Georgia Copeland, also known as "Georgie" by her family and friends, began her professional dancing career at the age of 8. At 17 she was chosen as an MGM Starlet, making many movie musicals. She went on to work with 20th Century Fox and also as a "Goldwyn" and Ziegfeld" girl. She worked with such stars as Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Buddy Ebsen and Esther Williams. Georgia married Jack Copeland and opened her first dance studio in Escondido. Through her instruction, she personally produced over 40 professional dancers. She was known for her beautiful smile, great legs and enormous heart. She has impacted the lives of so many. She is greatly missed. In 1998 Sue Gilson assumed the operation of the studio. Sue had worked with Georgia for more than 25 years and has continued her legacy of providing excellent dance technique and opportunities to dancers in North San Diego County. Sue has professional credits in jazz, Polynesian, and tap dance from performances in the Los Angeles area. Sue has choreographed musicals for Palomar College including Cabaret, Chicago, Can Can, Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story, Sweeney Todd, The Merry Widow, Quilters, Little Shop of Horrors, Kiss Me Kate, & Pippin. On frequent trips to the East Coast, Sue studies with Gus Giordano in Chicago, Frank Hatchett & Joe Lanteri in New York City and regularly participates in professional dance workshops and master classes. Sue is on the Board of Directors for the Jazz Dance World Congress and the California Rhythm Tap Project and she is on the dance faculty of the Performing Arts Department at Palomar College.
Georgia's School of Dance is located in the heart of Escondido on 142 E. Grand Avenue.
We offer Ballet, Tap Jazz, Hip Hop, Acrobatics, Lyrical, Pilates and Musical Theatre ages 2 1/2 to Adult. We hope you enjoy our web site.
Keep Dancing!
Sue Gilson
TEACHERS
K. Ballesteros - Musical Theatre & Broadway Tap
E. Buechner - Modern Dance
A. Dubie - Pre-Ballet
S. Fernandez - Pilates
S. Gilson - Jazz
P. Giracello - Children's Combo, Tap
K.J. Gonzales - Hip Hop, Competition Team
T. Ivey - Lyrical
C. Lund - Ballet/Pointe
L. Moore - Ballet
A. Russell - Jazz, Lyrical, Turns & Leaps, Competition Teams
B. Simonson - Acrobatics, Competition Acro Team
M. Tarleton - Ballroom
Georgia's School of Dance
142 E. Grand Ave
Escondido, CA 92025
(760) 745-6662
Email: info@georgiaschoolofdance.com
* Photo of Georgia not taken by Bill Kraus.
