House of Dance 2023-2024 Staff...
“Behind every dancer who believes in themselves is a teacher who believed in them first.”
Amber McKirgan
Owner/Operator
Savana Allen
Savana Allen is an AHOD trained dancer, where she studied all genres of dance and was an assistant teacher during her high school years. Ms. Savana is in her 11th year as an AHOD Faculty member and has taught Baby Cakes, Tap/Ballet Combo classes, Jazz, Ballet, Tap, Technique, and our summer Princess Camp program. Savana holds a B.F.A. in Dance Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She also spent four years on the Spartan G’s Dance Team. In addition to teaching at AHOD, Savana runs a small business, while also being a stay-at-home mom. She is happily married to her best friend Zachary. They have a sweet baby girl named Hayden, and a baby girl named Ella. Savana loves to teach and cannot wait to start this dance year!
Sandra Bays
Sandra Bays is in her fifth-year teaching Acrobatics at AHOD, she is also the Acrobatics coach for the House of Dance All Star Team. She was the head cheerleading coach at Elon University for over 17 years. As an alum of the Elon Cheer program, she was a three-year captain, two-time MVP, and a four-year coed varsity team member. Her thirty plus years of cheerleading and dance experience ranges from competition, choreography, judging, and coaching. She developed the youth cheer program at Elon University for the faculty and staff's children in 2010. She has coached at all age levels varying from elementary through graduate school age. In addition to Sandra's extensive experience in cheer and dance, she has been a teacher for 16 years with the Alamance Burlington School System.
Kamryn Beck
Kamryn Beck began dancing at Amber's House of Dance in 2003 at five years old. While spending 13 years dancing at the studio, she also danced on the Western Middle and Western High School Dance Teams, as well as the AHOD All Stars Competition Team. After graduating, Kamryn went on to attend NC State University where she studied graphic design and danced on the NC State Dance Team for four years. While on the NC State dance team, Kamryn competed at NDA Nationals for three years, performing dances choreographed by nationally known choreographers. Since graduating college in 2020, Kamryn has worked as a graphic designer and is an assistant coach for the Elon University Dance Team. She is excited for another year of sharing her love of dance with her students at AHOD!
Morgan Coggins
Morgan Coggins began dancing at AHOD in 2004 and has been teaching clogging for 5 years. Morgan is the coach for the National award-winning House of Sound Clogging Team. She competed with our House of Sound Clogging Team throughout high school and now has the honor of being their coach. She continued to dance with the Pack Clogging Team at NC State University while majoring in Biology and Minoring in Animal Science until she graduated in 2022. Her plan is to attend Vet School since animals are her passion. Morgan is blessed that dance has been an integral part of her life. She loves working with young dancers and introducing them into the amazing world of clogging.
Destini Ferraro
Destini Ferraro, also known as Coach D, has been teaching for 6 years and specializes in Acro & Hip Hop. She is originally from Raleigh, NC where she trained at CC&CO dance complex from age 6 to 19 while a Varsity dancer & cheerleader for her high school. She obtained her Acro certification in 2018 then moved to Alamance County in 2020 after getting married. She has extensive experience in teaching, choreographing, judging, & competing. Destini started Wingate University’s first dance team & is currently attending UNCG to obtain her K-12 teaching license. She is also one of the new coaches for the Western Alamance High School Dance team. She is excited to share her love of Acro and dance with new students during her first year at AHOD.
Destiny Haith
Destiny Haith is a AHOD alumna who began her dance training at the studio in 2013. Destiny participated on her middle and high school dance teams. She competed with the House of Dance All Stars for 7 years, where she was part of the 1st place National Team! She has taken classes from instructors from all over the country and is excited to be a part of your kids dance experience this year. Destiny is a forth-year teacher at AHOD and she is blessed to continue her journey with her dance family. She teaches technique, Hip Hop and Jazz. She loves dance and can't wait to share her talents with her students.
