Owner/Director

Barbra Ann Ramsey

Barbra Ann Ramsey, owner/director, formed Project Dance in January of 2018. It was created as a performance group to allow local dancers the opportunity to perform more than once a year. In June of 2019, Project Dance opened its doors as a studio.

She is certified to teach dance through Dance Masters of America, Dance Educators of America, Acrobatic Arts and Progressing Ballet Technique. Barbra began her dance training at the age of two at Bonnie Ardelean Dance Studio in Aurora, IL. She studied ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, modern, and acrobatics. At the age of ten she began assisting in classes and continued to do so until graduating from Pope John Paul II Catholic High School in 2013. After graduating high school, she began teaching dance in Birmingham, AL while going to school at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. 

Each summer from 2013-2017 she studied at the Dance Masters of America Teachers Training School in Buffalo, New York. In 2017 she graduated from the program and became nationally certified to teach Ballet, Tap, Jazz, and Modern. In April of 2017 she graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a degree in Business Management. After graduating, Barbra opened The Dance Shoppe Madison, in Madison, AL. Barbra lives in Madison with her husband, Austin, and their dogs, Scarlet and Raven.