Kara Hill-Protos received her BFA from the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music. She performed with Southern Ballet Theatre, Dayton Ballet and The Georgia Ballet professional company for nine seasons. She has taught and choreographed for the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program, The Georgia Ballet’s Momentum Program, the Dance 101 Arts in Education Program and the Walker School spring play. Ms. Hill-Protos also teaches and adjudicates for the Dance Olympus/Dance America organization.

Growing up in California, Amanda received her training at Valley Oak School of Dance and  Central West Ballet, and studied on scholarship at the Boston Ballet and Ballet Pacifica summer programs.  While studying anthropology at Cal State, Long Beach on full academic scholarship, Amanda also received training in ballet under Sophie Monat, Lorin Johnson, and Alaine Haubert, and in modern dance.  There she created lead roles in several new contemporary works, and was coached for her role in Balanchine’s Serenade by Zippora Karz.  In 2004, she won the bronze medal at the Russian Pointe USA National Youth Ballet Competition.  Since joining The Georgia Ballet, Amanda has especially enjoyed performing featured roles in Giselle, Pas de Quatre, Going Bach, and Paquita, and both dancing and choreographing in Spectrum. 

Rebecca Geiger was first introduced to the art of ballet in Colombia, South America, where she spent the first fourteen years of her life. Upon returning to the United States, she moved to Pennsylvania and began serious ballet training at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet.  Her love of dance led her to pursue an academic dance education after graduating from high school, and Rebecca earned her B.A. in Dance from Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi in 2005.  She has taught dance at various studios both in Pennsylvania and Georgia and is currently a primary faculty member at the Georgia Ballet.  Rebecca moved to Georgia in 2008 to pursue a Master’s Degree in Community Counseling, and she ultimately plans to use her expertise in dance and the arts in a community development setting. Her recent projects include performance and research in Thailand, Cambodia and Australia.

Jennifer Inman

Jennifer joined the faculty of The Georgia Ballet School in 1997, and performed with The Georgia Ballet professional company under Iris Hensley. She began her intensive ballet training at Ballet Hysell School, the affiliate school of the New Orleans Ballet, where her teachers included Vincenzo Celli and Barbara Forbes. She continued her training at Giacobbe Academy of Dance in New Orleans and later at The Boston School of Ballet, both in the summer program and as a year-round student. In Atlanta she studied at Terpsichore Dance Expressions and The Georgia Ballet. She has a B.A. in American History and French from Washington and Lee University.

Victoria Norman

Victoria, who joins the faculty as well as The Georgia Ballet’s professional ensemble this year, began her training in Tulsa at Oklahoma Performing Arts.  At the age of 16, the director began to train Victoria on how to teach students.  She taught ballet, jazz, tap and acrobatics while still in high school.  Victoria continued her ballet training at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on a merit scholarship and performed as a member of Utah Ballet and the university’s Character Dance Ensemble, earning a BFA in Ballet Performance in May 2010.  During this time, she continued her teacher training under Regina Zharina, focusing on ballet, and instructed at local studios in Salt Lake City.  Victoria will teach classes in the PreBallet Division.