Teachers, Staff, and faces of APDD 

Abbey Prihoda Mahoney, Owner/Director   

2009-Present

Abbey Prihoda is seeking a Bachelor of Science Degree in University Studies with a Concentration in Dance, as well as a minor in Business and Creative Studies from Texas A&M University, Class of 2013. Abbey was five years old when she started dancing under the direction of Susie Haynie, owner of local studio Susie Haynie’s School of Dance in Navasota, Texas. She has also had the opportunity to perform at annual dance showcases since the age of 5, and performed at many sporting and community events such as Fair on the Square and the Pecan Lakes Golf Tournament, as well as holiday events. She was an assistant at Susie Haynie’s School of Dance at a young age, and also a teacher and assistant at The Dance Station under Lee Ann Haynie from Fall 2008-December 2009.  Since then Abbey has been the Owner of A P Dance Dimensions in Navasota, Texas where genres as hip hop, ballet, tap, jazz, modern, contemporary etc, are offered.  She is the main teacher and choreographer for the studio as well as manages the business. As of May 2014 she has produced five successful recitals with approximately 80-100 dancers. Most recently the studio has moved to a new location offering a studio and gymnastics room in the facility. Throughout her time at A&M, Abbey has had the pleasure of learning under the direction of Christine Bergeron, Carisa Armstrong, and Kathleen Byrne of Texas A&M University.  She has been fortunate to take master classes from prestigious teachers and choreographers such as Mia Michaels, Wade Robson, Dave Scott, Mike Minery, and Dan Karaty from FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance?” She has also had the privilege to take master classes from Brazos Dance Collective’s Andrea Sheridan and Jessica Ray Herzogenrath and other prestigious guest artists through Texas A&M University. .