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Debra Collins - Founder, Artistic
Director and Lead Teacher
Debra resides in Macon, GA with her
husband Dennis and two sons Kyle and Pierce. She holds a
degree in Education from Georgia State University and
has trained in dance intensely for the past ten years.
Combining her two major interests, teaching and dance, was a
natural progression for Debra. Her dance training includes a
nine week conservatory as well as numerous summer intensives
with Arts Triumphant. With American Academy of
Ballet she has received a gold, a silver with
distinction and two silver medals. She has participated in
summer workshops and masters classes with Atlanta Ballet
Company, North Carolina Ballet Company,
Festival Ballet Company, Macon Moving Company,
Christian International, Dancing For Him, Arts
Afire, and Georgia College and State University.
Areas of training have been an emphasis in ballet and have
included jazz, modern, mime, folkdance, creative movement,
writing, art and choreography. She has performed several
roles with Festival Ballet Company in The
Nutcracker, Beauty and the Beast, Swan Lake,
and Peter Pan.
With this experience, Debra has assisted
various churches in the middle Georgia area with
establishing dance teams, classes, programs, and
presentations. She founded The Potter's Hand Ministries
on the basis of Romans 12:6-8:
"And since we have gifts that differ
according to the grace given us, let each exercise them
accordingly; if prophecy, according to the proportion of his
faith; if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in
his teaching; or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who
gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who
shows mercy, with cheerfulness."
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