Angela M. Harris is the proud oldest sister and assistant of Terry
Jackson, owner and founder of Christian Dance Center. Angela is a
graduate of Louisiana Tech University, with a Master Degree in
Counseling and Guidance. Angela is a formal principal dancer of Inter
City Row Modern Dance Company, under the direction of Luther Cox,
Jr., Artistic Director. Because of Luther’s strict teaching and discipline,
Angela is now able to teach others the art and technique of dance.
Angela has been dancing for over eight years and loves teaching dance
techniques to children of all ages. She has traveled to various churches
over the city and helped teach lyrical dance technique and
choreography to praise dancers. She is one of the instructors of
“Angels of Anointed Praise Dance Ministry” at Project Love Church,
where she is a faithful disciple and where Reverend Jerome Lang, Sr.,
is her Pastor. Angela has the awesome opportunity to be invited to
ministry through dance at the Bobby Jones Gospel Industry Retreat in
December 2005 and again in May 2006 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as
well as in May 2007. Angela gives God all the thanks and praise for
blessing her with trials and tribulations that have made her a stronger
woman of God. She is continuing to complete her education in the field
of counseling by completing the (LPC) program to become a Licensed
Professional Counselor. Angela says that, “Knowledge is Power” and
that we should all strive to get “WISDOM” but most importantly, in all
our getting, we should get “UNDERSTANDING.”
Jackson, owner and founder of Christian Dance Center. Angela is a
graduate of Louisiana Tech University, with a Master Degree in
Counseling and Guidance. Angela is a formal principal dancer of Inter
City Row Modern Dance Company, under the direction of Luther Cox,
Jr., Artistic Director. Because of Luther’s strict teaching and discipline,
Angela is now able to teach others the art and technique of dance.
Angela has been dancing for over eight years and loves teaching dance
techniques to children of all ages. She has traveled to various churches
over the city and helped teach lyrical dance technique and
choreography to praise dancers. She is one of the instructors of
“Angels of Anointed Praise Dance Ministry” at Project Love Church,
where she is a faithful disciple and where Reverend Jerome Lang, Sr.,
is her Pastor. Angela has the awesome opportunity to be invited to
ministry through dance at the Bobby Jones Gospel Industry Retreat in
December 2005 and again in May 2006 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as
well as in May 2007. Angela gives God all the thanks and praise for
blessing her with trials and tribulations that have made her a stronger
woman of God. She is continuing to complete her education in the field
of counseling by completing the (LPC) program to become a Licensed
Professional Counselor. Angela says that, “Knowledge is Power” and
that we should all strive to get “WISDOM” but most importantly, in all
our getting, we should get “UNDERSTANDING.”
Sherricka is a business and finance cum laude graduate of Centenary
College of Louisiana. She found her love for dance at the age of nine
as a dancer in Greenwood Acres Full Gospel Church dance ministry.
She began formal training at age eleven at St. Catherine Community
Center with Lucretia Roberson. She later continued extensive training
at Centenary College and was a performer and choreographer for
Escaped Images Dance Company. For 5 years, she participated in and
had two dancer numbers adjudicated at the American College Dance
Conference. Sherricka began her dance teaching career in 1997 at age
15 at St. Catherine Community Center and the YMCA. Since then, she
has continued to teach and choreograph at secondary schools,
colleges, community centers, organizations, church dance ministries,
events, projects, and theater productions. In November 2002, she
joined forces with long-time friend Terry Jackson and began teaching
at Christian Dance Center. She has choreographed over a hundred
dances and performed in countless dance and theater productions
including being invited to dance on the Apollo Theater stage and four
times danced on the televised Bobby Jones Presents Artists Showcase.
She will also be dancing in the 2008 Denzel Washington film “The
Great Debaters”. Sherricka served as the 1999 Miss Teen of
Louisiana, has ten years experience playing the violin and over fifteen
years theater experience among many other honors and achievements.
Angela M. Harris, Administrator/Instructor
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Sherricka Fields, Co-Director
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Cheryl Krause has been passionate about dance since infancy. She’d
wiggle in her baby bed to the beat of her favorite song; then toss the
radio over the rail once the song ended! She attended Woodlawn High
School and obtained her dream: making the dance line her sophomore
year and becoming Leading Lady her senior year. Cheryl obtained a
Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing at Northwestern State
University. She worked at Willis Knighton in cardiology and as head
nurse of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab.
Life was busy with a full-time job, a husband and baby- but she
missed that spiritual feeling she experienced through dance. At age 29,
she began classes at Dance Arts Studio with Frank Vega and Aaron
Girlinghouse. Here she met Terry Jackson and Sherricka Fields. Soon
she was in class four days a week- taking ballet, jazz, modern and tap.
She became a member of the studio dance company, Daz Dancers and
performed at multiple events such as Ballet under the Stars, the Red
River Revel and Christmas in the Sky. Her favorite performances
were from 2000-2002 as an apprentice dancer with Louisiana’s
professional jazz dance company, La Jazdanz, at the Strand Theatre.
She has attended numerous master classes and workshops. Featured
instructors include noted talent Renee’ Smith and Ginger Folmer of
Centenary College, internationally acclaimed Pattie Obey and Joe
Tremaine and 2007 Emmy Winner Mia Michaels, currently a judge on
the TV show “So You Think You Can Dance.”
