MEET THE COMPANY

Carrie Crawford started dancing at the age of 4. What started out as an effort to correct her extremely turned in legs without using braces ended up not only working, but becoming her lifelong passion. She grew up dancing in Greenville, SC and upon graduation moved immediately to Los Angeles where she was accepted into the Apprentice Program at The Performing Arts Center in Van Nuys. She trained very closely with some of the best in the industry: Joe Malone, Jackie Sleight, Jerry Evans, Terri Yates, Doug Caldwell, Michelle Elkin, and Mark Goodman just to name a few. Training so closely with choreographers of such different styles has given Carrie a great deal of versatility in her own choreography now. Her style is a refreshing blend of very classic jazz and lyrical, but with a fresh and modern twist. Carrie always tries to stay current and exciting without ever abandoning her true love and respect for her roots. Carrie has been performing, teaching and choreographing professionally across the country for over 20 years. Now based in Orlando, FL and the mom of 2 incredible, young children, she continues to do so, while simultaneously running Crawford Jazz Project, her real dream come true. 

Performance credits include: Lady Antebellum, Disney Channel, Beyonce, Ally McBeal, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios Hollywood, and numerous live concerts, awards shows and musicals.

Kathy Guryan began dancing at the young age of two in her hometown of Greenville, South Carolina! She began taking dance seriously around the age of 13 while diving deep into her training in Jazz, Ballet, Hip-Hop, Musical Theater and Contemporary and her love of dance only grew from there. She graduated at the age of 17 from The Fine Arts Center in Greenville and immediately started to take steps towards becoming a professional dancer. In 2015, she began touring with DanceMakers Inc, where she got the opportunity to tour the country assisting incredible dance educators, such as Kathryn McCormick, Dejan Tubic, Robert Roldan, and many more. At the end of the tour, she followed her dreams up to New York City, where she continued training as a part of the Broadway Dance Center Professional Semester. 

Since moving to Orlando in 2017, she has been able to pursue a lifelong dream of working for the Walt Disney Company in shows across property. She has been an Equity chorus dancer in shows like Mickey’s Most Merriest Celebration, as well as Mickey’s Royal Friendship Faire both at Disney’s Magic Kingdom! She most recently became an Equity Principal Dancer at Disney’s Festival of the Lion King, which is the only principal dancer role of its kind on property. She has also been gifted the opportunity to be Dance Captain of Crawford Jazz Project; a local jazz dance company here in Central Florida. She is able to steadily perform, choreograph, as well as continue to train through the guidance of Carrie Crawford (Crawford Jazz Project). She is so grateful for the opportunities that Carrie Crawford has given her and she is ecstatic to begin her 6th season as a part of CJP!

Ginny London grew up in Bullhead City Arizona and began dancing at the age of 5, training in a variety of styles. Ginny graduated with honors from the University of Nevada Las Vegas with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance. During her time at UNLV she was able to share her love of dance while performing internationally in Seoul South Korea and Kiel Germany. Since college, Ginny has performed in several parades at Disneyland, got to live out her travel dreams while performing on board Holland America Cruise Line ships and most recently performing at Seaworld. Ginny is so excited and grateful to continue her journey with Crawford Jazz Project for her second season. 

Tori Patrice, a Cincinnati native, grew up training and competitively dancing at Dance Etc. She continued her training at Point Park University studying Jazz Dance. She has performed at Walt Disney World in The Main Street Trolley Show and The Festival of Fantasy Parade and in Nosferatu at The Renaissance Theatre. Tori has also performed with Vincent Sanrocco Dance Company. She is currently a full time performer at the Universal Orlando Resort in the Triwizard Spirit Rally as a Beauxbaton and continues to train and perform with Crawford Jazz Project. 

Emily Williams, of Orlando, Florida, graduated Summa Cum Laude from UCF with her Bachelor’s in Accounting.  She is also a graduate of the Ballet Academy of Central Florida and has performed in their production of the Nutcracker many times.  She has worked as a dancer at Universal Studios performing in the Triwizard Spirit Rally, BeetleJuice’s Graveyard Mash-Up, and Universal’s SuperStar Parade. She was also a company member of The Dance Theatre of Orlando.  She is an alumnus of Broadway Dance Center’s Professional Semester. She competed in the U.S. Aerial Competition in NYC as a Lyra/Hoop finalist.  She has traveled the world performing as a dancer with Princess Cruises.  She performed with Hardrive Productions in the televised Nashville Christmas Parade.  She most recently was a cast member at The Smoky Mountain Opry in TN. She is excited to be a new addition to Crawford Jazz Project!

Alison Shuman studied dance at The University of Alabama where she was given the opportunity to choreograph, perform with Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre, and direct dance films. Her work has been showcased throughout the state of Alabama, including Alabama Dance Festival’s New Works Concert. Upon graduating, Alison moved to Florida where she danced in shows and parades at Walt Disney World. Currently, she can be seen dancing at Seaworld Orlando. Alison is so grateful and excited to be a part of CJP for another season! 

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