Mrs. Crisp graduated with honors (B.S.Ed. in Dance Education) from the University of Georgia, where she interned with visiting artists Molissa Fenley and Kent DeSpain. She completed her Master of Education and Teacher Leadership Specialist at Georgia College and State University.

She attended the American Dance Festival in Durham, NC, performed with the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange’s Hallelujah Project, and took classes from Geri Houlihan and Pamela Pietro. She also studied in Castiglioncello, Italy at ProDanza Italia with Billy Sigenfeld.

Upon returning to Macon, Mrs. Crisp joined the faculty at Dance Arts Studio and the Middle Georgia Youth Ballet. She is currently the fine arts chair and dance instructor at Vineville Academy of the Arts, teaching creative educational dance to Pre-K through fifth grade. She was the 2017/2018 Teacher of the Year. Her dance program won the School Bell Award in 2018 for excellence in creativity and instruction.

Mrs. Crisp is also on the faculty of The Jean Evans Weaver Center for Dance, where she teaches pre-ballet, ballet, pointe, modern, jazz, and is certified in Progressing Ballet Technique. She has worked with Nutcracker of Middle Georgia as a performer, an audition instructor, and as an assistant to the artistic director since 1990.