AMY HARTLEY has performed with CAROLINA BALLET, SCBT/ Ballet Michigan, the USC Dance Company and the Columbia City Ballet under Ann Brodie. She began her dance studies with Ann Brodie and continued her training with Anita Ashley. She attended the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities and studied at Point Park College where she performed with the Playhouse Theatre in such productions as The Nutcracker and A Midsummers Night’s Dream. She studied with Yri Skatal, Asaf Messerer and Mikhail Messerer at the American School of Ballet in Chicago and in Atlanta with Pavel Rotaru. She is on the faculty of the Center for Dance Education and serves as Assistant Director of the Junior Company of CAROLINA BALLET.