Deneen is a graduate of the University of the North Carolina School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Dance. She has traveled to the Mediterranean, Far East and Alaska with the Department of Defense Entertainment tours, and has appeared in Atlanta’s Theatre Of The Stars Productions of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, South Pacific, Hello Dolly, Music Man, and Will Rogers Follies.  For seven years, Deneen worked with the Miss Georgia Pageant, where she served as both a performer and a choreographer.  As a member of the Atlanta Hawks Dance Team, she was an Assistant Choreographer and also an emcee for Harry the Hawk’s I Like Me Because I’m Drug Free and Fast Break for Reading programs, which traveled to hundreds of elementary schools throughout the Atlanta area. For the past 18 years, Deneen has been a dance teaching artist and is proud to be a certified member of Dance Masters of America. Many of her students have received the highest awards in both regional and national competitions, been accepted into some of the nation’s top college dance programs, and are now working professionals in the dance and entertainment industries.