Gina is Founder and Artistic Director of Feet of Fire Dance Company.  Feet of Fire began in 2003 with a vision that God gave Gina of a company of highly skilled, deeply passionate and called to worship dancers of varying ethnicities who would use dance as a means of worship and outreach in a liturgical (public) setting.  Dancers who would possess the ability to minister in various genres  including ballet, jazz, lyrical, tap, hip hop, modern/contemporary and African to reach those who might not ever step foot in a church building.  Feet of Fire has been ministering in dance since 2006 at various venues, festivals, stage plays, amusement parks and churches throughout Connecticut.

Gina’s training began at the age of six at the prestigious Boston Ballet and continued at the Cambridge School of Ballet, New England Conservatory and Jeannette Neill Dance Studio where she danced professionally with Jeannette Neill’s casting agency ACE Entertainment.   She has also trained in ballet and jazz at Broadway Dance Center in New York City.  Gina received a Bachelor of Science degree minor in Performing Arts/Dance from Emerson College and a Master of Science degree in Elementary Education from the University of Bridgeport.

She is currently an active member of the National Liturgical Dance Network CT ChapterAllen Cathedral.  She is also an Elementary School Teacher at Christian Heritage School in Trumbull, CT and a working dance teacher and choreographer.  For four years, Gina was Founding Director of Spirit Academy of Performing Arts in Milford, CT and the leader and chief choreographer for the youth and adult dance ministries at Kingdom Life Christian Church in Milford, where she also has been a faithful member for the past eight years.

Gina lives in Stratford, Connecticut with her husband Curtis and two beautiful children Curtis Jr. and Mikhaila Renee. 

Joanna graduated from Eastern Nazarene College with a B.A. in Theatre and English.  There she helped found and was a member of a new dance team, assisted with choreography and danced in several college musicals. She also acted in many college productions and had the privilege of directing one on the mainstage.  Her position as a Costume Designer in college led to being a Wardrobe Supervisor for the Off-Broadway production Children's Letters to God at The Lamb's Theatre. She then worked three summers for the Theatre Arts CenterNew York where she was in charge of wardrobe and assisted a variety of Broadway dancers teaching choreography to children.  
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Joanna then participated in a fall intern program at Broadway Dance Center in NYC where she focused on contemporary and lyrical jazz, as well as ballet, theatre dance, tap, hip-hop and voice classes taught by many well-known and respected teachers.  
Joanna returned to CT as a counselor for the summer Audubon Arts Program in New Haven where she also made costumes.
She teaches dance and acting at Christian Academy of Dance in Killingworth, Spirit Academy in Milford, and the Trumbull/Lakewood YMCA.  Joanna loves teaching and inspiring young people at to use their gifts of acting and dance with passion and to influence the community in a positive way.