Bria Powell

Bria Powell (Charlotte, NC) began her dance training at B.B. Dance Productions in Charlotte, NC studying tap, jazz, lyrical, ballet, hip hop, pointe and gymnastics.  Since then she has also been trained in modern, contemporary and African.  She competed regionally and nationally with B.B. Dance Productions until she graduated high-school. 

She also attended North Carolina Dance Theatre where she mainly studied ballet and pointe. For both middle and high-school she attended Northwest School of the Performing Arts where she majored in dance.  At the age of 12 years old she also danced for the WNBA Charlotte Stings, the professional woman's basketball team in Charlotte, NC. Bria continued to study dance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. While being in college she has dance for Maya Angelou and been a part of Cyrus Arts Production, a company directed/by Duane Cyrus a professor at UNCG, a former dancer of Alvin Ailey Company, Martha Graham Company and The Lion King on Broadway. She graduated in Fall 2016 with her BFA and Licensure. 

Since then she has worked at two Black Owned studios sharing her knowledge and experience. Bria has choreographed for competition teams the past 3 years earning nationally high score awards and specials awards. She is now back teaching at the very place where she started her dance journey and foundation for dance.