Staff & Board

Holly Anderson Gruver
Founder, Artistic Director
As the Founder and Artistic Director of WGRUV Dance Company, Holly is trailblazing a return to the classics with a mindfulness to create new hopeful art for people young and old in Africa. She has more than twenty-five years of combined teaching and professional dance experience, as well as years of conditioning expertise aiding many in achieving fitness goals and rehabilitating through her pilates Studio-27 studio. Holly has trained with Gus Giordanno, Alvin Ailey Summer Intensives, Martha Graham Teacher training as well as completing the eight year training in Vagonva through Ljiiana Urosevic de Silva. HOlly was classically trained through the Martha Graham technique as a contemporary dancer and the Russian Ballet technique under Bonnie Mathis and Lirena Branitski in Minnesota. She holds a comprehensive Basi pilates certification and a BFA in Dance performance from SMU in Dallas, Texas. As the Founder of Johannesburg Arts Conservatory, a pre-professional training school for advanced dancers and presently a place where a la carte classes are offered, Holly hopes to inspire dancer to hone their skill to the best of their ability without losing the joy of dance for the glory of God.
Lex Gruver
Assistant Director, Rehearsal Assistant, Teacher, Company Member​
manufacturing industry, he continues to contribute in a significant way
running WGRUV Dance company, providing vision, teaching, and dance
excellence. He has acheived his 8 year teaching qualification in the Vaganova method through Ljiliana Urosevic de Silva and has produced over a dozen works, as well as co contributed to the staging of classical variations such as Flower Festival, La Bayadere variation etc.
Ruan Galdino
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Brand Agent, Assistant Director of Marketing, Social Media
Personal Assistant to Director, YJT Manager

Carli Olivier
Spanish Professional Teaching

Stella Pike ​​​
Manuel Noram​
Shannon Glover
Dean Barrett
Resident pianist
Ballet Teacher
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Ballet Teacher
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Ballet Teacher
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Kirsten Bailes
Costume Designer
Costume Assistance
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Our heartfelt gratitude to Ken Yeatman, whose dedication and vision helped lay the foundation for our mission and artistry at JAC and WGRUV Dance Company.