Dance

Whitney performed and trained extensively with the internationally acclaimed North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble under the mentorship of JUBA Award recipient Gene Medler. During this time she had the privilege of learning and dancing with master tappers including the Nicholas Brothers, "Peg Leg" Bates, Leonard Reed, Dianne Walker, Savion Glover, and Michelle Dorrance. She performed in New York, Chicago, St. Louis, and abroad, and was featured in the PBS documentary “Juba! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance.” Whitney served as the Artistic Director of Footnotes Tap Ensemble from 2013-2017 and performed with the company from 2007-2025. In 2025, she founded the Triangle Tap Collective, presenting classes and workshops for advanced tap dance teachers and choreographers to collaborate, choreograph, advance technique, and share ideas for tap education. Whitney teaches tap dance at Elon University as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Performing Arts.

Performance

Select Concert Performance

“Live Rhythms" Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, NC

“Let’s Dance!,” Burning Coal Theater, Raleigh, NC

“Feet on Fire” Komediateatteri Arena, Helsinki, Finland

World Dance Festival, Town Hall Theater, New York, NY

St. Louis Tap Festival Show, Touhill Performing Arts Theatre, St. Louis, MO

“Common Ground” Tour, Delray Beach, FL

“Juba” Athenaeum Center, Rhythm World, Chicago Human Rhythm Project, Chicago, IL

Select Community Performance

Carrboro Music Festival, Drakeford Event Terrace, Carrboro NC

MUSC Children’s Hospital, Charleston, SC

CenterFest Arts Festival, Main Stage at CCB Plaza, Durham, NC

UNC Children's Hospital, DooR to DooR Healing Arts Program, Chapel Hill, NC

SPARKcon | danceSPARK The Main Stage Raleigh, NC

NC Eid Festival, Koka Booth Ampitheatre, Cary, NC

Training

Special Choreography and Residencies

Josette Wiggan, choreography/workshops Durham, NC

Elizabeth Burke, choreography/workshops, Chapel Hill, NC

Acia Gray, choreography/workshops, Austin, TX

Melissa Tannús, choreography/workshops, Chapel Hill, NC

Dorothy Wasserman, choreography/workshops, Chapel Hill, NC

Sam Weber, residency, Chicago, IL

Ted Levy, residency, Chicago, IL

Gene Medler, mentorship and training, Chapel Hill, NC

Festivals/Workshops

North Carolina Rhythm Tap Festival, Chapel Hill, NC

Relative Rhythms, Raleigh, NC

Luthier Tap Festival, Barcelona, Spain

Feet Beat Tap Festival, Helsinki, Finland

Chicago Human Rhythm Project, Chicago, IL

St Louis Tap Festival, St. Louis, MO

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