22 West Main Street
Norwalk, Ohio 419-681-7569
C K D A
Cynthia Kniffin Dance Academy
Movement Ballet Jazz Hip-Hop Tap Pointe Pas De Deux
Cynthia Kniffin Dance Academy Instructors
Mrs. Cynthia Kniffin - Instructor
Ballet, Pointe, Pas de Deux,
& Tap Instructor
Former Teaching Artist, Arts Unlimited, BGSU
Former Board Member-at-Large, Cleveland Modern Dance Association
Former Faculty, Educational Research
Council of Ohio
Former Faculty, DePauw University
Bachelor of Arts Degree, Dance Major
Butler University
Former Member, Butler Ballet
Touring Company
Former Member, Ballet Guild of Cleveland
Mrs. Amy Kniffin-Bond Owner/Director
Ballet, Pointe, Pas de Deux
& Movement Instructor
Director/Choreographer, “Joseph and
the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat”
Choreographer, “Music Man”,
Norwalk and Edison High School,
“The Nightingale,” “Sound of Music”,
“Hello Dolly”, B.G.S.U., and
numerous Liturgical Dances
Dance Studies, B.G.S.U.,
Denise Gula, Oberlin,
Gus Giordano, Chicago,
Dee Hilliard, Lakewood
Finis Jung of New York
Sarah Beard - Instructor
Ms. Kassandra Lee - Instructor
Ballet, Movement & Tap Instructor
Professional experience as a director,
instructor, and choreographer.
Taught Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop,
Tumbling, Ballroom, Creative Movement,
Cheer leading and Private Lessons.
Progressing through the Dance Masters
Program.
Minor in Dance and Major in Therapeutic
Recreation
Ballet, Pointe, & Jazz Instructor
Instructor, Dancer’s Studio, Oberlin and Cynthia Kniffin Dance Academy
Choreographed, "Beauty and the Beast" at Pioneer Youth Theatre Company
Full Company Member, Ohio Dance Theatre
Performed in "Lines 22", "The Nutcracker", "Snow White", "Fairy Forest" and "Peter & the Wolf" with Ohio Dance Theatre
Performed in "Hairspray", Lorain County Music Theatre
Performed in "West Side Story", True North Cultural Arts Center
Dance Studies, Denise Gula, Nancy Brenstuhl and Kyle Primous of Oberlin, Joffery’s Jazz and Contemporary
Intensive, New York and Miss Iris Shannohan of Vermilion
