About Us

History –

Originally founded by Frances Gould in 1936, this studio has consistently provided quality dance training for the youth of Cleveland and Bradley County.  Ownership transferred to Ms. Paula Duff in the early seventies, and the Ms. Carolyn Clark consolidated with Ms. Duff in the early 1990’s.   Connie and Steve Gatlin became owners in 2005, and subsequently moved the studio to its new location in the Old Woolen Mill.

Over 7,000 square feet are now dedicated to the arts in this historic building on South Church Street.  There are dressing rooms, storage rooms, three large studios, and one extremely large studio that rivals any dance instruction space in the Southeast.  Three of the studios are named for the teachers that have devoted much of their lives to the art of dance instruction --  Frances Gould, founder, Paula Duff, former owner, and Carolyn Clark, owner of her own studio that was closed in 1993.


The Owners –

Connie and Steve Gatlin have always been arts enthusiasts supporting educational and community theatre and dance performance for the youth of our community.  They began to travel visiting other outstanding dance training studios when their daughter Abigail began to seek study outside our local community.  After visiting the studios of Ballet Magnificat! (Belhaven College in Jackson, MS), North Carolina School of the Arts (Durham, NC), and Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet (Carlysle, Pennsylvania), they became aware of how much more could be offered to our local students. They have dedicated the last two years of their lives to upgrading and improving the training and facilities available.  CCB dancers work on wooden floors covered with state-of-the-art “marley” type coverings, and dancers enter safely through an off-street parking area.  As owners, they are working to establish at CCB and Bang-A-Rang an overall philosophy of (1) developing the discipline of hard work, (2) developing an appreciation of excellence, and (3) developing imagination as a God-given gift that creates art, solves problems and enriches lives immeasurably