ASD Teacher Biographies

Anna B. Giles is a third generation Andersonian.  She was a student assistant her Junior and Senior year of high school and has been a professional teacher at Anderson School of Dance since 2001.  Anna grew up dancing and found her home with Miss Brenda at the age of 8.  After graduating from T.L. Hanna and attending the College of Charleston, where she danced with the late Robert Ivey, Anna moved back to Anderson to work at ASD.   Judy Rice, David Howard, Finis Jhung, Dorit Koppel, Janice Barringer, Jeff Amsden, Frank Hatchett, Alton Adams, Tommy Alexander, Germaine Salsberg, Debbie Dee and Lainie Munro are a few of the teachers she has studied under.

Kathryn K. Yon has been teaching at Anderson School of Dance since 2005.  She began her dance training at the age of 4 and her formal training began in Beaumont, TX where she studied ballet and tap with Miss Bonnie Cokinos.   Kathryn also trained in Augusta, GA with Mr. Ron Colton and Ms. Zanne Beaufort.  With the Augusta Ballet Company, she toured in the Southeast performing as the Sugar Plum Fairy in Atlanta Ballet's "The Nutcracker" and Mr. Tom Pazik's "A History of Dance".  Kathryn studied in summer workshops with both the The Joffrey Ballet and The San Francisco Ballet.

Kathryn attended the College of Charleston earning a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration.  While in college, she was a Principal Dancer with the Charleston Ballet Theatre. She performed the Swan Queen in "Swan Lake", and as Kitri in "Don Quixote".  Kathryn was a guest artist dancing the lead role in Cinderella.  Kathryn has studied under and performed the choreography of David Howard (Harkness Ballet), Sal Aiello (North Carolina School of the Arts), Robert Barnett, James Jamieson (The Academy of Dance) and Jill Bahr (Charleston Ballet Theatre).

Catherine Walker Zocchi is a native of Anderson and started taking dance from Miss Brenda at the age of 4. She has danced in some fashion now for over 20 years. She graciously accepted a teaching assistant position at ASD four years ago and thoroughly enjoys bringing her love of dance to each and every student.  She has studied under various instructors since graduating from ASD but her favorite is Ray Hesselink at Broadway Dance Center in New York.  Catherine is thrilled to be at ASD and looks forward to another successful year.