Alicia Carson

Alicia began dancing at the age of 3, and trained in her early years in a studio in Pennsylvania. At the age of 13, she began dancing with Jeanne O’Connell. Alicia was a member of Steps Dance Center Senior Company and a member of Orchesis at her high school. She attended numerous dance conventions in the Chicagoland area.  While in high school she began working as a classroom assistant and eventually an instructor at her home dance studio. She then attended Northern Illinois University where she took numerous dance classes under Paula Frasz. She graduated from NIU with a Bachelor’s degree in Special Education. 

Alicia continued teaching dance and found her true calling at a Christian dance studio. Since she is a bible believing Christian she knew that she could use dance as a way to praise the Lord. She taught at both Steps to Grace in Rockford, IL, and Reflection Dance in Lecanto, FL. After many years of teaching, Alicia became the Dance Director of Leap of Faith Arts Ministries in Plainfield, IL. Under the guidance of the Executive Director, Becca Heye, Alicia learned the fundamentals of opening her own dance studio. After a lot of years of praying Alicia and her husband, Kyle, decided it was time to open a place of their own in October of 2016. Alicia is a mother of 3: Eli 13, Hannah 10, and Josiah 5.

Let them praise his name with dancing Psalm 149:3

Website: www.gracefulgiftsdance.com
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Email: Alicia.gracefulgiftsdance@gmail.com