Inertia Performing Arts

Candice Kemp is the founder and director of Inertia Performing Arts Center. She attended Baltimore City College High where she was a member of the BCC Dance Ensemble. During this time she studied intensively with Experimental Movement Concepts and its performing company perfecting various dance styles including ballet, tap, jazz, modern, and hip hop. After graduation Candice went on to Temple University in Philadelphia, where she had a concentration in Graham technique (under Kun Yang Lin) and Classical Ballet. She returned to Baltimore to teach Classical Ballet, Modern, and Hip Hop, and to continue her dance education at CCBC as a member of their dance company. In 2009 Candice became a member of the professional dance company Poetic Xpressions, both as a dancer and a member of their Advisory Board. Candice's teaching background includes Experimental Movement Concepts (MD and PA locations), Friends School, AFYA Charter School, Towson University's Hip Hop Club, and a host of outreach and after school programs. Her entrepreneurial spirit paired with her experience as dancer/teacher/choreographer, helps brings a unique sense of style and love of movement to Inertia Performing Arts.

Amanda Fair is a full time artist who has been both dancing and writing and performing poetry for over nineteen years. She graduated from The Baltimore School for the Arts and The University of the Arts in Philadelphia where she received her BFA in Ballet Performance. She has worked with choreographers such as Milton Myers and Ronen Koresh. During her last year of college she studied at The Dance Theatre of Harlem for her senior year on internship. Since returning to Maryland Ms. Fair has performed with a number of different companies, including Full Circle Dance Company, Dishibem Contemporary Dance Group, and Shange Dance Productions. She was also a member of the Washington Reflections Dance Company and is now founder and director of Poetic Xpressions Dance Company. Amanda is a dance instructor as well as a private dance coach and has taught at The Dance Institute of Washington, the Morton Street Dance Center, and The University of the Arts summer intensive to name a few. She is currently teaching Inertia Performing Arts, Rayn Fall Dance Studio and is on faculty at The Community College of Baltimore County (Essex campus). Ms Fair is author of two books, Revealed and UnSpoken Words, of one spoken word CD, JOURNEY, and has performed as a spoken word artist all over Baltimore as well as DC. Her choreography can be seen on PXDC, Full Circle Dance Company and Shange Dance Productions and she is currently performing with PXDC and VTDance which is under the direction of Vincent Thomas.