Staff

Robin T. Rich-McGhie (Acting Instructor) is a native of Newark, NJ who attended New Jersey Institute of Technology. She is an Acting Instructor at The POINTE! Studio of Dance. She received her artistic training at The Newark Community Center of the Arts and she trained as a dancer with Garden State Ballet, Alfred Gallman (Gallman Newark Dance Theatre), Phil Black Dance Studio and City Arts African Dance however; acting and the stage is her first love. Performing since age 7, she is an accomplished Singer, Actress, Director and Producer.

She has directed several stage productions in the Triad at The Gallery Players, Open Space Café Theatre, Stained Glass Playhouse, Kernersville Little Theatre, City Arts and with her company Elise Jonell Performance Ensemble. She has directed A Raisin in the Sun, The Colored Museum, 12 Angry Men, Black Mama Monologues, Fences, The Meeting, The Dinah Washington Musical, Mahalia, Crowns, Miss Ever’s Boys, HONK!, Guys & Dolls, Steal Away, For Colored Girls, The Wiz, West Side Story, Black Girl and created several theatrical ballets in conjunction with Gina Tate.

She was also a Program Coordinator of We Are One Artistic Collective at Caldcleugh Multicultural Arts Center/City Arts in Greensboro NC and an the Talent Coordinator and Executive Director of The Busta Brown Television Show and Segment Producer of “Talent Tuesday” for Busta Brown’s Afternoon “Thang” on WQMG-97.1.

Music Supervisor on a local Civil Rights Documentary “Wall That Bleed” produced by Canvas Studios and a Managing Partner with T.K.R. Entertainment Group where she was the Director of Operations & Artist Services. She was also the Executive Director & Artistic Director for Inner Village Arts–South and served for 4 years on the Board of Directors of Open Space Café Theatre as Vice President of Production. While working as a board member, she also served as the Volunteer and Arts Education Coordinator. Robin is the CEO & Artistic Director of Elise Jonell Management, Talent Agency and Performance Ensemble.

Jeanna Askew Hawkins is originally from Virginia Beach, Va. She currently resides in Guilford County and works as a Curriculum Facilitator for Guilford County Schools. Jeanna has a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education with a concentration in Dance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a Master’s Degree in Elementary Education from Elon University. She has been dancing since the age of 4 and began her formative training at Virginia Ballet Theatre in Norfolk, Va. While at Virginia Ballet Theatre she was a member of “First Pointe Players,” and an apprentice to the Company. Jeanna is also a graduate of the Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts, where she was a ballet major. Her performance roles include: “Nutcracker”, “Swan Lake”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “Coppelia”, “The Firebird”, and “Appalachian Spring.” Jeanna has choreographed and danced in “The Fantasy and Adventure of Oz: A Dance Adaption of The Wiz,” and “It’s A Hard Knock Life: A Dance Adap#on of Annie.” She is excited to be back at The Pointe! where she can combine two of her favorite things: dance and children.

Jose Rondon Jr. (Program Coordinator) has over ten years of experience as a teaching artist, administrator, and choreographer. A proud member of Actors Equity Association and the Freddie G Class of 2015, Jose thrives on organization, creativity and all forms of expression. As a teaching artist, Jose has taught in New York City and North Carolina where he has served as the Assistant Director of The Pointe! Studio of Dance. His work has been featured at the National Black Theatre Festival and has won awards at the Junior Theatre Festival. As an administrator, Jose has worked with the Hayes Taylor YMCA and Samuel French, Inc. Former students have gone on to perform professionally and in regional theatres, which include Hamilton: An American Musical, Alvin Ailey, and Dance Theatre of Harlem. Favorite choreography credits include Smokey Joe’s Café, The Lion King Experience, Hairspray Jr. (Community Theatre of Greensboro). Favorite devising credits include It’s A Hard Knock Life and Pride Land (The Pointe! Studio of Dance). Favorite performing credits include Mary Poppins (Neleus/ensemble) and Spamalot (North Carolina Theatre). Jose also thrives in the theatre world where he serves as the Manager of NC Theatre Conservatory and strongly believes that “everything happens for a reason.”

Arimentra (Sada) Lodge, (Greenville, NC), has been training in dance since the age of five. She began her training at the Greenville Civic Ballet (Greenville, NC) under the artistic direction of Kimberly Gray-Saad. Her primary focus was classical ballet, but she has also trained in jazz and modern dance. She has performed with the Greenville Civic Ballet in the annual Winter Wonder and Spring Splendor dance productions with leading roles and taught several dance classes. In 2004, at the age of 14, she received her first full summer intensive scholarship to the Dance Theatre of Harlem. In 2005 she received a full summer intensive scholarship to the Alabama Dance Theatre and in 2006 to the Atlanta Ballet. She has also received scholarships to the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre as well as the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. She has performed with the Southeast Regional Ballet Association (SERBA) in Knoxville, TN; Pittsburg, PA; Roanoke, VA; and Highpoint, NC. Sada has also attended and performed at the North Carolina School of the Arts annual dance festival. She graduated from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts, December 2013. During her time there she performed an original solo for Maya Angelou at “An Evening with Maya” and has taken classes with world renowned ballerina Misty Copeland.

Nicole Lawson (Sandy Ridge, NC) is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and activist. As a performer, Nicole has performed with Renay Aumiller Dances (RAD), Carol Finley Dance Group, Kate Davis and the Continuum Collective, and is currently a collaborator with JOYEMOVEMENT Dance Company. As a choreographer, her work investigates the pathways between injustice and hope. Her works have been presented by Meredith College in Raleigh, NC, The Emergence Festival in Durham, NC and she has presented work independently in both Durham and Stokes County, NC. Her latest work, “Elephant: A Co-production of the Artist and Her Therapist,” is an exploration of the experience of mental illness and suicidality and the pathway to recovery. Nicole is a graduate of Meredith College where she received Bachelor of Arts with majors in Dance Studies and Spanish with a Certificate in Professional Performance. This will be Nicole's first season teaching with The POINTE teaching Ballet, Contemporary, Creative Movement, and Pointe.