94 TOOMBS COUNTY MAGAZINE
Logan began taking ballet at the age of four. “The
studio was called Savannah Conservatory Dance and
opened by Maria Gibase, Elaine Giles, Amelia McShane,
and Steve and Amy Barnhill from Savannah when it first
started,” said Logan. “Instructors came from Savannah for
some classes. The dance studio changed ownership a couple
of times, and the name was changed to Vidalia Ballet.”
Logan mainly focused on ballet, pointe, and jazz,
although she took some tap dancing as well. In 2014,
at the age of fourteen, she attended the Atlanta Ballet
Summer Intensive at Georgia Southern University. The
week-long training was led by Atlanta Ballet professional
dancers and focused on ballet, contemporary, and jazz.
The following summer, Logan attended the Joffrey Ballet
Summer Intensive in Miami, Florida. Instructors included
local master teachers as well as Joffrey teachers from New
York, and the focus was ballet, contemporary and jazz. In
2017, Logan took part in a week-long Kelly & Company