Cheryl and her husband, Al, have been married 16 years, and have a
fifteen-year-old son, Nolen. They enjoy playing tennis together and are
members of Grace Community Church. Cheryl was ecstatic to be
reunited with friends Terry & Sherricka, and is honored to be included
in God’s Ministry at Christian Dance Center.
wiggle in her baby bed to the beat of her favorite song; then toss the
radio over the rail once the song ended! She attended Woodlawn High
School and obtained her dream: making the dance line her sophomore
year and becoming Leading Lady her senior year. Cheryl obtained a
Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing at Northwestern State
University. She worked at Willis Knighton in cardiology and as head
nurse of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab.
Life was busy with a full-time job, a husband and baby- but she
missed that spiritual feeling she experienced through dance. At age 29,
she began classes at Dance Arts Studio with Frank Vega and Aaron
Girlinghouse. Here she met Terry Jackson and Sherricka Fields. Soon
she was in class four days a week- taking ballet, jazz, modern and tap.
She became a member of the studio dance company, Daz Dancers and
performed at multiple events such as Ballet under the Stars, the Red
River Revel and Christmas in the Sky. Her favorite performances
were from 2000-2002 as an apprentice dancer with Louisiana’s
professional jazz dance company, La Jazdanz, at the Strand Theatre.
She has attended numerous master classes and workshops. Featured
instructors include noted talent Renee’ Smith and Ginger Folmer of
Centenary College, internationally acclaimed Pattie Obey and Joe
Tremaine and 2007 Emmy Winner Mia Michaels, currently a judge on
the TV show “So You Think You Can Dance.”
Cheryl and her husband, Al, have been married 16 years, and have a
fifteen-year-old son, Nolen. They enjoy playing tennis together and are
members of Grace Community Church. Cheryl was ecstatic to be
reunited with friends Terry & Sherricka, and is honored to be included
in God’s Ministry at Christian Dance Center.
Cheryl Krause, Instructor
Ms. Spears is a native of Los Angeles, California. She was brought
up in a family that is extremely gifted in the arts, business and civil
rights. Her structured dance career began at age five in African, Tap,
Jazz, Ballet and Modern Dance under the direction of her second
eldest sister, dancer/actress and grass roots leader, Felicia B. Spears.
Ms. Spears received a Bachelor and two Masters Degrees from
Grambling State University. Her dance career has been under the
direction of Dianne Maroney-Grigsby with the Orchesis Dance
Company. Later she became Assistant Director of the Orchesis. Ms.
Spears has performed in various venues, including commercials,
plays, musicals and movies. In 2001, when Ms. Spears migrated to
Shreveport, LA, she worked, and is still working a host of community
venues (Shreveport Regional Arts Council), schools, dance studio’s,
and universities teaching dance. Currently, she resides in Shreveport,
LA as the owner of Shufflin’ Along where she instructs in private
dance lessons and choreography for churches, weddings, plays,
dancelines, dance studio’s, commercials and movies. Along with this,
Ms. Spears is the Dance Professor at Southern University at
Shreveport, as well as the coach/choreographer of the Jazzy Jags
Spirit Leaders, and dance instructor at Christian Dance Center and
Sandy’s Dance Studio. Recently, Ms. Spears was awarded a
Professional Artist Mini Grant and a Professional Artist Fellowship in
dance for 2007-2008. Future projects include work with libraries in
the entire state of Louisiana for their annual “Book-A-Trip”
programming, national choreography projects and a residency at the
Alvin Ailey Dance Company in New York. Her motto, “If you can
walk, you can dance.” She is also a member of Greenwood Acres Full
Gospel Baptist Church where Bishop Fred A. Caldwell, Sr. is
pastor/teacher.
up in a family that is extremely gifted in the arts, business and civil
rights. Her structured dance career began at age five in African, Tap,
Jazz, Ballet and Modern Dance under the direction of her second
eldest sister, dancer/actress and grass roots leader, Felicia B. Spears.
Ms. Spears received a Bachelor and two Masters Degrees from
Grambling State University. Her dance career has been under the
direction of Dianne Maroney-Grigsby with the Orchesis Dance
Company. Later she became Assistant Director of the Orchesis. Ms.
Spears has performed in various venues, including commercials,
plays, musicals and movies. In 2001, when Ms. Spears migrated to
Shreveport, LA, she worked, and is still working a host of community
venues (Shreveport Regional Arts Council), schools, dance studio’s,
and universities teaching dance. Currently, she resides in Shreveport,
LA as the owner of Shufflin’ Along where she instructs in private
dance lessons and choreography for churches, weddings, plays,
dancelines, dance studio’s, commercials and movies. Along with this,
Ms. Spears is the Dance Professor at Southern University at
Shreveport, as well as the coach/choreographer of the Jazzy Jags
Spirit Leaders, and dance instructor at Christian Dance Center and
Sandy’s Dance Studio. Recently, Ms. Spears was awarded a
Professional Artist Mini Grant and a Professional Artist Fellowship in
dance for 2007-2008. Future projects include work with libraries in
the entire state of Louisiana for their annual “Book-A-Trip”
programming, national choreography projects and a residency at the
Alvin Ailey Dance Company in New York. Her motto, “If you can
walk, you can dance.” She is also a member of Greenwood Acres Full
Gospel Baptist Church where Bishop Fred A. Caldwell, Sr. is
pastor/teacher.
Roshanda Demetric Spears, Instructor
