Ciara McCormack Greenwalt grew up dancing in Burlington, Vermont and small-town Nebraska. She studied ballet intensively for many years before expanding into everything from Humprey-Weidman to Kabuki, and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Stephens College with a BFA in Dance. She has performed with numerous companies across the country and currently performs with Intrepidus Dance in Seattle. Ciara owns and directs Moving Minds Dance, a curriculum-integrated dance program offering classes throughout Seattle, and teaches for the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Community Education department. Her continuing education includes the Summer Dance Institute for Teachers at the Creative Dance Center, the annual Creative Advantage Institute, and the 2015 Washington State Teaching Artist Training Lab. She is a member of the National Dance Educators Organization and is honored to serve as President for the Dance Educators Association of Washington. Ciara’s passion as an educator is to support student’s growth, encourage their sense of joy and wonder, and facilitate their understanding of their world through creative explorations for mind and body.