Tina Cook
has been dancing since the age of four. She studied ballet, tap, and jazz under Shelly Ledbetter for 15 years. During that time, she was also captain of the State Championship cheerleading squad and participated in gymnastics. She was a student teacher for 3 years and has been teaching dance in studios and on her own for 14 years. She performed in the Contemporary Dance Festival in Tulsa, OK, and was also selected to participate in Tulsa Summer Arts Training and a summer intensive at Ballet Magnificat. Ms. Tina also coached numerous cheer and pom squads in the Tulsa area. She graduated from Oral Roberts University with a BS in Elementary Education, and taught first grade for 4 years (2 years at CSCS). She founded Turning Pointe Dance in the fall of 2004, and loves to share the joy of dancing and teach students how to use it for the glory of God.  She and her husband Cody have two boys, Cale and Jack and baby ballerina, Ella.

email tina: tina@turningpointeschoolofdance.com

Sofia Barrientos
began dancing at the age of 6 when she took her first ballet class. It was 7 years later that she picked up dancing again when she joined her high school dance team. They went to the State Finals her freshman year and took 3rd overall. From that point on she took anywhere from 2-5 dance classes a week as well as played sports during the ‘off season’ of her dance team. She graduated from Coronado High School and from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs with a bachelor’s degree in Communication and a minor in Music. She was a part of the Step & Hip Hop team all throughout college and was the team captain for 2 of those years. She was also involved in every intramural sporting event, volunteered for several school events, tutored Spanish to her fellow peers, and knew just about everyone at that school. She is now part of the New Life Dance Ministry where she recently performed in the Thorn production and is so excited to begin sharing her passion of dance with students at Turning Pointe School of Dance. 

email sofia: sofia@turningpointeschoolofdance.com

Liz Cates
began dancing when she was a sophomore in high school and also did gymnastics and cheerleading in junior high.  A good friend suggested that she try-out for the dance team, so she did…little did she know that her suggestion would change her life forever. She immediately began taking Jazz and Hip Hop classes at Denton Ballet Academy, as well as basic ballet classes from another local studio. She was chosen as an officer on her high school dance team and followed that with making the UNT Dancers' team. She met two girls from Denton Bible's dance ministry called Reach Across shortly after she quit the UNT dance team...their goal was to "reach across" to others through the medium of dance, and reach people with the message of Christ. It is Liz's goal to not only teach some jazz and hip hop basics, but also to have fun dancing while honoring Him who gave us the gift of dance. She looks forward to this coming year and also getting her little ones Kaitlyn and Kenzie involved in dance.

email liz: liz@turningpointeschoolofdance.com 

Christy Parcha
began dancing when she was nine. She took worship ballet classes from Janelle Adderley for two years and developed a great love of worshipping Jesus through dance. Christy went on to take classical ballet classes for four years under Patty Hoffman and has danced in numerous recitals, in nursing homes, at Focus on the Family, in churches, at the annual Father-Daughter Purity Ball, and even in living rooms! Christy was an assistant ballet teacher twice and later taught worship ballet classes on her own for two years. She has a passion to see Jesus glorified in the hearts and lives of girls everywhere!

email christy: christy@turningpointeschoolofdance.com