Our Staff
Emma Gaddy
Emma has been on staff at Oxford School of Performing Arts since 2019. She previously taught at My Girls Dance Center and Lawrence County 21st Century Dance Program. Emma was an Ole Miss Rebelette from 2015-2019 where was selected for the Nationals Team in 2017 and 2019. Previously she was a competitive dancer with MGDC from 2006-2015 where she won Nationals at KAR competition in 2014. She was also a member of the Lawrence County High School RedHot dance team from 2012-2015 and was selected for the UDA All-Star Team 2012-2015 . Her training includes the Joffrey Ballet School Summer Intensive in 2013 and 2014. Emma has also participated in pageants since 2014 including Miss Mississippi, Miss Alabama (Top 12), And Miss Alabama’s Outstanding Teen (4th alternate). She was recently awarded the Bravo National Dance Competition Choreography Award.
Morgan Banks
Morgan joined the OSPA faculty in 2019 while attending Ole Miss. She also teaches for GSPA and is the OSPA Dance program instructor for Regents School of Oxford. Morgan danced competitively at GSPA for 13 years where she won multiple national titles. While attending college, Morgan coached 98 Delta Gamma members for the yearly CASA Encore competition, in which the sorority placed first and raised $40,000 for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Lafayette County. Her training includes jazz, contemporary, musical theater, hip hop, and tumbling.
Savvy Core
Savvy began dancing at the age of three and has studied ballet/pointe, jazz, tap, musical theatre, modern, acro, lyrical, and contemporary. She started competing at age ten. During her time as a competitive dancer, she earned many overalls and awards as a soloist and group dancer. She was also accepted and participated in Penn State’s elite dance camps and Dancerpalooza’s musical theater intensives. She has taught recreational and competitive dancers in Northern California and worked as a hired choreographer for her former dance studio and high school. Her students have continued to win many overalls, awards, and titles such as Rainbow Teen Dancer of the Year and Act One Highest Scoring Category Routine. Her choreography also was showcased during a Fox News San Francisco Zip Trip (2022) segment. As a dance teacher, she strives for her students to feel loved, inspired, and confident. Savvy wants to see her students succeed, be proud of their accomplishments and enjoy all of their hard work and dedication that they put into dance. Currently, Savvy is attending the University of Mississippi to obtain her Bachelor of Business Administration with a minor in theatre arts. She is beyond grateful to teach with the OSPA/Prestige family and share her love for dance with such wonderful students!
Madeline Walrond
Madeline grew up in Charleston, South Carolina and began dancing at the age of 3, and started dancing competitively at the age of 6. While competing she earned many regional and national overall and title awards. She danced on her high school dance team that also won many awards. She has choreographed at her former studio and middle school dance teams in Charleston. After moving to Oxford she began teaching while attending Ole Miss studying elementary education. She is so happy to be teaching with OSPA and hopes to share her love for dance with all her students!
Natalie Weber
We are excited to have Miss Natalie Weber join us as our acro & flexibility instructor! Natalie was a Competitive Dancer at TJE Dance Force, located in Holbrook, New York for 11 years. She was a Member of the Sachem East Varsity Arrowettes from her Freshman to Junior year of high school and is a Current Member of Ole Miss Student Dance and Ole Miss featured twirler. Natalie is a 3 Time Grand National champion, 5 time top 10 NDA national finalist, KAR 5 time overall high point soloist, Beyond the Stars 3 time overall high point soloist, and Inferno Dance high point soloist. Her teaching experience includes TJE Dance Force and she has also been a twirling coach for 5 years.
Abby Williams
Abby has been on staff at Oxford School of Performing Arts since 2020. She also teaches at Grenada School of Performing Arts and has been since 2019. Abby started dancing at the age of 3 at GSPA and started competing for Prestige Dance Company at the age of 6. She was a two time National Champion for her group number and duet number in 2018 for KAR Dance. Her training includes Jazz, Contemporary, Lyrical, Musical Theater and Hip Hop. Abby has also competed in pageants her whole life. Including Miss Mississippi Outstanding Teen in 2019 (top 15). She also had the privilege of being chosen as a featured entertainer for the 2021 Miss Mississippi Pageant. In the past years of teaching, she has received choreography awards and entertainment awards at several competitions.
Joslin Williams
Joslin is an Oxford native who began dancing at the age of three. At nine, she joined her studio’s competitive dance team and competed across the southeastern region until she graduated from high school. The duos and group dances she was a member of consistently won first place and overall awards. While at her studio, she also taught ballet, tap, and jazz to 3- and 4-year-olds. As a high school senior, she choreographed her group's jazz and hip hop routines. Joslin is trained in all genres of dance, but tap is her specialty. She graduated from Mississippi State University where she choreographed and performed in her sorority’s dances each year for the Limelight fundraiser. Joslin is excited for this opportunity to be teaching once again!
Haley Eifling
Haley opened OSPA/Prestige Dance Company in Oxford in 2012. Her love of dance began at the age of three where she studied and performed with the Barbara Koehler Studio in Memphis, TN for 16 years. She also studied and taught dance at The Academy of Dance in Grenada, MS for 10 years. She was selected as a Miss Mississippi Dancer in 1991 and 1992 where she was under the direction of choreographer, Mallory Graham. Haley studied vocal performance and entertained with the Bob Westbrook Entertainment Agency in Memphis, TN for 21 years. She studied modeling at Patricia Stevens Modeling School in Memphis, Jo-Susan Modeling Agency in Nashville and with Mary-Francis Flood of Leland for several years. She competed for over 20 years in numerous local, state, and national pageants such as Miss Mississippi Teen USA and Miss Mississippi. Haley was a member of the University of Mississippi Women’s Choir and obtained degress in music and marketing from the University of Mississippi in 2000.
Anna Karr Shannon
Anna Karr has been dancing since the age of two, and started competing at the age of six. She began training competitively in jazz, contemporary, ballet/pointe, hip hop, and tap. Throughout her competitive dance career she earned many overall awards and scholarships from various competitions and conventions. She has taken classes under many credible choreographers and coaches throughout her training. Anna Karr was also a part of the nationally ranked Oak Grove Golden Spirits Dance Team throughout high school. Soon after she became a part of Universal Dance Association Staff where she travels to train and work with dance teams around the country. Anna Karr is extremely grateful to be a part of OSPA staff and watch her students grow with her.