Hunter Holland
Hunter Holland started her dancing career at Amber's House of Dance in 2006 when she was five years old. While dancing at AHOD, Hunter cheered at Western Middle School and danced at Western Alamance High School. In 2012, Hunter joined the competition team at Amber's while also becoming a teacher assistant at the studio during her junior and senior year. After graduating, Hunter attended East Carolina University to seek a degree in Special Education while also dancing on their nationally ranked dance team. Along with being a AHOD staff member, she is the head coach of the Western Alamance High School Dance team. Hunter will be K-2 special education teacher this upcoming school year at Elon Elementary. She can't wait to come back home and teach all the wonderful dancers at Amber's House of Dance!!
Lindsay Hrabosky
Lindsay Hrabosky will be entering her 9th year of teaching at Amber's House of Dance. AHOD has always been Lindsay's dance family. She began attending classes at the studio in 2007 when she was in 5th grade. She was a member of the All Star competition team for 7 years and served as a teaching assistant throughout high school. Lindsay received a bachelor’s degree in both Elementary and Special Education at UNCG while also performing with the Spartan G's Dance Team. She is happily married to Matt and currently stays home with their baby boy, Micah, and dog Cooper. Lindsay not only teaches recreational classes, but she is also the assistant coach of the All Star Competition Team. She is excited to begin this dance year, meet some new faces and foster a love of dance to her students.
Gaby Mininois
Gaby Minionis is a native of Northern Virginia, Gaby is a Senior at Elon University working towards her B.F.A. in Dance Performance & Choreography. As a triple major, she is also working on her B.A. in Arts Administration and a B.S. in Sports Marketing. She has performed in Dancing in the Landscape, Elon’s Fall and Spring shows, Black History Month and danced in the Florence International Dance festival in Italy. Gaby began her dance training at age 2 and is professionally trained in Ballet, Pointe, Jazz, Contemporary, Lyrical, Modern, Hip Hop and Tap. She has competed nationally and has extensive training from her master classes and summer intensives.
Before coming to Elon to study, Gaby danced The Nutcracker for seven years with the Burke Civic Ballet in Burke, VA and The Movement Studios in Springfield, VA. Gaby considers Elon her home now and is thrilled to start her second-year teaching AHOD. She loves to teach, choreograph, and share her knowledge and love of dance!
Katie Murray
Born and raised in Elon, NC, Katie Murray started dancing her dance training at Amber’s House of Dance when she was in the second grade. Over the years as her passion for dance grew, she participated on her middle and high school dance teams, as well as Amber’s House of Dance All Stars competition team. After graduating high school, Katie went to further her education at Appalachian State University, where she participated on and was the Co-Captain of the university’s dance team. Alongside Dance Team, she participated in Momentum Dance Club, Appalachian Dance Ensemble, and assisted coaching the “Mini Mountaineers” with a local dance studio in Boone, NC. Katie interned with Inside Dance Magazine in 2017, where she curated daily “News & Features” content for the website and published a two-page spread in their July issue. She graduated Cum Laude from ASU in 2019 with a B.S. in Communication Studies and minored in Dance. This will be Katie’s fifth year on the AHOD staff. She teaches various styles- jazz, hip-hop, contemporary, technique, and more!
Kenzie Newton
Kenzie Newton began her dance training as a little girl and is a proud AHOD alumna. Kenzie competed with the House of Dance All Star Team and was a member of the Williams High School Dance Team. Kenzie attended NC State where she graduated with a degree in Statistics and participated on the NC State Dance Team. Along with being on the AHOD staff, she has coached the Turrentine Middle School Dance Team and is now the head coach of the Williams High School Dance Team. When she isn’t dancing, Kenzie can be found teaching Math at Williams High School. Being able to teach and share her passion for dance with young dancers is something Kenzie is extremely grateful for, and she could not be more excited for this year!
Front Office Staff...
Meet our wonderful lobby staff who contain the chaos
Nichelle Crump
Nichelle Crump is the CEO of Vessels of Honor Personal Training LLC. She joined Amber’s House of Dance nearly 9 years ago serving in multiple areas for the House of Dance Competition Teams. Her professional expertise, help prepare our competition dancers before and during competition seasons while simultaneously making sure things run smoothly from the dressing rooms to center stage. She has effectively worked as part of our Office Staff Team for 3 years.
Tracy Swangin
Lorie Goodwin
