{"id":213447,"date":"2026-03-31T19:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213447\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T19:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:32:08","slug":"bloomingdale-theater-shines-under-new-choreography-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213447\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloomingdale Theater Shines Under New Choreography Director"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Teddi Rollins, choreography director for Bloomingdale High School.<\/p>\n

Teddi Rollins became the choreography director for Bloomingdale High School in November 2025. An upcoming May graduate of University of Tampa, she found out about the position from her University of Tampa (UT) professor. After meeting with Bloomingdale\u2019s theater director, Dr. Chad Cornwell, about his vision for the program, she took on the role focusing on their April production of Once Upon a Mattress.<\/p>\n

Cornwell said having Teddi part of the program has brought it to the next level.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents from UT add a level of professionalism to our program, building a strong foundation of dance and movement, and basic skills and vocabulary that take BSHS students to the next level,\u201d Cornwell said.<\/p>\n

Rollins brings a refined skill set and passion to the program. She danced competitively for years and teaches the competitive theater classes at the Arts Conservatory for Teens, a not-for-profit organization that provides arts education to students in at-risk communities.<\/p>\n

For the Once Upon a Mattress shows on Friday and Saturday, April 10 and 11, Rollins\u2019 role is everything show-related \u2014 including conducting, makeup, costumes, dancing, singing, acting and directing choreography.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShe demands a lot but nothing that is out of reach for our students. And the students are responding. They understand and use vocabulary correctly when they talk and physically, they accept challenges optimistically. And I think they are really excited to show what they have been learning,\u201d Cornwell said.<\/p>\n

Rollins said she has enjoyed getting to know her students and challenging them. She has been teaching them the Solf\u00e8ge breakdown, which is new to many of the students who have not been in choir. Rollins said she likes to see her students blossom.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have this one number called Spanish Panic. It\u2019s a R&B hip hop number. They were like, \u2018You\u2019re kidding. We are not doing this on stage.\u2019 I told them, \u2018We absolutely are.\u2019 And now it\u2019s all of their favorite number. You can see the light in their eyes when they do it. It\u2019s so fun to watch,\u201d Rollins said.<\/p>\n

Rollins will graduate in May from the University of Tampa with a degree in musical theater, a minor in professional education and a concentration in African studies.<\/p>\n

For more information about Bloomingdale Theater, visit www.bloomingdaletheatre.org\/<\/a>. For more information about the University of Tampa\u2019s Department of Music, visit www.ut.edu\/academics\/college-of-arts-and-letters\/department-of-music<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teddi Rollins, choreography director for Bloomingdale High School. Teddi Rollins became the choreography director for Bloomingdale High School…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-213447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}