About Our Staff

Miss Caitie was born in Matthews, NC and moved with her family to Metropolis, IL at the age of 2.  She began dancing a year later, but took a few years off to pursue softball, cheerleading and soccer. She started back at the age of 12, when TRF first began in the Musical Theater program.  the following year, she began taking more technique-based dance classes and continued to take most of the classes offered at TRF.  Caitie has a tremendous love for the performing arts. She was also a Rhythmic Youth team member for four years.  She has performed for various local events like Stomp Towards a Cure, The Lion's Club Telethon of Stars and Dancing with Our Stars.  She has performed in Market House Theater's production of Annie's Kids.  She has also worked with the McCracken Co. Public Library's "Musical Story Time" program in The Cat and the Fiddler.  She has also trained with highly regarded Teacher/Choreographer Marcus Alpert and Alex Wong, a So You Think You Can Dance finalist, World of Dance finalist Ian Eastwood and Broadway Dance Center's own Tom Richardson and Miles Keeney.  She also had the pleasure of being invited to compete in the Mid-South Fair Youth Talent Contest in Memphis, TN in both singing and dancing. Caitie received the special award of "Emotional Commitment" at Creation Dance Champs Competition 2017 in Louisville, KY.  She also placed 2nd overall in her age division for her solo "The Hill". Most recently, Caitie has been attending classes at Murray State University (MSU) as a Theatre Major, with focus on choreography and acting. She played Olive Ostrovsky, the female lead, in MSU’s fall 2018 production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, her first college role. In the spring of 2019, she choreographed MSU’s production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, as well as Marshall County Arts Commission’s production of The Addams Family. She is currently choreographing MSU’s Operetta, The Pirates of Penzance, and is current choreographer for MSU’s “Campus Light“ for Spring 2020. 

Miss Christy started dancing when she was just 4 years old at Gotta Dance Studio in Lexington, KY, training in all styles, including Pointe, which she began at the age of 12.  She danced throughout her childhood, keeping her Ballet training at the forefront.  With the constant support of her parents, she joined the competition team when she was in grade school and competed all the way through high school.  She was also a member of the dance team at Tates Creek Middle and High Schools.  Christy attended Murray State University and was a member of the Racer Girls Dance Team, where she was Co-Captain her Junior year and Captain her Senior year, acting as "coach" and choreographing all of the routines.  Along with Racer Girls, she also joined Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority and won "Best Choreography" for their 2014 performance in Murray State's All Campus Sing Competition.  Christy was Choreographer for 2015's Miss Murray State pageant.  She graduated from MSU with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and is working toward a Master's in Business Administration.  She currently resides in Paducah, KY, working in the accounting department at Paducah & Louisville Railway.  Christy is excited to be continuing her passion for dance by teaching the students

Mr. Micheal is the owner of Fingerprint Urban Dance Studio in Cape Girardeau, MO.  He and his students have attended Hip Hop battles across the country and have worked with many of the top dogs in the Hip Hop dance industry.  For more info, visit Fingerprint Urban Dance Studio on Facebook!

Miss Reagan was born in Metropolis, IL and began to dance at the age of 6 when TRF first opened its doors.  She took every class offered to her from that year on.  She has been on the competitive company team since she was 7.  Reagan was homeschooled all her life and started college a year early in 2022.  She plans to get her Associate degree from Shawnee Community College and from there decide on her future.  Miss Reagan has performed in many events in the communitey like Stomp Towards the Cure, Lowertown Arts Festival, Dancing With our Stars, Telethon of the Stars and many other events as well.  She has also trained with highly regarded Teacher/Choreographer Marcus Alpert, Alex Wong and Kathryn McCormick; So You Think You Can Dance finalists, World of Dance finalist Ian Eastwood and Broadway Dance Center's own Tom Richardson and Miles Keeney.  She also had the pleasure of being invited to compete in the Mid-South Fair Youth Talent Contest in Memphis, TN for dance.  Miss Reagan just finished her last year as a TRF student for the 2022-2023 season.  She has danced for 12 years and taught classes for the last 6 years.

Miss Emily danced for 12 years, then taught for 2 1/2 years until Covid hit. She is trained in all styles of dance other than ballroom.  She has attended conventions with Mia Michael, Alex Wong and the late Stephen tWitch Boss.  She has danced competitively for several years as well and was on the high school dance team where she was captain.  She led the team to 6th place out of 78 teams at competition. Miss Emily's passion for dance has only grown as she has gotten older and she is happy to be back at the studio she grew up in.

Miss Cat moved to Paducah 6 years ago and has danced with us since since then!  She started dancing at 3 years old and has continued to dance for 13 years.  She has danced competitively for many years and will continue to do so this year.  Miss Cat will enjoy her senior year with us before heading off to college in the fall of 2025. She has performed in many events in our community like Stomp Towards the Cure, Lowertown Arts Festival, and Telethon of the Stars.  Miss Cat has a passion dance and is so excited to teach and show other students the love of dance!