
Charlotte Foster Williamson
CEO/Director of Education

Jeremy Williamson
SENIOR FACULTY
Jeremy Williamson began dancing in college with UGA’s Ballroom Performance Group and performed with UGA Ballet Ensemble. After graduation, he joined Contact Dance Theatre and was a guest performer with SIDEWAYS Contemporary Dance Company in their first major show. He joined SIDEWAYS the following season and trained in ballet, jazz, and modern dance. Jeremy’s childhood passion for sports migrated to a study of fitness, strength, and conditioning in college. He is now a CrossFit Level 2 and CrossFit Kids coach. Jeremy believes strength and conditioning were an integral part of his dance training and can benefit all dancers. As an intersection of dance and fitness, Jeremy introduced the aerial program to ADC in 2014. He loves helping students overcome obstacles in the classroom as they develop bravery and resilience.

Eli Coker
Senior Faculty/Director of Development
Eli Coker is a Roswell native, first dancing with Charlotte Foster Williamson in 2006. She started at ADC in 2009 as a part of ART Company, and in 2014 she joined the faculty. Her experiences teaching at the studio inspired her to study child development and incorporate it into a dance curriculum. She graduated from Georgia Southern University in 2019 with a BS in Psychology. That same year, Eli took over as director of the Physio Jazz program and the Foster-Schmidt Dance Company. She loves sharing her unique perspective with the ADC community and looks for opportunities to continue her dance education. Eli performs with SIDEWAYS Contemporary Dance Company and is certified in Progressing Ballet Technique and Acrobatic Arts Preschool. She is excited to add to her training in the future.

Megan Long
Senior FACULTY MEMBER/Director of Operations
Megan Long graduated Summa Cum Laude from Winthrop University with a BA in Dance and a minor in Psychology in 2017. She was awarded “Most Inspiring Junior and Senior Choreographer” during her undergraduate studies. After graduation, Megan grew as a dancer, choreographer, and person in New York City while working as an Intern and Training Fellow at Gibney. Megan specializes in contemporary, tap, and jazz, garnering numerous awards for her choreography work at competitive studios throughout the southeast. Outside of ADC, Megan performs with Monica Hogan Dance Works and works backstage with Applause Talent connecting with dancers throughout the US. Megan is a dedicated teacher and finds inspiration and purpose in watching her students grow.

Semaj Johnson
FACULTY MEMBER/LOCATION MANAGER
Semaj Johnson first began studying hip-hop, tap, and capoeira in elementary school. Since then, he has built on his passion for dance and martial arts. In addition to studying Public Health Nutrition in college, Semaj has taught at Studio Arts, Austin-East High School, Breed Arts, The Good Guy Collective, The Appalachian Ballet Company, and The Carpet Theatre. He has choreographed and danced with the University of Tennessee Knoxville, Capoeira Fundo da Mata, and Southern Sole. Semaj also contributed to performances for the HoLa Festival and served as one of the lead choreographers for the theatrical production of What The Water Tells Me. As a member of the ADC team, Semaj is excited to share his expertise with his students, helping them see the arts as a pathway to self-expression and self-discovery.

Blayke Adkinson
Faculty Member/Communication Specialist

Brooke Rogers
Faculty Member/Care Specialist
Brooke Rogers is from Morehead City, North Carolina. She graduated in 2022 from the University of Georgia, with a BFA in Dance and a BA in Political Science. Through college, Brooke taught dance and group fitness as an AFAA-certified group fitness instructor. While Brooke has trained in jazz, musical theater, contemporary, modern, ballet, tap, and hip hop, she specializes in precision jazz technique and dance-based conditioning. In addition to performing with UGA’s Dance Company, she performed and choreographed in UGA’s Young Choreographer’s Series. She also competed at NDA Nationals with the UGA Red Hotz competitive dance team. Outside of her university experiences, Brooke has trained with former Rockettes, attended the Rockette Summer Intensive, and interned for Joffrey Ballet School. As a teacher, Brooke strives to cultivate a positive and collaborative class environment that allows dancers to reach their full potential. She is so excited to work with all of the dancers at ADC and share her love of dance with them!

Sam Doyle
FACULTY MEMBER
Sam Doyle grew up in the Roswell area and is an alumnae of the ARTistry Company. In May 2023, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from Kennesaw State University with a B.A. in Dance and B.S. in Secondary Mathematics Education. While at KSU, Sam traveled with the KSU Dance Company to the 2022 ACDA Southeast and the 2023 ACDA Mid Atlantic conferences as the stage manager for a variety of works including Nadir, choreographed by Ido Gidron, and Undercurrent, choreographed by Lisa K. Lock. Sam also focused her senior capstone on stage management and worked as the Production Stage Manager for the KSU Spring ‘23 Dance Concert. When she is not teaching at ADC, she enjoys teaching math at Marietta High School. Sam is excited to be returning to Atlanta Dance Central as a faculty member!