Our Team

All of our trainers are certified fitness professionals who share a passion for dance, fitness, and creating a healthier dance world.

Katherine Dial

Specializations

-NASM Certified Personal Trainer

-NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist

-STOTT Pilates Instructor

-Mobility Coach

Katherine Dial grew up dancing with The Dance Center in Tampa, FL from the age of 5. She went on to dance professionally with The Brandon Ballet from 2017-2020. During her time as a professional dancer, Katherine experienced some injuries which eventually led to the end of her professional dance career but sparked her interest in rehab, strength, and conditioning. She went through Stott Pilates training and certification as well as being certified through NASM in Corrective Exercise and Personal Training. She now works as a full time personal trainer where she specializes in “post rehab”, helping clients and athletes who are returning from physical therapy after a surgery or injury. Her passion for ballet has grown into a passion for helping others perform their best whether in daily activities, sports, dance or fitness.

Flora McLeod

Specializations

-NASM Certified Personal Trainer

Flora is originally from North Carolina and got her start in the performing arts at age 8 in musical theatre. This love for performing led her to find her passion in ballet later than most at the age of 17. After graduating high school she moved to Nashville to study at Nashville Classical Ballet Academy under the direction of Aaron Orza and has since danced with Avant Chamber Ballet, American Repertory Ballet, and is now a member of Columbia Classical Ballet under the direction of Brooklyn Mack.

After suffering a back injury Flora dove into intense physical therapy which inspired her to pursue consistent crosstraining. Flora has now been training with Proteus Fitness since 2020 and has since been inspired to become a NASM CPT herself. She believes crosstraining is one of the largest parts of injury prevention in her dance career and is elated to share this knowledge with others. Flora is very passionate about being a positive force in people's lives and is very excited to help dancers on their fitness journeys.

Jackie Nash

Specializations

-NASM Certified Personal Trainer

Jackie Nash Gill started her pre-professional ballet training at the Connecticut Dance School under the direction of Alan Woodard. She then spent two years in the dance and academic residency program at The Rock School, graduating in 2009. She did one year in the Fellowship program at Atlanta Ballet and was promoted to an Apprentice for the 2010-2011 season. The following year she became a company member and served in this role until 2021. She is currently dancing with Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre. She has also had the opportunity to teach at the Atlanta Ballet Summer Program, the Royal Dance Academy's summer session, The Neighborhood Ballet Summer Intensive, Perimeter Ballet, Chattanooga Dance Theatre and Terminus School of Modern Ballet. Jackie started her cross training journey with Proteus and was inspired to become a trainer because of their amazing mission and positive environment.

Cinnamon Dizon

Specializations

-NASM Certified Personal Trainer

Cinnamon began her lifelong love of dance when her orthopedist recommended ballet as a form of physical therapy when she was just three years old. She has been a dancer for over fifty years, a dance educator for thirty-six, with a career spanning many realms from professional ballerina, competitive ballroom, cruise ship performance, studio owner, choreographer and teacher, to musical theater director. She currently teaches ballet, strength and conditioning, and choreographs musical productions at Orbit Arts Academy.

After a significant foot injury she began cross training to keep her body in the best condition possible whilst rehabbing her foot, awaiting the moment she was released to dance again. Once she was back in the studio she recognized how much cross training impacted her dancing for the better even after a years absence. This ignited a passion for the benefits of cross training as a means to continue to dance optimally with less injuries as the body ages. She began training with Alex in 2020 and simultaneously studying to become a certified personal trainer. Through Alex’s encouragement, she has become not only a NASM CPT, but also a Proteus Fitness trainer! Cinnamon says it is an honor to be a part of such an amazing team training dancers to be the best they can possibly be, with a better understanding of their bodies and how they work.

Christian Clark

Specializations

-NASM Certified Personal Trainer

Born and raised in Atlanta, Christian Clark began his dance training at the age of eight under the direction of Robert Barnett. His dance career has spanned twenty years, working as a principal artist with the Atlanta Ballet, and as a principal guest artist with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet & the Orlando Ballet. Clark has performed leading roles in iconic ballets like Swan Lake, Giselle, Roméo et Juliette, and Dracula to name a few. He has danced works by world-renowned choreographers such as Twyla Tharp, Ohad Naharin, Alexander Eckman, Liam Scarlett, Yuri Possokhov, Jorma Elo, Stanton Welch, Wayne MacGregor, and Jiří Kylián. In 2017, Clark co-founded Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre, where he currently serves as a dancer and educator. Christian has a passion for teaching and has been a guest instructor at the Greater Atlanta Christian School, Agnes Scott College, and Kennesaw State University, as well as a co-director of Atlanta Ballet’s professional summer intensive. Clark has been training with Proteus Fitness since its inception and is thrilled to be joining the team as a NASM Certified Personal Trainer. 

Kate Heulitt

Specializations

-NASM Certified Personal Trainer

Born and raised in New Jersey, she started her training as a competitive gymnast and dancer at Central Jersey Dance and Gymnastics. She competed with her team in both national dance competitions and dance team competitions. Additionally, in high school Kate started classical ballet and modern training at New Jersey Dance Theater Ensemble (NJDTE). After graduating high school, she continued to train at Marymount Manhattan College, where she earned her BFA in Dance with a ballet concentration in 2021. Her professional career includes touring with Connecticut Ballet, Chevalier Ballet, and she is currently a company member with First State Ballet Theater in Wilmington, Delaware. 

Because of her interest in human anatomy, she always wanted to find a way to help students and fellow dancers learn how to properly condition and treat their bodies. After dealing with chronic hip pain and a lot of physical therapy, Kate started training with Alex Gonzaga and was inspired to become a trainer herself. While strength is one of the main benefits of cross training, confidence is too. She wants to help dancers increase both strength and confidence to bring all they can to every class and performance.

Faith Woodyard

Specializations

-NASM Certified Personal Trainer

-NASM Certified Nutrition Coach

-Barre Fitness Instructor

Faith Woodyard is from Baltimore, Maryland. She graduated from George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology. She received her early dance training at Carroll County Dance Center & Ballet Conservatory under the instruction of Megan Logee, Bat Udval, Paul Wegner, and Jessica Huebner. She was awarded Top 12 in the classical category at Youth America Grand Prix, finalist at the Kennedy Center Ballet Master Class Series, and performed with American Ballet Theatre at the Kennedy Center. Faith attended summer programs, many on scholarship such as American Ballet Theatre, Carolina Ballet, Richmond Ballet, and American Repertory Ballet. She was a Trainee with the Richmond Ballet, American Repertory Ballet, and second company member of American Repertory Ballet. In 2021, Faith was a faculty member and guest performer with Carroll County Dance Center and was a guest performer with Misako Ballet. Faith joined Florida Dance Theatre as a company artist for the 2022-23 performance season. Faith is passionate about health and fitness. Alongside Faith’s professional dance career she started her own private coaching business, where she offered one on one personalized training sessions. She is excited to work with more dancers and help them gain strength that will help improve their dancing.