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Caleb Cooper began training in gymnastics at the age of three and began dancing when he was 10. Born in Washington DC, he took gymnastics lessons in the DC area until moving with his parents to the Ohio Valley at the age of seven.

There he found a gymnastics teacher at Barnesville Dance Workshop who uncovered and nurtured his natural dance talent, while continuing gymnastics training. It was his teacher, Candice Fleagane, who encouraged him to pursue dance experiences beyond the Ohio Valley. After taking a summer intensive at The Rock School in Philadelphia and then at Point Park University, he relocated to Philadelphia, PA to pursue his dance training and complete his last two years of high school.

While in Philadelphia, Caleb studied ballet, jazz, and modern dance at the prestigious Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center, and did intensives at the Rock School and Point Park University during the summers. Graduating in 2008 from Philadelphia Mennonite High School in Philadelphia, Caleb then enrolled in Philadelphia’s University of the Arts where he continued his dance education for four more years. Over his 12 years of professional dance education, he became proficient in all styles of dance, choreography, and dance terminology.

Caleb returned to the Ohio Valley and began to teach at various schools and dance centers, exercising his additional gifts as a teacher who can help a child or adult find the natural dancer inside themselves and express their talents to the very best of their ability. Just as he was helped to push beyond his original self-expectations, he now inspires his students to reach new levels of personal excellence.

Over the past 10 years, Caleb has taught dance and gymnastics at Barnesville Dance Workshop, Wheeling Country Day School, The Linsly School, Take A Bow Dance Centre, Dance By Hillary, and now his fourth year at Studio MC.

Caleb has also contributed to community causes such as raising money for the Augusta Levy Center by participating in Dancing with the Ohio Valley Stars. He is excited to be part of Studio MC PAC’s highly skilled team as he instructs a new generation of performers in jazz, ballet, pointe, modern, lyrical, acro/contortion, ballroom and gymnastics.