Foothills Dance Studios founder Hillary Myers returns the community where the love of dance was instilled within her. By founding Foothills, her aim is to provide the highest quality dance instruction while building the premiere dance studio in Northeast Georgia. After receiving her BA in Dance from Kennesaw State University, Hillary taught dance for 12 years across the Atlanta area, including managing a studio for 7 years, before moving back to Habersham County in the fall of 2022.
Hillary Myers is a native of Mount Airy, Georgia and fell in love with dance at a young age. Hillary graduated summa cum laude from Kennesaw State University in May of 2014 with a Bachelor of the Arts in dance. Prior to attending KSU, she studied with Donna Trotter at Dance-A-Lott in Cornelia, Georgia and the Good Moves Dance Consort of Atlanta, Georgia, under the direction of Annette Lewis. As a member of Good Moves for eleven years, Hillary performed works in the Modern Atlanta Dance Festival and at the Rialto Center for the Arts, among others.
During her college career, Hillary performed with the KSU Dance Company for six consecutive semesters, dancing in both student and faculty works, including the choreography of Ivan Pulinkala and glo ATL's Lauri Stallings. Additional training includes: the American Dance Festival ('13), the Boston Conservatory Summer Program ('09), and six summer intensives with the Jose Limon Dance Company ('02-'08).
Hillary was a founding member of Emily Cargill and Dancers (ECD), a contemporary dance company based out of Atlanta. Under the direction of Emily Cargill, Hillary collaborated with both Cargill and other dancers on the company's work and performed both locally and nationally.
Hillary, her husband, and baby girl moved back home to the North Georgia mountains in 2022. It has long been Hillary’s dream to bring a dance studio back to Cornelia and pour her love of dance into the community that raised her. It is truly an honor to open Foothills Dance Studio!
