Alice Strawn Sheridan, a native of Macon, Georgia began her training at Jean Weaver’s Dance Arts Studio and Gladys Lasky School of Ballet. She attended the North Carolina School of the Arts for four years where she trained with Gyula Pandi, Gina Vidal, Melissa Hayden, Duncan Noble, Mimi Paul, Fanchon Cordell and other world-renowned faculty members and guest artists.  She spent 2 summers in Italy with a student  company from NCSA, studying and performing. 

After graduating, she danced with the Milwaukee Ballet Company for several years under the direction of Ted Kivitt performing in Swan Lake, Giselle, Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes and many other original works. Appointed the Artistic Director of Nutcracker of Middle Georgia in 2017, she has been the Assistant Director of Nutcracker of Middle Georgia for 25 years. Currently teaching at Dance Dynamics Studio, Mrs. Sheridan was on the ballet faculty of Dance Arts Studio for 32 years as well as a co-founder of Middle Georgia Youth Ballet. Mrs. Sheridan has a passion for teaching, guiding and mentoring her students into taking the next step in their classical ballet career. Her students have gone on to study with such prestigious ballet schools as The School of American Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet,  Boston Ballet, Next Generation Ballet, Carolina Ballet and several of the Country’s most competitive University dance programs such as Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Butler University, University of South Carolina, Kennesaw State University, University of North Carolina School of the Arts and University of Alabama. She attended the Teachers Workshop at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet in the summer of 2017. She is also a Progressing Ballet Technique Certified Instructor.

Alice Strawn Sheridan, a native of Macon, Georgia began her training at Jean Weaver’s Dance Arts Studio and Gladys Lasky School of Ballet. She attended the North Carolina School of the Arts for four years where she trained with Gyula Pandi, Gina Vidal, Melissa Hayden, Duncan Noble, Mimi Paul, Fanchon Cordell and other world-renowned faculty members and guest artists.  She spent 2 summers in Italy with a student  company from NCSA, studying and performing. 

After graduating, she danced with the Milwaukee Ballet Company for several years under the direction of Ted Kivitt performing in Swan Lake, Giselle, Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes and many other original works. Appointed the Artistic Director of Nutcracker of Middle Georgia in 2017, she has been the Assistant Director of Nutcracker of Middle Georgia for 25 years. Currently teaching at Dance Dynamics Studio, Mrs. Sheridan was on the ballet faculty of Dance Arts Studio for 32 years as well as a co-founder of Middle Georgia Youth Ballet. Mrs. Sheridan has a passion for teaching, guiding and mentoring her students into taking the next step in their classical ballet career. Her students have gone on to study with such prestigious ballet schools as The School of American Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet,  Boston Ballet, Next Generation Ballet, Carolina Ballet and several of the Country’s most competitive University dance programs such as Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Butler University, University of South Carolina, Kennesaw State University, University of North Carolina School of the Arts and University of Alabama. She attended the Teachers Workshop at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet in the summer of 2017. She is also a Progressing Ballet Technique Certified Instructor.