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The Lady Vikings Dance Team is making its return to St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School—and with new leadership! Please join us in welcoming our new Dance Team Coach, Carrie Paris, owner of Performance Dance Centre (PDC), who brings a passion for dance and almost three decades of experience inspiring young performers. 

Carrie won her first national dance title when she was just 8 years old. This marked the beginning of her competitive career with many awards and dance titles to follow. During her high school years, Carrie began teaching dance in the Columbus area and joined Atlanta’s Rising Theatre Stars. She also was selected to perform in the opening and closing ceremonies for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

After graduating high school, Carrie began a professional dance career with Carnival Cruise Lines. Carnival provided Carrie the opportunity to work with both national and international choreographers. Carrie lived and studied in New York City as a scholarship student at STEPS on Broadway, affording Carrie the opportunity to study with the world’s best dance instructors.

Since opening Performance Dance Centre, Carrie has won numerous choreography awards both nationally and regionally. As Director of PDC Competition Team, the team has received recognition at a national level. She received CoDance Educator Award in 2008 for Excellence in Dance Education. In 2015, Carrie was awarded the prestigious honor of Woman of the Year in Performing Arts for the State of Georgia.

“Dancing is my passion and I hope to instill that same love and passion for dance in all of my students,” Carrie says. She teaches all styles of dance including jazz, tap, ballet, hip-hop, acrobatics, and lyrical. Carrie is also the only certified Acrobatics Instructor with accredited Acrobatics program in Columbus and one of three in the state of Georgia. She is also certified through Progressing Ballet Technique. Many of Carrie’s alumni dancers have taken extraordinary paths in dance, theater, and music across the nation.

Carrie is happily married to Pacelli alumnus Carson Paris (Class of 1996). The couple has two children who attend St. Anne-Pacelli: Emerson, 8th grade, and Landon, 4th grade.