About Us

Types of Dance Instruction

Whether you’re interested in fun, fitness, or profession, DT&T is a well rounded dance studio offering excellent instruction in Jazz, Lyrical, Hip Hop, Tap, Ballet, and Pointe. Our goal is to provide an exciting experience for whatever your skill level may be. We offer three tracks of dance to meet your needs: recreational, performing and competitive.

Recreational

We offer dance training for recreational students of all skill levels ages 3-adult, who wish to take one or more classes per week. All students will participate in our annual Spring Recital Performance.

Performing - “Troupe”

Our Troupe Performing Group is geared towards dancers 7-18 years of age that want more performing opportunities. This group has more commitment with the requirement of taking two plus classes a week and some set weekend performances. Though dedicated, these students may find time for other activities.

Competitive - “Company”

Our Company/Competitive Team is by audition only and for dedicated dancers 12-18 years of age. These dancers must follow an intense weekly schedule and be committed to rehearsing, performing, and competing on set weekends. Excelling in this program may lead to a professional career in the art of dance.

At Dance Tech & Talent, we are committed to providing our students not only with excellent dance education, but wonderful life experiences.

Our Instructors

Kristin Foister 

Mrs. Foister is a respected dancer, choreographer, and teacher with decades of experience.  She has danced in television commercials, industrial shows, theme park performances, and promotional appearances for various artists, under the direction of Emmanuel Lewis.  Her unique and diverse choreography ranges from the lighting of the Great Macy’s Tree, to the Indiana Pacers Gala held in Indianapolis. She has choreographed shows for Six Flags over Georgia, the premier reveal of Coca-Cola’s C2O, fashion shows for Simon Mall Group, and was an assistant choreographer for the opening and half time of the Chick-fil-a Bowl, as well as being the resident choreographer for Entertainment Design Group of Atlanta for many years. Her choreography and her dancers are always recognized for their pronounced passion and the musicality they give to audiences.  She is experienced in teaching dancers from early childhood to professional in the dance styles of Lyrical, Jazz, Hip Hop, Musical Theater, and Ballet. She is especially grateful to be able to pass on the “Gift of Dance”.

Beau Foister

A native of Georgia, Mr. Foister has been instructing Jazz, Tap, Lyrical, Ballet, and Children’s Hip Hop for many years though out the nation.  He is an experienced adjudicator and master class teacher.  His work with Jazz has won many awards in the competitive circuit. Mr. Foister has choreographed for The Georgia Ballet, Miss Georgia Scholarship Pageant, Albany Ballet Theater, Third Edition Color Guard, Stevenson High School Competitive Pom Team, and USA Cheer under the direction of Pamela Antista in which he was an assistant for the Chick-fil-a Bowl.  Mr. Foister is a versatile dancer. He has danced in such classics as “The Nutcracker”, “Serenade”, “Where the Wild Things Are”, “Swan Lake”, “West Side Story”, and many more.  Mr. Foister also has been a featured dancer in the 20th Anniversary Celebration for Home Depot, as well as The Miss Georgia Pageant, Georgia Ballet and was very proud to have been selected as a dancer for the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.  Mr. Foister always looks forward to educating and inspiring dancers from Beginner to Professional.

Deneen Graham-Kerns

Currently a resident of Smyrna, Georgia, Mrs. Graham-Kerns 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”. As a performer with the Miss Georgia Pageant from 1988-1994, Mrs. Graham-Kerns also served as Co-Choreographer (1989-1992) and Choreographer (1994).  She was also a member of the Atlanta Hawks Dance Team for four years, where during the 94-95 season, she also served as Assistant to the Choreographer For the past 14 years, Mrs. Graham-Kerns 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, as well as being accepted into some of the nation’s top college dance programs. In 1983, she was honored to be the first African-American to represent her state as Miss North Carolina.