Log Art Dance

Angela R. Godin was born in Pasadena, California, eventually moving back to Pennsylvania. She is a Cum Laude graduate from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts, and Drexel University with a Master of Science in Arts Administration and Museum Leadership. Angela has held the senior leadership position of Executive Director to the Community Arts Center of Cambria County for the last eight years. Her background and understanding of fine arts, crafters, and performance art have been vital for this position. As Executive Director, Angela performs and manages duties in the areas of event planning, fundraising, performing arts productions, organizational development, program management, marketing, grant writing, and social media campaigns.

Previously, Angela worked as an independent contractor in art related fields for over eleven years. This experience included directing numerous plays and musicals, performing in close to thirty productions, as well as vast experience in choreography, stage-managing, lighting design, sound design, and production management and administration. Her repertoire is comprised of directing theatre festivals, studio theatre projects, acting camps, and training seminars, as well as teaching theatre courses to all ages. Angela has instructed dance for over seventeen years: ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, musical theatre dance, waltz, foxtrot, tango, salsa, merengue, rumba, cha cha, swing, jitterbug, hustle, slow dance, bachata, and jive. Her dance training and/or instructing continues as she expands her dance portfolio with professional dance instructors across the nation. 

In her spare time, you can find Angela stage-managing productions or performing in local theatrical groups, volunteering her choreography skills, or directing plays and musicals. Other volunteer efforts have included judge and/or Emcee for Beginnings Inc. Dancing Like a Star Benefit fundraiser, serving dinner to homeless and underserved, along with volunteering as an instructor and outreach dance teacher. Currently, she on the board of trustees for the Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center, and Conemaugh Miners Medical Center and is a Rotarian with the Rotary Club of Johnstown.  

In 2018, she was accepted into the National Arts Marketing Project Cohort 2, a two-year program comprised of trainings and seminars in arts marketing through Americans for the Arts and was a DIAL Mentor for the 2022 Diversity In Arts Leadership (DIAL) Internship program. Angela was the Arts & Letters honoree for the 2019 Tribute to Women and selected for the PA Business Central's Top 100 People of 2020.

Allenna is so excited to be a part of the Log Arts Dance family! She has over 15 years of experience in ballet, jazz, contemporary, tap, pointe, and musical theatre. She also has experience in multiple ballroom dance styles. Allenna has also had the opportunity to learn from world-famous choreographers, including Jeff Shade (Next living person to Fosse, as he was one of the last people to train under him.), Derek Mitchell (Known for his work in musical theatre and contemporary. He also is the head dance choreographer of the Broadway musical Hamilton!), Guy Groove (Dance choreographer known for his work in many genres of dance. He has also worked with Glee and Dance Moms!), Duncan Cooper (Known for his work in ballet and contemporary.), Jonathan/ Oksana Platero (Known for their Ballroom and Latin dancing on Dancing with The Stars), Aaron Parkhurst (Known for his work in tap.), and Rumer Noel (Known for her work in many genres of dance. She also worked with Dance Moms, the Oscars, and World of Dance.) When Allenna is not dancing, she takes care of a 2-year-old little boy, working on furthering her education in Early Childhood Education, travels to new places, working on her new book, has found a new love for playwriting, acting in plays, creating dance choreography, or stage managing for Log Arts Theatre Academy, along with hanging out with her family, friends, and her fur baby Maizey. Allenna can't wait to share her love and passion of dance with her students and hopes they will find a love for dance as much as she has! 

Bio coming soon.

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