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Catherine Saliba |
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Catherine Saliba began teaching ballroom dancing at a large franchised studio at age 17. She trained extensively at the Dayton Ballet for nine years, and was in their pre-professional company for four years. After leaving the Dayton Ballet, Catherine studied middle eastern belly dancing for six years and still performs proffesionally . Catherine has studied flamenco, hindi, armenian, american tribal, modern, and jazz dancing. She also performed in various broadway productions with Muse Machine for 2 years. She enjoys teaching students from beginners to advanced in American Rhythm, American Smooth, International Latin, and Salsa. |
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Jayson Michaels |
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Jayson Michaels is an international dancer, teacher and choreographer. While teaching for The Dance Factory in Kenney Louisiana, Jayson had the opportunity to teach Brittney Spears for three years when she was a little girl. He has recently returned from La Paz, Bolivia where he was fulfilling a guest artist residency teaching ballroom. hip-hop, lyrical, ballet and jazz. He has been teaching ballroom for fifteen years and is certified thru the highest level.Jayson enjoys teaching brand new students....as he explains, "they have no bad habits"!
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Shay Rebollo |
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Shay was born in New York City and studied dance at The City Ballet for 6 years. She then trained at Dance Exposure, a family owned studio, in Edison New Jersey. Shay moved to Dayton and worked with Rhythm and Shoes and DCDC for one year. She studied with Lori Bellilove who was trained in the line of Isadora Duncan in Athens, Greece. She has also performed vocal and dance pieces in small theater productions and venues. |
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Chris Craft |
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Chris began dancing while obtaining his engineering degree in college, and his passion for dance quickly carried him to an instructor position. He organized and taught dance classes at Mississippi State University for over 2 years and spearheaded the MSU dance instructor training program. He has also worked with LaBelle Ballroom in Jackson, Mississippi and is highly trained in American Smooth, American Rhythm, Swing, Salsa, and club dances. He enjoys teaching people of all levels and loves to see his students develop in their skills and confidence. |
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Aaron Ordaz |
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Aaron is born of Hispanic descent, but has lived in the U.S. and for most of his life has loved dancing! For many years he has been instructing Ballroom dancing, and enjoys teaching both competitive and social students. For the last three years Aaron has been competing Pro/Am at Ohio Star Ball where his students consistently place in the top of their categories. Aaron also enjoyed a “claim to fame” while participating in the Dancing With The Stars traveling show as a finalist! Currently, he competes with his professional partner in the Rising Star Latin division. Aaron teaches American Smooth/Rhythm and International Standard/Latin. |
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Guest Instructors
In additional to the outstanding instructors we have on our staff, we also have a number of world-class guest instructors who visit our studio. Our guest instructors include:
• Liene Apale
• David Rosario
• Gherman Mustuk
• Iveta Lukosuite
• Maja Serve
• Susan and Brian Puttock
• Bill Sparks
• Rufus Dustin
• Dan Rutherford
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