Dance Faculty
Mason Alexander
FDC Director
Mason Alexander is from Cleveland, Ohio. He began his dance training at Cleveland City Dance under the direction of Courtney Laves-Mearini and Mark Otloski, joining the studio company during his final two years there. Mason then continued his pre-professional training with Ana Lobe at the Ana Lobe Ballet Academy, performing feature roles in The Nutcracker and in studio repertoire. After graduating from high school, Mason trained with Ohio Contemporary Ballet (formerly Verb Ballets) under Richard Dickinson before shifting his career focus from ballet to modern after being introduced to Inlet Dance Theatre. He later joined Inlet Dance Theatre in 2018. During his time with Inlet, Mason has had the opportunity to tour nationally with the company and to collaborate on the creation of several new works. Mason has also held teaching artist positions through Inlet classes for youth and through residencies at several Cleveland City schools, and later became the company’s social media coordinator. Mason lives in Cleveland with his two cats, brother and sister- Dipper and Dottie (also known as Dip n’ Dot).
Saundra Bohl
Spanish Dance Artistic Director
Saundra Bohl studied ballet at the Ballet Arts of Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Company in New York. She has a BA in Math and Music from Oberlin College and a Masters in Education from John Carroll University.
Andi Day
Dance Faculty
Andi Day began her formal dance education at the Sarasota Ballet School in 2004, and continued her training in various styles of dance at the BalletMet Dance Academy in Columbus, the School of Russian Ballet in Sarasota, and the Cincinnati Dance and Movement Center. She went on to study Dance Management and Nonprofit Leadership at Youngstown State University and honed her skills in pedagogy, injury prevention, choreography, and performance.
Andi taught ballet, jazz, contemporary, modern, and pointe classes at Artistically U Dance Company from 2019-2024, and also worked for Students Motivated by the Arts doing public programming such as creative movement and movement invention with students of varying ages and abilities. She is excited to join the Fairmount family and work with students to achieve their goals and gain lifelong experience!
Elizabeth Garner
Dance Faculty
Elizabeth began her classical ballet studies at age four. Growing up, she performed with Ballet Theatre of Ohio as a junior company member in biannual productions, including The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella, while also studying oboe and visual art. Elizabeth holds a B.A. in French with minors in Art and Business from Hillsdale College, where she continued dancing with the college’s company, “Tower Dancers,” and as a Charger Cheerleader.
Upon graduation, Elizabeth taught in French elementary schools for one year and spent two years in Milan, Italy, earning a Master in Arts Management from SDA Bocconi School of Management. In Milan, she trained under Michele Villanova, former principal at Teatro alla Scala, who encouraged her to continue ballet “per la gioia” (Italian: “for the joy”). Elizabeth has worked in the administration of several arts institutions, including the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Cleveland Ballet, and Orsolina28—a renowned center for creative development in Monferrato. In addition to dancing, she enjoys photography, piano, and drawing.
Delaney Hart
Dance Faculty
Delaney Hart is from Houston, Texas, and began her dance training at City Ballet of Houston under Luis Fuente and Mary Beth Arrington. She was invited to join the professional training division at the Washington Ballet in 2021, and performed various corps roles in George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco and Theme and Variations, as well as Julie Kent’s Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake.
She then trained at Charlotte Ballet for a year under Patricia McBride, Lazslo Berdo, and Kati Mayo before joining Grand Rapids Ballet as a trainee in 2024, and was promoted to an apprentice the following season. In Grand Rapids, she enjoyed performing in choreography by Justin Peck, Penny Saunders, Trey McIntyre, Val Caniparoli, Septime Weber, Yuka Oba-Muschiana, and James Sofranko.
Delaney joined the Cleveland Ballet in 2026.
Olivia Nelson
Dance & Theatre Faculty
Olivia Nelson, a new face at Fairmount, is a professional actor who recently graduated from Kent State’s BFA Musical Theatre Program Class of 2026. Some of her favorite shows she has done include: Beauty and the Beast, Urinetown, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Kentucky, The Marvelous Wonderettes, etc.
Olivia has always loved working with younger artists and is beyond excited to return to her hometown community in Chardon to provide education and theatrical opportunities. She cannot wait to dive into a year full of theatre and fun with Fairmount!
Kate Porter
Dance Faculty
Kate Porter is a local multimedia artist. They received dance training in and around Cleveland since 2008, and their music education since 2012. They were Assistant Art Director at North Star Camp for Boys for two summers. Enjoys teaching students of all ages, building students’ self confidence by creating spaces and lessons that nurture self expression and the importance of collaboration.
Jasmine Renee
Dance Faculty
Jasmine Renee is a multi-disciplinary artist born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated with a BFA in Dramatic Arts from The New School’s School of Drama. When Jasmine was a sophomore, she was first exposed to teaching during her course work at The New School. She taught elementary and middle schoolers in Harlem and was instantly hooked. She is excited to be in the classroom teaching again from what she has learned over the years. Favorite regional acting credits include: Dreamwalkers (Molly Walsh) with Shadow of the Run, Hamlet (Ophelia) with Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, Teddy Bear Mountain (Maya) with Cleveland Play House.
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Bridgit Shoop
Dance Faculty
Bridgit has been a Zumba enthusiast for 15 years and an instructor for 13 years. She is licensed in Zumba, Aqua Zumba, Zumbini, and Strong by Zumba. Bridgit has taught fitness classes throughout Lake and Geauga counties for various cities, clubs, private gyms, and the YMCA. The community that has been built extends beyond the studio, creating lifelong friendships that revolve around music, dance, health, and well-being. Her high energy classes will have you looking forward to dancing every week.
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Andrea Trimmer
Tap
Andrea has loved tap dancing for as long as she can remember, and strives to share this love via teaching, choreographing, producing, and working to build a thriving tap community in Cleveland.
Andrea has performed at The Detroit International Jazz Festival and at numerous tap festivals around the country. She is founder/director of 3&a Break Rhythm Ensemble, an adult tap and music based performance ensemble. Andrea works to further her tap dance knowledge by attending festivals, intensives, and master classes across the United States and Canada.
Andrea’s love of tap has strong ties to music and she defines herself as a percussion artist as well as a dancer. She has strengthened her connection to jazz music by studying with Heather Cornell at her Tap Labs. She has played and performed with the NEO Women’s Big Band as a percussive and improvisational dancer/musician, and she includes music theory in all of her tap instruction. Andrea’s classes also include tap dance history, and she enjoys learning, preserving, and passing down historical tap dances.
Andrea is also an engineer by training and has a passion for bringing fun informal STEM education to children of all ages.