Posted by Jamin Rathbun on 10/07/06.
Contact Information:
Address:
Trinity Arts Center
909 Chase Drive
Johnson City, TN 37604
Telephone:
423-926-6048 - Office Machine
423-794-7257 - Jamin's Mobile
423-794-7259 - Tanya's Mobile
Email:
Jamin Rathbun
Tanya Rathbun
Directions:
From State of Franklin, TURN RIGHT onto Oakland (toward the entrance to Cheddar's and Barnes & Noble). TURN RIGHT at Franklin Terrace (the first light). GO PAST the entrance to Cheddar's to the T in the road. TURN LEFT at the T onto Chase Drive (if you turn right, you go into the Sam's Club parking lot). We are the two-story brick building on the left with the bright green sign between the trees. Additional parking is available at the back of the building.
Directors:
Tanya Rathbun, Artistic Director
tanya@trinityartscenter.com
Tanya Rathbun has over 20 years of professional experience, teaching and performing with respected companies in the U.S. and abroad. She has had the good fortune to train and work under some of the best dancers and choreographers in the business, including The Chicago City Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Rotara Ballet of Atlanta, Joel Hall Dancers, Danceworks Conservatory, Central Ballet of Greeneville, and The Störling Dance Theatre.
Tanya s performance experience ranges from classic roles in traditional ballets such as the Nutcracker, to fast paced flapper and swing choreography set to the big band music of the 1920 s. Her broad range includes everything from entertaining jazz-centric performances aboard an international cruise line, to a variety of modern roles with neo-classical ballet companies, and experessive lyrical performances, as part of her own original ballets -- God With Us, Remember Me, and Genesis.
Tanya currently serves as the artistic director and owner of Trinity Arts Center, a multi-disciplinary arts school founded in 2006, where she continues to teach and direct a variety of classes and productions each year. Tanya continues to explore diverse styles of dance with a committment to lifelong learning and growth as a performer and dance educator.
Tanya, along with her husband and five children, are actively involved in the arts & homeschool communities in their home town of Johnson City, TN.
Jamin Rathbun, Executive Director
jamin@trinityartscenter.com
Jamin (a proud father of five) directs the day to day business operations of Trinity Arts Center. He received a scholarship to study Secondary Vocal Music Education at Northwest Missouri State University before leaving school early to tour nationally with a Hot Pink Turtle, the well-known Christian super-group. = )
Jamin is a songwriter who plays piano, guitar, and "anything he can get his hands on." In addition, Jamin has toured, performed, and led music for churches, events, and youth camps across the country.
Jamin is also an experienced consultant and business strategist, having led departments and development teams for a variety of advertising, marketing, design, and development companies in the Kansas City, St. Louis, and Tri-Cities areas.
David Rathbun, Advisory Director
david@trinityartscenter.com
David Rathbun serves as Vice President of Personnel Development with Avant Ministries, a short cycle international missions and church planting organization. Prior to joining Avant, David served as Vice President of Human Resources for one division of a multi-industry Fortune 500 company.
David holds Masters Degress in both education and counseling. He has experience as a church youth minister, a bible college instructor and counselor, and as a community, organization and leadership development consultant and trainer. Over the past two decades, he has authored and presented leadership and professional development programs for organizations around the globe including programs in the United States, Saudi Arabia, England, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, Mali, Ecuador, Argentina, Spain, and Switzerland.
David and his wife Carla are members of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Liberty, Missouri. They have two children and seven grandchildren.
Instructors:
Instructor bios and contact information are available on the Education Page.
