Instructors

Lori Reaves Vogt- Owner/Director/Instructor

Lori holds an AAS in Education and a BA in Dance from Virginia Intermont College (VI) where she graduated with honors and was awarded Outstanding Student in the Performing Arts. She also holds a MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, and is a Registered Dance Movement Therapist.

Her achievements also include: Cardinal Key National Honor Society, All-American Athlete (Soccer), Soloist - Virginia Intermont Dance Company in Bristol, VA, Ensemble member with Code FAD Dance Company in Raleigh, NC, Ballet I teacher at VI, and Pilates/Yoga instructor at Danville Community College. She has also performed in several productions including: Peter Pan, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, Grease, A Christmas Carol, Children of Eden, Anything Goes, and Chicago. Lori has won numerous awards for her choreography through the years including multiple Best Choreography awards and multiple Most Entertaining awards.

Lori had the opportunity to study under these amazing artists: Harolyn Gaudette - Virginia Intermont College, Alberto del Saz - Murray Louis & Nikolais Company, Barry and Anna Baker Van Cura - Ballet in Tennessee, Chung Fu Chang - Cloud Gate Dance Theater, Kevin Viega - Dallas Black Dance Theater and Rebecca Hutchins - Jose Limon Company .

Instructors

Lori Graham: Lori grew up in a dance studio with her mother and aunt owning their own and eventually ran her own dance/gymnastics studio for many years before coming to be apart of the WGR family. Lori has over 25 years of teaching experience. She currently teaches our advanced acro, acro technique, and bar, beam and vault classes for ages 9 and up.

Sheila Carr: Sheila became a student of dance as an adult and fell in love! She in now our clogging instructor and has 20+ years teaching experience. She also still takes adult classes here at WGR!

Paige Tribble: Paige is WGR alumni and a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University. While at VCU she was on the dance team. She has returned to share her knowledge with our WGR dance family. She currently teaches combo classes, lyrical, musical theater and baby acro.

Carrie Tharpe: Carrie has been dancing for most of her life and has been teaching off and on for 20+ years. For her full-time job she works in a nursing facility but spends her evenings at WGR teaching combo classes, hip hop, and acro.

Jill Bradley: Jill graduated from James Madison University with a BA in Dance. She is a former member of several dance companies on the east coast including Code FAD in Raleigh, NC. Jill is also a PTA here in South Boston, VA. She teaches combo classes, modern, production, and strength and conditioning.

Garrick Vogt: Known as Vogt or Coach Vogt at the studio, Garrick grew up in the dance world with his mom coaching his high school dance team and teaching theater arts. He played college football at Guilford College where he later coached and ran their team workout program. He has spent the last 14 years traveling with our competition team and performance company and he currently assists acrobatics classes and teaches our all boys class, our bar, beam and vault class for our students age 8 and under, and summer classes for audition preparation and strength and agility.

McKenna Luzynski Sparkman: McKenna is an Epidemiologist for the health department but is classically trained in ballet. She currently teaches ballet technique classes for Performance Company students and assists with the Nutcracker.