Cassie Waggoner

Core Company Dancer

Cassie began her dance training at the age of 5 at Nancy Clarke’s School of dance, training in tap, jazz and ballet. She continued her dance training at South Tulsa Dance Company, where she fell in love with contemporary and hip hop and began competing nationally. Cassie joined Portico Dance Theater and Tulsa Modern Movement in 2010 and has performed in many full-length productions including Project Alice, Elements, Super Suite, Wo, and Oklahoma Movement’s Between Us 2-Rewind,  and performed and choreographed site specific work for Oklahoma Movement’s Celebration Earth. Cassie has also danced in two music videos, Hanson’s “Give a Little” and “Thinkin‘ Bout Somethin’” and was part of Shock Ignition- a professional hip hop dance group.

Cassie teaches Contemporary and Lyrical dance at Ovations Studio and Gym, where she has had the honor of sharing her passion for dance with her students for over 12 years. When she is not dancing, she enjoys being in nature with her two boys and is currently studying to achieve her bachelor’s in nursing at the University of Oklahoma.