Holly Gannett is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo with a B.F.A. in Dance. Holly began her dance training at Kennebec Dance Centre in Maine and with Andrei Bossov of the Kirov Ballet. While in college, Holly was offered a job performing with Busch Gardens which she declined in order to finish her schooling. She became employed at the Central Wisconsin School of Ballet where she was hired to expand and develop the professional ballet school’s jazz, tap, and musical theatre programs. Holly’s performance and choreography credits include: Dance Captain for the US premier of Fame Forever, Carmen Diaz in Fame, Ariel Moore in Footloose, Mersister in The Little Mermaid, Marge in Suds, June (Squish) in Chicago, Adelaide in Guys & Dolls, as well as ensemble roles in Cabaret, Oklahoma, Little Shop of Horrors, West Side Story, Man of La Mancha, Working, and Mrs. Greer in Annie. While in WI, Holly choreographed for The Carnival of the Animals which was narrated by actor Tony Randall. She is on the board of Directors with the Maine Dance Teachers Club and the former Dance Director at Maine Arts Academy where she created the dance curriculum for the school, Maine’s first performing arts high school. Holly has been a guest instructor/adjunct faculty at several Maine Colleges including Colby, Thomas, & University of Maine at Augusta in addition to dance schools in Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Vermont, Indiana, and Wisconsin.