Ballroom classes are taught by Tom
Cwynar and Ed & Carol Drewel. These instructors are
professional teachers with many years of ballroom dance
training and experience.
Ballet classes
are taught by Alla Gerasimova. She is trained in
classical Russian ballet. Her classes emphasize proper
technique at the barre and on the floor.
Belly Dance is taught by Gaylin
Carver. She has many years of both choreography
and perfomance experience. She learned and perfected the dance moves
while teaching in Egypt.
Tai Chi is taught by Brandon
Smith who has been professionally trained, especially in
the 24 Beijing forms and Chi Gong.
Zumba is taught by
Cassie Lentz who
is a Zumba-certified instructor.
Children's Belly
Dance is taught by Kristen Heidebreder & Cassie Lentz.
Both are well-accomplished bellydancers and are very
good with children.
Modern Dance is taught by Candace
Ingren. Modern dance is an amalgamation of jazz, ballet,
and hip hop.
Candace Ingram is a native of Columbia,
Missouri. Ms.. Ingram has been dancing for 24
years. She studied classical ballet with
Halcyone Ewalt Perlman and performed with the
Mid-Missouri Dance Theatre in her youth. She
studied professional dance from 1998-2000 at
Alvin Ailey American Dance Center in New York
City. She danced and performed with the
Kotchegna African Dance Company under the
direction of Vado Diomande and trained with
the Forces of Nature Dance Company, both in
New York.
