Multi-talented, award-winning dance artist Roshanda Demetric Spears works in community venues, schools, dance studios, and universities teaching dance in Northwest Louisiana and surrounding areas. She is the Managing Director of Shufflin’ Along, LLC where she instructs private dance lessons, choreography, and fitness. Awards include Artist Fellowship in Dance for 2007-2008/2014-2015, Outstanding Choreography, and Excellence in Choreography for the 2011 Louisiana and Regional American Association of Community Theatres (AACT) Festival. In 2019, she was inducted as an honorary member of Chi Tau Epsilon Honorary Dance Society, Grambling State University. In the same year, she was honored and inducted by the Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc., Shreveport Chapter, “Outstanding Women Achievers: Her Story In History” in the area of Performing Arts. Spears directed the inaugural landmark SUSLA-GSU Homecoming 2020 Artists Reunion & Virtual Performance. Spears is the dance instructor/choreographer at Shreveport Little Theatre and the Dance Ministry Coordinator for Greenwood Acres Dance Ministry of Greenwood Acres Full Gospel Baptist Church. Spears also provides fitness/exercise/dance with Shreveport Parks and Recreation (SPAR) and is the resident choreographer for Mahogany Ensemble Theatre. In 2021-2022, alongside three other colleagues, she helped develop a Dance Appreciation Course for the State of LA for dual enrollment high school students and 1st-year college freshmen. In March 2023, she was honored by Shreve Memorial Library’s, David Raines Branch, “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories,” recognizing women in all forms of media. Spears is the Founding Executive Director of the Shufflin’ Along Foundation & Performing Arts Scholarship Fund. Future endeavors, national choreography projects, and working toward her doctoral degree.