Todd Belin, dancer/choreographer and owner of MOVES IN MOTION LLC created to Impact, Inspire, and Motivate individuals through movement. His mission is to create opportunities for the performing arts and provide services for all things entertainment! Belin graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a BFA in Dance Performance. Belin has studied Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop and more!Later he moved to Atlanta, Georgia to continue the building of his career and studying the numerous styles of urban and ethnic dance. Belin has worked with many different companies across the nation such as Dallas Black Dance Theater, Arkansas Festival Ballet, Ozark Ballet Theater, Afriky LoLo, ATLA Connect, Contra Tiempo and more. He has been published in many articles for his work such as Shoutout Atlanta, Voyage ATL, Inviting Arkansas, Butterfly Magazine, Arkansas Democratic Gazette and more. Mr. Belin offer services such as group/private dance sessions, community dance classes, mentorship and more. He is most passionate about helping inspire the upcoming generation of dancers and creating a positive space for all movers!

Todd Belin

Commercial Dance

Karen Castleman

Contemporary/Ballet

Karen Castleman’s choreographic and performance work spans more than two decades and includes work with companies such as Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Rubberbandance Group and MOMIX. Over the past five years her work has involved engagements and collaborations with some incredible organizational partners in the high south and beyond, from more classical commissioned works of contemporary ballet, Red Rover for Tulsa Ballet II, and Late Summer Cycle for NWA Ballet Theatre, to abstract creations for engagements at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and The Momentary. Both within the gallery and outdoors, in sight specific conversations with sculptural works of art, Castleman’s work stretches across the boundaries of contemporary concert dance genres. Her work has been seen in collaborative projects with her artist/husband, Dayton Castleman, as they explored the challenges of space, work and family during the pandemic in Panemdemic, a dance work for film for OZCast, a project of CACHE, as well as with musician Fernando Valencia in Collision: When Visions Combine, a project by The Momentary and CACHE, bringing artists of different disciplines into conversation for a showcase of collaborative experimentation. Karen's classes build on principles of ballet and modern dance to find new and expansive ways of moving. Utilizing gravity and exploring energy changes to connect movements, students will be encouraged to move with both control and abandon as they navigate the dance space. 

Claudia Aguilar has been providing dance and fitness to the NWA community since 2010. She teaches salsa, bachata, cumbia, chacha and merengue, as well as organized dance events where her purpose is to inform people about the Latin culture through dancing. To learn more about Claudia and En Fuego, visit enfuegonwa.com

CeCe Marie is a mom, choreographer, dance educator, yoga teacher and strength trainer. She cultivates vibrant dance experiences where people feel seen, empowered and safe to share vulnerability through dance. She fell in love with dance at an arts school where she studied jazz, Afro Caribbean, and modern. Cece graduated from the U of A in 2016 with Bachelor degrees in journalism, advertising and African American studies, while pioneering an adult hip hop dance community in NWA. As an adult, CeCe has pursued dance training in NYC, Los Angeles and North Carolina to evolve her teaching methodology. For the last 5 years she’s directed a dance program for Arkansas Arts Academy and developed a culturally robust curriculum designed to provide a well rounded dance education while training dancers to be socially responsible artists. Cece collaborates with visual artists, musicians and organizations to produce dance projects shedding light on social issues and injustices. The University of Arkansas is one of her most frequent partnerships. Her adult classes reflect the vibe of the Los Angeles dance industry and seek to elevate the dance culture in NWA. 

Michelle Summers is a dance practitioner, choreographer, scholar, and advocate currently based in NWA. She has served as Dance Faculty at UC Berkeley, the University of Arkansas, the Graduate Theological Union, Texas Christian University, and Santa Clara University. She has performed professionally with Flyover Dance Collective, Contemporary Ballet Dallas, Casa Manana, and Montage Arts. Her choreography has been featured at The Momentary, Dance New Amsterdam, University of Arkansas, Berkeley Ballet Theater, Culver Center for the Arts, the Barefoot Brigade Festival, Dallas Dance for the Planet, and Regional Dance America. She has been a guest instructor at the American College Dance Festival, the Bay Area Dance Exchange, and the Pasadena Dance Festival. She received her Ph.D. in Critical Dance Studies from UC Riverside, her M.A. in Performance Studies from New York University, and her B.F.A. Ballet/B.A. English from Texas Christian University. She is the proud co-founder and director of NWA Movement Hub.

Allison Wheeler (she/her) was born in Bloomington, Minnesota and began her dance journey training in ballet and studio competition dance styles. In high school, she attended Arkansas Arts Academy where she fell in love with modern and contemporary dance. Allison graduated from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities with a BFA in Dance. She has trained in a wide variety of dance genres and worked with artists such as Karen Castleman, HIJACK, Dr. Ananya Chatterjea, Souleymane Badalo, BRKFST Dance, Shapiro & Smith Dance, Erin Thompson, Carl Flink, Taja Will, Mathew Janczewski’s ARENA Dances, and Limón Dance. Allison has been involved in the K-pop cover dance community teaching K-pop dance and performing in multiple cover dance groups and projects including MKDC and CIDER. Allison has participated as a guest speaker at the American College Dance Association’s Midwest Conference on the topic of Gendered Performance and K-pop Dance. In Spring 2023, Allison choreographed and co-produced A Fool’s Errand dance show at the Red Eye Theater in Minneapolis. Allison values her wide range of experiences and inspirations in her choreographic and teaching work. Through drawing on her experiences training in dance and performing, she hopes to extend her passion for dance to her students. Through her teaching, Allison aims to foster our connections with our own moving bodies and incite curiosity in exploring how dance and movement connects us to other people and to the wider world.