemporary. She earned numerous high scoring overall awards, as well as judges awards at the elite level during her time on the DFH competition team. Julia was a Teacher assistant for many years assisting in classes and camps with Miss Ali and Mrs. Lauren. She is so excited to step into the role as an instructor to continue sharing her passion for dance!

Grace Killian // Dance & Acro Instructor

Miss Grace is a current student at UNC Charlotte, where she is studying business and minoring in dance. From Conover, NC, Grace has danced since the age of 3 and competed since the age of 8. Grace has trained in all genres of dance and has won numerous high score awards as a competitive dancer at her home studio. She spent the past 2 years working as a teacher assistant, assisting in all dance genres but mainly keeping her focus on acrobatics and tumbling. Grace loves both dance and acrobatics and she hopes to instill a passion of love for the spot + art form into each student who steps into her class!

Miss Grace is Acrobatic Arts certified!

Chloe Glass // Tap Instructor

Chloe Glass has a passion for dance education and helps her students improve their tap technique while creating a unique style and edge. Chloe has two sweet kids, Thea and Luka who she loves to spend her days with! She is excited to get back into the dance studio and share her style of tap dance with her students!

Chloe has worked alongside her brother, Harrison Culbreth for over a decade! Together they have danced both nationally and internationally, taught at some of the nations top studios, and choreographed multiple award winning dances! Chloe also trained under David Mann for nearly two decades and won numerous national titles, including a two season undefeated, perfect scoring routine. She also works at the Carolina’s newest ultimate dance competition, Endless Talent! Chloe can’t wait to see what this season brings!

Sydney Shaw // Ballet Instructor

Sydney is a current student at UNCC where she is majoring in Elementary Education and minoring in Dance. She has been dancing since she was 5 years old. For 7 years she danced at Bonita's School of Ballet in Monroe, NC. She also danced with the Union County Youth Ballet and performed in their annual production of the Nutcracker. Sydney attended the University of South Carolina as a Dance Education major before transferring to UNCC. Sydney loves ballet and can’t wait to share her passion!

Kaila Ward // Recreational Hip Hop Instructor

Kaila Ward is a student dancer studying Dance and Mass Media Communications at UNC Charlotte. She started out as a cheerleader at the age of 9, but always had a love for dancing and performing ever since she could walk! In her hometown of Mooresville, North Carolina, she was a hip-hop company member of ELITE Dance Company. She was a dancer and senior leader of her high schools Blue Diamonds Dance & Color Guard team. At UNC Charlotte, she currently serves as the head of Jazz and Hip-Hop of M.O.V.E. Dance Alliance. She is also a member of UNC Charlotte’s Dance Department’s Student Advisory Board. Her latest project was dancing/ensemble character of UNC Charlotte’s rendition of the Broadway musical, Pippin, under the direction of Dean Adams. She currently studies under the Professors EE Balcos, Kim Jones, Todd Kubo and Delia Neil. Kaila is well trained in Hip-Hop, Musical Theatre, Jazz, and Contemporary styles of dance. Kaila is super pumped to be apart of the DFH family!

Britt Lovell // Ballet Instructor

Britt Lovell was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She began her formal dance training under the master teachers Louise Mandel and Sheila Rozzane at the former Pacific Dance Academy. At the young age of 16 she moved to Chicago to further pursue her dance career. During her time in Chicago she danced many Balanchine ballets including Agon, Concerto Barocco, Divertimento No 15, Rubies, Serenade, Square Dance, Stars and Stripes, Walpurisnacht, and Who Cares. She also performed several contemporary works. In Chicago she began her teaching career, she has been teaching students of all ages over the past 12 years. Her students have been accepted into many prestigious summer programs and full year programs with scholarships including Royal Ballet, School of American Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, American Ballet Theater, Ballet West, Boston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, and many more. She has also been a private ballet coach for dancers all across the county and has coached several dancers that have competed and placed in Youth American Grand Prix. She has also choreographed countless ballets and solos. In 2023 she had the privledge of teaching a master class at a Dance Machine Convention. Britt has a passion for teaching and is excited to work with the dancers of Dance Fusion Harrisburg.

Carly Cole // Guest Choreographer

Carly is a recent college graduate from UNC Charlotte with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance Performance, Choreography, and Theory. She has spent her life dedicated to dance and chose to continue her training after college in Los Angeles’ most iconic studio, Millennium Dance Complex where she achieved a certificate in Comprehensive Dance Training. She has award winning choreography in the competition dance industry and is an advocate for challenging dancers in their passion, artistry and technique. She believes the keys to life are a little bit of coffee, dancing and a lot of love.