Ann-Marie Heilman
CD/FW Company Member and Faculty Member

Ann-Marie Heilman is a professional movement artist residing in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. She has a diverse background in movement, giving her versatility and unique insight as a teacher, choreographer, and performer. When young, she trained with the Royal Academy of Fine Arts connected with the Clear Lake Metropolitan Ballet. She was Captain of her high school drill team, then went on to be a Kilgore College Rangerette, a collegiate performing group, and was a Swingster and Rt. End Lt. Ann-Marie continued her studies at Texas Christian University to receive her BFA in Modern Dance.

Ann-Marie has taught at Christ for the Nations Institute, danced with the Dallas Dance Company, and was a veteran instructor and judge with Starmakers for 10 years. She is currently on staff with Dance Revolution, Lifesong Studio, and the Ingredients professional dance company and trainee program. Ann-Marie and her husband, Jason, also have an international ministry. With CD/FW, she helps to coordinate the Neighborhood Arts Program and is a faculty member at the School. This is her seventh season with CD/FW.

Kerry Kreiman
CD/FW Executive/Artistic Director

Kerry Kreiman is the Executive/Artistic Director of Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth where she also directs the CD/FW School. In addition, she is a co-owner of and Top Mechanic for The Body Garage, a Pilates studio in Fort Worth. Kerry's teaching experience includes eight years as a guest lecturer and adjunct faculty member for Texas Christian University, including serving on the graduate faculty; three years as the director of the dance program at The Culver Academies, and one year as an adjunct faculty member at Saint Mary's College at Notre Dame.

Kerry was one of only 12 candidates to be accepted into a three-year modern dance technique teaching certification program (begun in Summer 2003 in WA), directed by the internationally-renowned master teacher Bill Evans, which she completed in 2006. She has continued to work with Mr. Evans as a faculty member for this program to assist in certifying other teachers. Kerry started teaching when she was 12, and has taught students from ages 3 and up in a multitude of settings from colleges/universities to recreation centers.

Kerry's extensive teaching experience includes teaching modern dance, ballet and jazz techniques, in addition to improvisation, repertory, dance history and philosophy, teaching methods, dance for athletes, creative movement, Pilates for dancers, and choreography. Kerry holds a BFA in Modern Dance and a BA in Philosophy from TCU, in addition to a MFA in Dance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is certified as a Pilates instructor through Balanced Body University. You can read more about her credentials here.

Courtney Mulcahy
CD/FW Company Member and Faculty Member

Now in her second season as a CD/FW faculty member and company member, Courtney also serves on the faculties of Tarrant County College and Collin County Community College. Courtney is from San Antonio, Texas and has instructed in the areas of ballet, modern, jazz, choreography, improvisation, dance history, music for dance, dance conditioning, and Latin ballroom at places such as Ballet Arts, Texas State University, The American College Dance Festival, Texas A&M International University, and Tarrant County College-Northwest. Courtney was the founder and director of the Laredo Dance Initiative, the first modern dance company in Laredo, TX, and was commissioned by the Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra to choreograph the Rite of Spring. She has also performed with such companies as The Dance Theatre of Harlem, Spectrum Dance Company, The San Antonio Dance Company, The San Antonio Metropolitan Dance Company, and Candela Latin Dance Company. Courtney has received several honors and awards for her unique and thought-provoking choreography. In 2006, her work "Hush" was selected to represent Sam Houston State at the ACDFA festival in Laramie, Wyoming. She has attended such prestigious workshops as the Dance Camera West workshop in Los Angeles, CA, the American Dance Festival in Durham, NC and the Bill Evans Dance Teacher Intensive in Seattle, WA. She holds a BSHE in Fashion Merchandising from Texas State University and a MFA in Dance from Sam Houston State University.

Jessica Thomas
CD/FW Company Member and Faculty Member

A member of the CD/FW company, Muscle Memory Dance Theatre, and Satellite-Dance (Denton), Jessica is a graduate of the University of North Texas with a BFA in Modern and Ballet performance, and already has years of teaching experience to students of all ages. Her training includes workshops and master classes with the José Limón Dance Company (NYC), Backhaus Dance Company (CA), Dallas Black Dance Theatre, and more. This will be Jessica's first year as an official CD/FW School faculty member, and we're thrilled that she was able to work us into her schedule, especially since the majority of her teaching is in The Colony and she is traveling a long way to be here with us. Some of you will remember Jessica as the dancer who performed "Chao" (the "balloon" solo). Jessica is an outstanding dancer and teacher with a beautiful spirit, and we're thrilled that she will be contributing to our school.