Emily Augustus is a Houston native who began her training with Hunter Dance Center, where she also performed with Open Dance Project’s second company. She is currently pursuing a BFA in Modern Dance from Texas Christian University and is a part of the Pilates Teacher Training Program. Emily has had the opportunity to attend and perform at the American College Dance Association, Ballet Hispánico Intensive, NobleMotion Dance Intensive, Open Dance Project Intensives, and METdance. Emily began teaching dance at Hunter Dance Center and is excited to continue with Innovative Dance Inc. 

Cami Orozco was born in Mexico and moved to The Woodlands, TX when she was 7. She began her training with Bonis Dance Studio, where she also performed with The Woodlands Dance Company in their Nutcracker, as well as a member of Bonis En Tour competitive team. She is currently pursuing a BFA in Modern Dance from Texas Christian University and is a part of the Pilates Teacher Training Program. Cami has had the opportunity of working with Jamila Glass, Kelly Ashton Todd, and Christian Von Howard . Cami began teaching dance at Bonis Dance Studio and is excited to continue with Innovative Dance Inc.

Jamia Smith is a highly experienced dancer with over 15 years of performing in front of large audiences, creating unique choreographies, and delivering private dance training. Her passion for conveying the beauty and art of dance to deprived populations has been a driving force throughout her career. Jamia began dancing at four, encouraged by her mother to channel her high energy into a productive outlet. She trained with the Aldine Dance Company and Red Door under the direction of Sarita Salinas in Houston, TX, where she honed her skills in Ballet, Jazz, African, Modern, Hip Hop, Stilt Walk, and Aerial dance. Jamia's love for contemporary dance is complemented by her interest in majorette dance.

She pursued her dance education at Blinn College from 2019 to 2021, where she was a dance team member from 2019 to 2020 and a captain from 2020 to 2021. In 2021, the team won 1st place in the dance category at the National Dance Alliance (NDA) College Nationals Competition. Jamia then attended The University of Texas at Arlington from 2021 to 2023, continuing to dance there. In 2022, her team became the Battle Hip Hop Champion at the Dance Team Union (DTU) National Championship Competition.

Professionally, Jamia has served as a Teacher Assistant at The University of Texas at Arlington since 2022, where she continues to volunteer by conducting individualized assessments and providing constructive feedback to help students grow and improve their dance techniques and performance quality. Additionally, she taught at Lucy Dance Fit from 2022 to 2024, instructing fundamental dance classes for children aged 4 to 13. In this role, she taught beginner and intermediate dance styles, collaborated to create dance curricula, and prepared lesson plans to support the studio's vision and mission. Furthermore, she danced with the WNBA from 2023 to 2024, engaging with WNBA fans and helping them locate merchandise while efficiently managing various activities on the basketball court.

Claire Hodges is an Artist from Austin TX. Her early dance training focused on ballet and competition styles. In high school, she was a member of the Celebrities Dance team, member of the MÜV Dance and Fitness competition team, as well as MÜVs pre professional ballet company “KÜPE.”



Claire attended Kilgore College and earned her Associates degree in Fine Arts in Dance in addition to an Associates of Science degree. While at Kilgore, she had the privilege of becoming a member of the World-Famous Kilgore College Rangerettes, at which time she performed in the Birmingham England International Tattoo, Norfolk Virginia International Tattoo, as well as Cotton Bowl halftime and had many Texas performances and appearances. 

Claire has worked with several renowned choreographers including Afton Fox Beatles, Stephanie Pizzo, Richard Freeman, Nycole Ray, Abigale Hardy, and Gabriel Speiller. Elijah Richardson and Vincent Hardy. 

Claire has Received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Modern Dance from Texas Christian University. 

While at TCU Claire performed numerous improvisation solos at the Brown Bag Dance show and choreographed for her peers. She has traveled with Dance TCU as a guest performer in Dallas Black Dance theater’s show “Encore” twice and attended intensives such as Bruce Wood and Zion Dance Project during the summer and winter. 

Claire has set works on a wide range of teams and companies, most notably earning a choreographer's award at KCDD and was selected to debut a piece on TranScend Motion Modern Dance Company. 

Claire is also a dance lighting designer and has her own company Salt&LightDesign. With numerous works in her lighting repertoire, she has most notably worked with Kelly Ashton Todd (a New York based choreographer and film director) on her work “the pain of my erosion.” 

While being an emerging artist today, Claire is a member of Zion Dance Project (a contemporary ballet company) and is working with numerous Texas Drill Teams and Companies to commission her choreography and lighting design.