Meet Our Staff

Gay was trained in London, England at the Arts Educational School. Her classmates included Ben Stevenson, former Artistic Director of the Houston Ballet and David Howard known as “Teacher of the Stars” in New York and London. After an extensive career in England, Spain, France and Germany Gay came to the United States where she danced in California before coming to North Carolina. As a choreographer Gay has worked with the Charlotte Symphony, the Charlotte Opera, the Singing Christmas Tree, Central Piedmont Opera and Theatre, Actors Theatre and the Charlotte Youth Ballet. Gay is a full teaching member of the Royal Academy of Dance, London, England and holds the Advanced Teachers Certificate of the Cecchetti Council of America. North Carolina School of the Arts honored Gay as: “Teacher of the Year” in 1994. Gay is the founder and Artistic Director of the Charlotte Youth Ballet. It is the premier performing company for young dancers in the area. Gay has directed and choreographed full length productions of Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Nutcracker and Coppelia for the company. She has also created original ballets such as The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, Thumbelina, and Pinocchio which she had also set on companies throughout the United States.

As a child Bridget was selected to dance with New York city Ballet and Baryshnikov for the Washington Season. During this time she was invited to perform at the White House for President Carter. She has danced with Louisville Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre and Ocala Ballet. She toured the United States performing industrial shows and spent many summers performing in summer stock including roles such as Jeannie in Brigadoon, and Dream Laurie in Oklahoma. She also appeared on All My Children and Guiding Light while living in New York. Bridget has choreographed many short works, ballets and musicals including South Pacific, The King and I, Once Upon a Mattress, Barnum and Big River. She also choreographed and directed The Nutcracker for Pueblo Ballet. Bridget holds the Teaching Certificate of the Royal Academy of Dance, London, England and is a Licentiate of the Cecchetti Council of America. She is the Ballet Mistress for the Charlotte Youth Ballet, and the Chair of the Cecchetti Council of America, Southeast Committee.

Norah began her dance training at the age of 3. She danced at studios in Texas and Florida before moving to Charlotte at 13. She studied under Gay Porter and Bridget Porter Young at the Charlotte School of Ballet. She has trained and performed with the Charlotte Youth Ballet in various roles and productions such as the Nutcracker, as Spanish and Lead Waltz, and Alice in Wonderland, as Alice. She has performed at the UNCSA Festival of Dance and Heritage Music Awards .

Norah furthered her education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, recording a BA in Applied Dance Studies and a BS in Psychology. She received training under Melissa Coyle, Delia Neil, Todd Kubo, Ashley Tate, and Kim Jones. She danced in many performances in that time, including the UNCC Spring Dance Concert under choreographer Jacque White and the Traditions Concert under Ashley Tate. 

Norah began teaching dance at CSB in the fall of 2019. She teaches ballet/pointe, lyrical/contemporary, and jazz. She works with the Studio Company choreographing various pieces. She is also a member of the office staff. Going into her sixth year teaching at CSB, she is so excited to continue working with the dancers and families!

Phillip McRorie is a dance educator and artist based in the Charlotte-metro area. He began his training under the dance faculty at Appalachian State University where he studied ballet, modern dance, jazz, and choreography. After graduating with a BA in Dance Studies, Phillip performed with Verge Dance Collective, Caroline Calouche and Co., and the Asheville Ballet. Phillip shifted his focus to teaching full time as he pursued his MFA in Choreography at Jacksonville University. While he primarily focuses on instruction in ballet, modern/contemporary dance, and choreography, he has experience teaching jazz, conditioning, and lyrical dance as well. Currently, Phillip is teaching in and around the Charlotte area, working as a freelance choreographer with different companies and festivals, and completing teaching certifications in the Cecchetti method of ballet.

Tammy Fox grew up in New York where she studied Jazz, Modern, Tap and Ballet at Broadway Dance Center and Dance Space Studios. She has had the privilege of studying with Frank Hatchett, Sheila Barker, Luigi and Phil Black as well as professional workshops with The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre.

After graduating from UNC Greensboro, Tammy returned to New York to perform and choreograph with Post Concert Dance Company at CW Post University as well as having her choreography produced through Works in Progress with Dance Space Studios. After relocating to Charlotte, Tammy established Revelations Dance Theatre for which she was Choreographer and Artistic Director.  Her choreography has been showcased throughout the Southeast for Olympic Gold Medalist Svetlana Boigunskia as well as numerous musical theatre productions for Matthews Playhouse, Little Theatre of Gastonia and Gaston School of the Arts. Tammy has had choreography showcased alongside the Broadway Dreams Foundation in pre-professional workshops. She also produced the “Regional Choreographers Present” series and has been a Teaching Artist for Blumenthal Performing Arts Center and North Carolina Dance Theatre under the direction of former Principal Dancer, April Berry.

For seven seasons Tammy was the Executive and Artistic Director of Gaston Dance Theatre, where she choreographed  and produced eight full length contemporary dance musical theatre productions, including “Wicked”, “West Side Story”, “Peter Pan”, “Alice in Wonderland “ and “Cinderella.” Tammy has also had choreography adjudicated and produced through the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. For the last five seasons she has been a Teaching Artist with Children’s Theatre of Charlotte and choreographed “42nd Street” “Where Words Once Were” “Bye Bye Birdie”  “Mean Girls” “Guys and Dolls” and “ Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus” for the OnStage and MainStage productions. For the past 3 years Tammy has been teaching dance for The British International School in partnership with The Juilliard School and has earned an advanced teaching certificate for teaching the Juilliard curriculum.