OUR STAFF

Felecia Calaman Childress

Owner and Director of Performing Arts

Felecia has taken over as the new owner and director of the Ray Hollingsworth Dance and Arts Studio and will be working to give the studio new direction and adding to the program her special talents and gifts for training in the Dance Arts.

Felecia is a graduate of Randolph-Macon Woman's College with a BA in Politics and a minor in Dance. While at R-MWC she was a member of the Randolph-Macon Dance Company, as well as a member of the R-MWC Dance Repertory, which toured the East Coast giving concerts and lecture demonstrations. Her field of concentration was in Ballet and Modern. She studied Modern with Helen McGhee, an original member of the Martha Graham Dance Company, as well as numerous other well known instructors and choreographers. Felecia was a performing arts instructor at the Ray Hollingsworth Studio for 28 years and has been a Ray Hollingsworth Dancer since age 7. She also served on faculty for Dance Troupe, Inc., one of the largest National Dance Seminar and Competition Companies in the United States. Felecia was the director of the Ray Hollingsworth Dance and Theater Arts Center in Jamestown, North Carolina for five years. She is a former Miss Martinsville-Henry County and Miss Peanut Festival and was the President and Director of the Miss Martinsville-Henry County Pageant from 1986 until 1998. She served also as choreographer and producer for many years for the pageant. Felecia is married to J. Ford Childress, an attorney in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Catherine Rodenbough

Performing Arts Instructor and Choreographer

Catherine grew up training in dance in the Hollingsworth Studio during which time she excelled in all fields of dance and worked as an assistant to Mr. and Mrs. Hollingsworth. She traveled extensively from the east to west coast with them on dance tours and conventions, where she performed and taught alongside Mr. Hollingsworth. Catherine worked as a professional dancer in the theme park at Carowinds, with extended specialty performances for various pageants and theater groups. She returned to the Martinsville, Virginia area, and rejoined the staff at the Hollingsworth Studio, and also maintained several of her own dance studios in the surrounding areas. Catherine continues to be a driving force in style and choreography at the studio, and works with the Hollingsworth organization traveling with Dance Troupe, Inc. as a judge, host and director.

Lisa Rivera

Performing Arts Instructor and Choreographer

Lisa grew up training in dance in the Hollingsworth Studio, where she honed her dance skills in all forms of dance. She traveled with the Hollingsworth's across the country and danced as part of the professional Hollingsworth Dancers for Pageants and Theater Productions. Following her graduation she continued to teach for the Hollingsworth's in the North Carolina Studio, and area branches. Mr. Hollingsworth arranged an audition for her in Las Vegas with Ron Lewis and his famous dancers who at the time were performing in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Lisa spent more than ten years performing professionally in the Lake Tahoe and Las Vegas area, performing with countless celebrities and working with outstanding and well known choreographers in the area. She returned to Martinsville to become a wife and mother of three. She is the office manager for Dance Troupe, Inc. and coordinates travel and competition activities for that organization.