Dance Faculty Biographies

Danielle Brown is an artist born and raised in Pensacola, Florida. She is trained in ballet, modern, contemporary, jazz and pom. From 2017 to 2019 Danielle trained at Time to Shine Center for Performing Arts. In 2018, she joined their performance company and appeared at various events and festivals around the city of Pensacola. Additionally, she was featured in their Nutcracker production in such roles as Wind and Sugar Plum Fairy. Her senior year, she was awarded 1st Place Platinum in her age division and received the Outstanding Performance Award at VIP Dance. Danielle is a recent Belhaven University graduate receiving her B.A. in Dance. While attending Belhaven, she participated in their Dance Ensemble, performing works by faculty and guest artists from Cynthia Newland to Patier Van Yepren. She was selected for various works in a variety of dance genres ranging from modern to jazz. For the majority of her college career, she also participated in the Belhaven University Dance Team. Danielle currently works as the choreographer and assistant director for the Children’s Theater Company, is in the process of completing two certifications and Pilates and yoga and is delighted to be sharing her love of dance with a new generation.

Miss Julie began her dance career when she was three in St. Louis, Missouri. Her love of the art continued throughout her life, culminating in her decision to pursue a B.F.A. in Dance from the University of Wyoming. Julie has danced in many venues across the country, including Chicago and New York, and with many legendary dancers and dance companies including Peter Pucci, Jay Franke, the Martha Graham Dancers and the American Repertory Dance Company. In addition to her professional dance career, Julie has choreographed The Unsinkable Molly Brownand A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, among others. She was voted best choreographer by students and faculty alike in her senior year at the University of Wyoming, as well as best dancer. Additionally, Julie was a cheerleader/dance squad member all through junior high, high school and college. Julie was chosen to represent the U.S. on the Superstar Performance Team, traveling to Ireland. Her goal is to bring her variety of knowledge and joy of dance into their lives so they may experience a well-rounded fine arts education. 

Miss Liz began her dance training at age 3. She has spent 20 years in the dance world training in multiple styles. She spent the first few of those years on competition teams, attending multiple competitions and conventions including Showstopper, I Love Dance, Tremaine, and Dancemakers. At age 8, her family moved to the Pensacola area and she spent several years at Northwest Florida Ballet. While there she performed in several productions including the Nutcracker and Cinderella. Later she went back to competing and spent a year on the Pensacola Junior College (now PSC) dance team, although ballet remains her favorite discipline. Miss loves being a part of the Time to Shine family.

Gracie Kimmons was born and raised in Pace, Florida. She started her dance training at Time to Shine Center for Performing Arts at 7 years old. She performed as a company dancer for many years and took the stage at Disney Springs twice, multiple competitions, arts festivals and nursing homes. She joined the Pace High School Color Guard program in 2021, where she was a featured soloist, earning second place at Winter Guard International Gulfport Regional and first place at Gulf Coast Color Guard and Percussion competitions. She is currently the Assistant Guard Director at Pensacola High School teaching dance and flag. Her strongest passion is in the theatrical arts, extending from her participation with the Pace High Drama Program where she served in officer positions. Her greatest achievement was directing a documentary-theatre play, “Trap” by Steven Gregg and playing a dancing nun in “Sister Act” by Alan Menken. She attended and competed in Florida State Thespian Festivals, earning Superior and Excellent scores on Technical and Performative events. She is now currently attending Pensacola State College to pursue her A.A. degree in Theatre. Her goal in life is to teach the joy and love of theatre to others. 

Katie Rosenau began her training at the American Academy of Ballet, under Maris Battaglia, in Buffalo, New York. In 2005, she graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.F.A. in Dance from SUNY Brockport. She’s since performed and toured with Pick of the Crop Modern Dance Company, Present Tense Dance, Drumcliffe Irish Arts, Kista Tucker Insights as well as performing her own work in NYC and around the Washington D.C. area including the Kennedy Center. Katie has been teaching for the past twenty years in New York, Maryland, and now in Florida where she is very excited to be a part of the faculty at Time to Shine. 

Miss Christy has extensive professional ballet and modern performing and teaching experience.
She is originally from Oak Harbor, Washington but her professional career was centered in the Midwest. She has trained with internationally renowned teachers and choreographers from Pacific Northwest Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal, Alvin Ailey, Martha Graham, Alwin Nikolais companies, among many others. She has danced with Grand Rapids Ballet, Aerial Dance Theatre, Detroit Dance Collective, Contemporary Motions and the University of Iowa’s professional touring company. She holds a B.A. in Dance from Hope College in Holland, Michigan and an M.F.A. in Dance Performance from the University of Iowa. Her choreography was showcased at the Mid-States Regional Ballet Festival and the American College Dance Festival and she was given Hope College’s Florence Cavanaugh Award for Outstanding Dance Student. Her passion for teaching comes from cultivating the individual potential in each student while helping them understand the rich tradition and history of dance that has come before them.

Rosemary grew up in Pensacola and started dancing at the age of 5. She has spent 13 years training in multiple styles, specializing in tap and hip hop. Her teen years saw her performing in various festivals and exhibition shows in Escambia County. She stepped away from the dance world to go to college to obtain her degree in Environmental Science from the University of Alabama. Rosemary is very excited to give back to the dance world by sharing her love and passion for the art of dance.

Originally from Dallas, Texas, Elaina completed her dance training at Ballet Academy of Texas performing roles such as Snow Queen in the Nutcracker, Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, and the lead in Diamonds. She was also awarded Top 12 at YAGP and named a national outstanding dancer at NYCDA from the years 2016–2020. Upon graduation, Elaina received a contract with Nashville Ballet in Tennessee where she danced professionally for three years. Now Elaina is a registered yoga teacher and dance instructor as well as a full-time student pursuing a nursing degree. She loves teaching young dancers and showing how creativity and fun can be
incorporated into movement!