About Us

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 Originally from Monroe, Sarah Ochs danced with Twin City Ballet Company for 11 years. At the age of 18, she became an Artist- in- Residence with Twin City Ballet Company and performed with the company until the age of 21. Sarah has performed in multiple classical ballets as a soloist, such as the Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, and much more. She moved to Lafayette, Louisiana, in 2007, and studied dance at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She also has performed as a soloist for the ULL dance apartment. She has received training from Austin Ballet Company, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, and Lafayette Ballet Theatre. Throughout the years, Sarah has received multiple scholarships from Twin City Ballet Company for her talent, dedication, and hard work. Among these scholarships, is the Cecilia Kelly Scholarship, which she received in 2005.She also performed with Twin City Ballet Company at the Regional Dance America/Southwest Festival in 2002 and 2003 and has received multiple scholarships at the Regional Dance America/Southwest Festival in 2002 and 2005. Sarah also received a scholarship to Lafayette Ballet Company to study Ballet in 2010. 

 Miss Kathy has been dancing as long as she can remember. From dancing with a studio to choreographing for theatre productions, she has continued to grow in and hone her craft. Currently, Miss Kathy directs theatre at Pineville Junior High, coaches the Vol Doll danceline and boosters, and teaches Class 6 tap and hip hop. She looks forward to continuing to expand her knowledge of the art of dance in order to challenge and grow her students.   

We are beyond excited to welcome Joy Thomason Rister to the GTTP Faculty! Joy will be an amazing addition to classes 1 & 2!

Joy's dance background: 

   •    Started ballet training at the age of 4, taking with Dance by Debra
   •    At the age of 5 moved studios and took ballet, tap and jazz from Rita Barton at Cenla Academy of performing Arts for 12 years
   •    Competed in Louisiana Jr. Miss and Miss Louisiana performing a tap routine in the talent competition
   •    Took two years of hip hop during college
   •    Participated in an adult tap class at Louisiana Athletic Club
   •    Attended adult ballet classes during summer 

Graduate of Alexandria Senior High (2003) and Louisiana College (2007) majored in Elementary Education. Taught 5th grade in Rapides Parish. Lived in Birmingham, AL and taught 5th grade in the Hoover City School District.

We are beyond excited to welcome Danielle Hall to the GTTP Faculty! Danielle will be an amazing addition to classes 3 & 4 ! 

Danielle Hall is an alumni dancer for Red River Dance Theater Company. She is  excited that she decided to join Red River Company and help them this year in The Nutcracker.  She is a retired dancer of 15 years. She started dance when she was just 3 years of age under Rita Barton and Carrie Young at Cenla Academy of Performing Arts, then proceeded until her Senior year of high school under Sarah Ochs at Get To The Pointe Ballet. She joined the Red River Dance Company under the direction of Linda Mioton to perform in The Nutcracker in 2009. In 2012 she took on the lead role as “Clara” in The Nutcracker being the first African American dancer in the history of Red River Dance Company to perform the lead role. Danielle has been in many other performances such as Snow White (2013 and 2019) Peter and the Wolf (2017) and Alice in Wonderland (2018).  Danielle is currently attending college at Louisiana State University at Alexandria in pursuit of Education.