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Cindy Hubberd
Executive Director
Cindy Hubberd (Executive Director) Cindy studied in Houston with the Houston Ballet, Patsy Swayze's Dance Studio and with Camille Hill, a reknown modern/jazz teacher and choreographer, in New York with American Ballet Theatre and School of American Ballet, and in London, England at the Royal Ballet School and the Royal Academy of Dance. She excelled at all of her Royal Academy of Dance exams and is certified to teach all RAD curriculum. She danced with the Allegro Ballet and Discovery Dance Group (a modern/jazz company) both of the Houston area, and she danced as a soloist with the Houston Ballet and the Frankfurt Ballet of Germany.
Cindy has done choreography for several Batesville Community Theatre productions, and was involved with the “Arts in the Park” program. She has been teaching for 33 years and has schools in Batesville, Mtn. View, and Izard County and is also teaching dance at Lyon College in Batesville.
She founded the North Arkansas Dance Theatre along with Patrick Crommett in 1995 that allows the more dedicated students of the tri county area to perform regularly throughout the year and to share dance with their communities. Aside from community performances, NADT danced with Ballet Magnificat! in 1998 and with Batesville Community Theatre in "The King and I" in 2000, and now has staged and co-choreographed "The Nutcracker" which not only involves the company but the entire community and has been performed annually for the past 4 years. She has had several students win in local and state fairs. Many of her dancers have continued with their dancing after leaving the Batesville Ballet, Etc.
See photos of Cindy dancing professionally

Hannah Paulson
Assistant Director
Hannah has danced with the Izard County Dance Academy since it’s inception in 1993.
She was a teacher’s aide since age 10 and now teaches all of the Izard County classes and most of the MV classes. She has attended several workshops to further her dance education.
Hannah is also the Ballet Mistress for the North Arkansas Dance Theatre and has competed in and won several talent shows. She is an incredible choreographer, and her original works are showcased in the Spring Recitals.
Other Teachers and Teacher’s Aides: Carrie Lewis, Maggie Hance, Emily King, Cara Smith, LeAnna Davis, Bridget Sneathern, Amanda Matteson, Stephanie Matteson, Lauren Gunderman, Kathryn Johnson, Nikki Nobles, Adrianna Primm, Jodah Gibson
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