Denise Reeves, Dance Coordinator
and instructor, has been teaching
at the Cobb County Center for
Excellence in the Performing Arts
since 1994. She holds a Bachelor's
degree in dance education from the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
and a Master's degree in education
specializing in dance from Frostburg State
University in Maryland. Her teaching is derived
from being a certified Royal Academy of Dance
teacher with intense training in the Cecchetti and
Vaganova methods.

She has supplemented her training by studying at
the North Carolina School of the Arts, Stanford University,
San Jose State University, East Carolina University, Miami
Dance Festival, Vail International Dance Festival Teacher's
Conference, and the Jackson International Dance Competition Teacher's
Course. While dancing with the Georgia Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Santa Clara
Ballet, and San Jose Dance Theatre, Reeves was able to dance in Canada, Poland,
the Soviet Union and all Western and South Western United States.

Locally, Reeves has directed the Georgia Ballet and the Governor's Honors
Program in dance. Presently, Reeves is a certified instructor in Pilates and
the director of The Pilates Sudio of Atlanta; an international center and training facility.