Kathleen Raney . . . Kathleen started dancing at the age of three, and by the age of nine began her dance training in ballet/pointe/partnering at DeGrasse Dance Studio (DDS). While at DeGrasse for 10 years, Kathleen was a 7 year member of the award winning DDS Competition Troupe. While dancing many hours per week at DDS, she was a member and captain of the Woodbridge Senior High School Vikette Dance Team. In 2003, Kathleen graduated from Radford University with a double major of dance and international economics. As a dance major, she studied modern, jazz, pilates and tap; however, she chose ballet as her degree’s concentration. From 2001 to 2003, Kathleen was an instructor at Center Stage Dance Studio in Pulaski, Va. During the Summer of 2003, she attended a professional dance training program at Bates University in Maine where she studied ballet and modern and extended her training to Capoeira and site specific choreography