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Faculty
Emily Williams
Emily Williams is from Norman, Oklahoma and is a Senior at OU. She has been dancing for 13 years with training in a wide variety of styles, and is an NSB alumni! She danced competitively for 10 years and was also captain of the Norman High Pom Squad. This will be her fifth year teaching at Norman School of Ballet, where she has taught bal
Emily Williams is from Norman, Oklahoma and is a Senior at OU. She has been dancing for 13 years with training in a wide variety of styles, and is an NSB alumni! She danced competitively for 10 years and was also captain of the Norman High Pom Squad. This will be her fifth year teaching at Norman School of Ballet, where she has taught ballet, tap, acro, hip-hop, and jazz. She loves teaching the little dancers!
Samatha Rice
Samatha is a wife and dog mom to 3 huskies! Her dance education began at the age of 3 at Connie’s School of Dance in Moore, OK where she trained in ballet, tap, and jazz classes. At the age of 12, she began dancing at Massay’s Dancestar Productions in Norman, OK. Sam was a member of their competition dance team, competing in group and sol
Samatha is a wife and dog mom to 3 huskies! Her dance education began at the age of 3 at Connie’s School of Dance in Moore, OK where she trained in ballet, tap, and jazz classes. At the age of 12, she began dancing at Massay’s Dancestar Productions in Norman, OK. Sam was a member of their competition dance team, competing in group and solo categories, both of which obtained numerous awards. At Massay’s she trained in jazz, lyrical, contemporary, and hip hop. Sam also had the opportunity to travel to Disney World in Florida with Massay’s to participate in a week-long dance camp. While in high school she was employed as a teacher’s assistant at Massay’s where she helped teach beginner ballet and tap classes. In 2008 she was awarded second place in her division at the Hall of Fame Nationals dance competition with her lyrical solo.
Samatha also began participating in pageants at the age of 12, where she received multiple awards, including the Rose Rock Pageant Talent Award in her age division and several Overall Grand Talent Awards. She was also the Jr. Teen talent runner up at the Oklahoma National American Miss State pageant.
After graduating high school, Samatha went on to obtain an Emergency Medical Technician certification. She worked as an EMT for SSM Health for 2 years, when she then went on to work for EMSStat at Norman Regional Health System. There, she was voted Norman Crime Stoppers EMT of the year and National Star of Life Nominee in 2016. She worked at EMSStat for 5 years while working to obtain her degree in nursing from OSU-OKC. She spent her time working as a Registered Nurse in the emergency department, intensive care unit, and surgery departments for Norman Regional Hospital, SSM Health, and Purcell Municipal Hospital for 7 years.
Following her nursing career she obtained her personal trainer certification and several other specialty certifications including youth exercise specialist to enable her to provide for her clients in the best way she could. In 2024, she was offered a position as Dance Teacher and Choreographer at Art in Motion Dance Company in Noble, OK. At the same time she was a volunteer coach for the Noble High School Pure Gold Dance Team. This drew her back into the dance world, sparking her decision to audition for the University of Central Oklahoma dance program. In 2025, she was accepted into the UCO dance program and has begun her journey to obtain a Bachelor in Fine Art: Dance Performance and Bachelor of Art: Arts Administration. She was also accepted to be a member of the UCO KD2 performance company.
Samatha teaches ballet, jazz, contemporary, and lyrical at Norman School of Ballet and also offers private lessons and choreography. She values life, love, playfulness, happiness, Earth and animal health, and mental health.