Our Team

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Laura Hamm founded Balance in 2021 to provide quality dance training for students of all ages. The studio experienced tremendous growth, and in the summer of 2022, it moved to a larger space on Broad Street and added recreational gymnastics to the class offerings. Balance Dance + Gymnastics is committed instilling confidence and perseverance in students of all ages in a safe, supportive environment that is FUN! 

A former professional ballet dancer with The Georgia Ballet, Laura has taught various dance styles at several schools, including Cincinnati Ballet, The Georgia Ballet, and Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education. For 15 years, Laura worked at Coxe Curry & Associates where she provided strategic fundraising consultation to nonprofit clients including: Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, Georgia Aquarium, St. Martin’s Episcopal School, and The Woodruff Arts Center. Prior to joining Coxe Curry, Laura was The Georgia Ballet’s director of marketing and development. 

Laura is a graduate of L.E.A.D. Atlanta and a founding board member of Dance Canvas Inc. She earned an M.B.A, an M.A. in Arts Administration and a B.F.A. in Dance from the University of Cincinnati. She and her husband, Darren, have two young children (and a puppy) who keep her on her toes.

Cameron Davis joined Balance Dance as an instructor in September 2021, and her high-energy jazz/hop classes immediately became a favorite among the dancers. She has trained since the age of 2 in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, and contemporary. She has taught at studios across Atlanta for beginner to advanced students, and choreographed for performances, recitals, and competitions. Along with traditional dance instruction, Cameron is certified to teach barre as well as Turn Up Dance Fitness.  Before heading to the studio to teach in the evenings, Cameron uses the skills gained while earning a BS in Sport Management and an MBA from Georgia Southern University in her career as a Marketing Manager with Talking Rain Beverage Company.

Malin has a degree in education and loves children of all ages. Nothing brings her more joy than watching students learn to love dancing! A graduate of Butler University, Malin has taught a variety of ages and dance styles across the Midwest in addition to serving as an office administrator for a ballet academy. She studied under the direction of Ashley Burkland at Ashley Ballet Arts Academy, where she trained in ballet, modern, contemporary, jazz, and lyrical for 14 years. When she’s not in the dance studio, Malin is a Solution Engineer at Salesforce, and she enjoys exploring Atlanta or curling up on the couch with coffee and a movie. 

Naya West joins Balance as a creative movement teaching assistant. A graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, Naya brings a wealth of knowledge to the studio from her experience teaching tap, musical theatre, ballet and jazz with the Augusta Youth School of Dance and Building Kidz of Roswell, among others. While in college, she spent her summers working in various dance-related jobs/internships, including a summer dance camp for underprivileged children in Augusta, GA. She has also interned at the Alliance Theatre, helping with drama, choreography and video editing classes for ages 3 – 12. In her free time, she loves to go thrift shopping, spend time with friends and family, and work on creative writing,