Rory Vinson is a graduate from Texas State University with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance and Choreography. She is an Alumni of Texas State’s pre-professional dance company, Merge. She had the opportunity to work with international choreographer Heike Salzer, along with Torens Johnson, Ana Baer, and Michelle Nance in Merge’s production of “The Four Seasons: How We Got Here”. Rory has also enjoyed performing in Texas State’s “Introspective”, “Through Stained Glass”, and “Interludes of Reinvention”. Rory is from Kingwood, Texas, where she trained in Ballet, Tap, Contemporary, Jazz, Musical Theatre, and Improvisation at Rowland Ballard School of Ballet, as well as being a member of Kingwood Jazz & Company. She has a passion for choreographing that has led her to choreograph movement for both dance and theatre, but also allowed her to discover her love for teaching young artists. As well as teaching dance, Rory also enjoys teaching Yoga and completed her 200 hour Hatha Yoga Certification in 2022. Dance has been shaping Rory’s life for 17 years now and she has no doubt it will continue to push and grow her in all aspects of life.
