WALLTOWN DANCE COMPANY
We will be posting our WDC members soon!
Cynthia Penn-Halal: WCT/WDC Founding Artistic Director
Cynthia Penn-Halal WCT Founding Artistic Director Ms. Penn is a former Alvin Ailey dancer, and taught for over 18 years at the prestigious University NC School of the Arts. She has performed with other major companies such as The Joffrey Ballet, Agnes de Mille Heritage Dance Theatre, DanzaHoy and Bella Lewitzky. Cynthia has worked with MacArthur and Kennedy Center Award legendary genius, Jacques d’Amboise of National Dance Institute in New York City as well as the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Her awards include The Kathryn H Wallace Award for Artists in Community Service, Spectacular Magazines 2014 Woman of the Year in Arts, 2014 Cultural Enrichment Service Award by the W. Deen Mohammed Islamic Center and The Z. Smith Reynolds 2016 Sabbatical Award. Ms. Penn-Halal serves on the mayor's Durham Cultural Advisory Committee
Cynthia Penn-Halal WCT Founding Artistic Director Ms. Penn is a former Alvin Ailey dancer, and taught for over 18 years at the prestigious University NC School of the Arts. She has performed with other major companies such as The Joffrey Ballet, Agnes de Mille Heritage Dance Theatre, DanzaHoy and Bella Lewitzky. Cynthia has worked with MacArthur and Kennedy Center Award legendary genius, Jacques d’Amboise of National Dance Institute in New York City as well as the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Her awards include The Kathryn H Wallace Award for Artists in Community Service, Spectacular Magazines 2014 Woman of the Year in Arts, 2014 Cultural Enrichment Service Award by the W. Deen Mohammed Islamic Center and The Z. Smith Reynolds 2016 Sabbatical Award. Ms. Penn-Halal serves on the mayor's Durham Cultural Advisory Committee
Grace Underwood: WDC Associate Artistic Director
Grace is from Asheville, NC and she has danced since she was 3 years old. Grace started to compete when she was five years old and she has won several National and Regional Dance Competitions. She is experienced in all styles of dance, tap, jazz, contemporary, ballet, lyrical, hip-hop, african, and acrobatics to name a few. Grace attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she was on the Goldduster Dance Team all four years of her schooling. The last two years she was the captain, she is a three time Collegiate All-American and also a three time Most Valuable Performer voted on by her teammates. Grace also received her Dance Minor from UNC-Charlotte. Grace truly enjoys teaching and sharing her passion for dance with students.
Grace is from Asheville, NC and she has danced since she was 3 years old. Grace started to compete when she was five years old and she has won several National and Regional Dance Competitions. She is experienced in all styles of dance, tap, jazz, contemporary, ballet, lyrical, hip-hop, african, and acrobatics to name a few. Grace attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she was on the Goldduster Dance Team all four years of her schooling. The last two years she was the captain, she is a three time Collegiate All-American and also a three time Most Valuable Performer voted on by her teammates. Grace also received her Dance Minor from UNC-Charlotte. Grace truly enjoys teaching and sharing her passion for dance with students.
