Cammie O'Hara

As the owner and studio director of The Dance Pointe, Cammie O'Hara brings 25 years of dance experience to Dripping Springs' premier dance academy.  Originally from Dallas, Texas, Cammie began dancing at the age of three and hasn’t stopped since.  She has trained in a variety of disciplines including ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, drill team, contemporary, hip hop, Broadway, and Salsa.  She has performed at numerous events and venues including Disney Land in California, The Miss Texas Pageant, the Dallas Cowboys half-time show, and she danced the role of Cinderella in a Dallas-area ballet production. 

Under the direction of a former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader,  Cammie served as  both a line member and head officer of her 5A high school drill team.  While in high school she competed and won awards in numerous group and solo competitions and taught dance classes to local youth.  She went on to study dance and perform with the resident modern dance company while attending Texas State University.  Upon completing her Bachelor's Degree at Texas State, she received her Master's Degree from The University of Texas at San Antonio where she continued working on her jazz and hip hop technique.  

Cammie opened her first dance business in Louisville, Kentucky, in 2001, initiating a strong ballet-focused curriculum.  She left her beloved dance students in good hands when she moved with her family to Birmingham, Alabama in 2004.   While in Birmingham, she studied Salsa and classical ballet at the Alabama Dance Academy.  Since moving back to Texas in 2005, she has studied under many well-known and respected professional dancers/choreographers such as Danny Herman & Rocker Verastique (Broadway & Off-Broadway performers), Boo Ruiz (hip hop dancer/instructor/choreographer), and Artour Bajanov (Bolshoi Ballet & Moscow State Ballet dancer). 

Cammie is a certified yoga instructor with 5 years of training and 3 years of teaching experience.  She has taught yoga to children and adults and is excited about offering classes at The Dance Pointe that fuse yoga and dance together for an exciting and fun mind-body-spirit experience.

Cammie is passionate about dance and about providing children with a quality dance education.  For that reason, she currently serves as the head of the dance program at Regents School of Austin, is a member of the Texas Dance Educators Association, and continues to learn the latest styles and techniques.

Anna Freemyer
Creative Director . Instructor

Anna Freemyer began her dance training at age four in San Antonio, TX.  As a student at Incarnate Word College Ballet School she had the opportunity to perform The Nutcracker each season and was chosen to play many of the classic roles including Chinese variation, Snowflake, Waltz of the Flowers, and Clara.  Anna was also selected out of many aspiring young ballerinas to perform the Chandling Child in  A Midsummer’s Night Dream with San Francisco Ballet (on tour in S.A.) and Joffrey Ballet’s Summer Workshop.  Hoping to further her training, she became a student at Mayra Worthen’s Ballet School and subsequently a company member with the school’s resident company, Texas Ballet Concerto (now known as Ballet San Antonio).  As a company member she had the honor of performing in such classical works as Les Sylphides and The Nutcracker in addition to numerous contemporary works unique to the company. 

Anna continued her training as presidentially endowed scholarship student in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Texas at Austin.  As a dance major she performed with the resident modern dance company, Dance Repertory Theatre, and had the unique experience of being adjudicated at the American College Dance Festival .

His strongest suit is teaching Vaganova Method with an emphasis on physical strength and precise technique. He has created original choreography for regional and national ballet/contemporary dance competitions including YAGP (Youth American Grand Prix of 2007 in Chicago, IL, and Orlando, FL. in 2009), Hollywood Connection in Los Angeles, CA (2008) and many others. Artour's students have been awarded gold and silver medals for solo performances he choreographed. Many of his dancers received scholarships to pursue their dance careers at colleges and universities such as Mercyhurst College and Ohio State University.  Four of his students have even gone on to study with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and ABT.

Jennifer McCamish
Jennifer McCamish found her passion for dance early on in life and trained diligently with some of the most respected names in the industry. After graduating with a BA in Dance from the University of Texas at Austin, Jennifer set her sights on the big stage of New York City. Her first professional show came quickly once in New York, and many more followed until she landed her dream job – dancing at the legendary Radio City Music Hall as a Radio City Rockette.

After thirteen years of professional dance and one hip surgery, Jennifer has returned to Texas and her career has come full circle. She now uses her experiences as a dancer, Certified Pilates Instructor and Personal Trainer to bring the benefits of the dancer’s discipline to a much wider audience. In addition to teaching Rockette Workshops to young dancers, Jennifer teaches a unique fitness program called Dancers Shape, which she created based on her many years of dance experience.