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Savannah

Banks

  Savannah Banks is a choreographer, teacher, and dancer with a passion for creation and education. Savannah graduated from Kennesaw State University where she earned her BA in Dance and Minor in Political Science. During her time at KSU, Savannah founded the KSU Dance Honor Society and served as President for two years. She had the pleasure of performing with the KSU Dance Company in four original works and was selected to present her Senior Capstone Project at the 2023 Student Dance Concert. Savannah was awarded the Outstanding Citizenship Award and was recognized for her continued involvement in the dance community at KSU.

   Before attending KSU, Savannah began her dance training at five years old under Jean Weaver at Dance Arts Studio in Macon. She trained there for eleven years under Alice Sheridan, Lindsay Crisp, BJ Hilbun, and Karen Burns Weaver. She performed numerous times in the Middle Georgia Nutcracker and with the Middle Georgia Youth Ballet. At sixteen she was accepted into Atlanta Ballet’s Pre-professional program where she trained for two years and presented two original works at the Cobb Energy Center. She later went on to dance under Orlando Molina at the Orlando Molina Ballet Training Center. Throughout the years, she has trained with many ballet companies through their summer intensives which include ABT North Carolina, Orlando Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Austin, as well as the Governor’s Honors Program. Savannah is currently a teacher at Gwinnett School of Dance and is continually creating original choreographic works. Her most recent work was presented at the Rialto Center for the Arts as a part of Dance Canvas’ Choreographer Career Development Initiative. Savannah is passionate about passing the joy of dance to the next generation and is very excited to be working with the talented dancers of RISPA.