Looking for a knowledgeable, qualified tap dance teacher? Each tap dance teacher listed below has graduated and received his/her teacher certification from the American Tap Dance Institute's Teacher Training and Certification Program (known in professional circles by the "TTP" acronym) and as such comes recommended by the American Tap Dance Institute (ATDI), the higher-education division of the National Tap Ensemble, USA.
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- Graduates are listed in alphabetical order.
- You will find the year the teacher graduated in parentheses after each
name as well as the area where she/he teaches classes on a regular basis
(when applicable.)
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 | Rosa
Ancín (2005) - Avila, SPAIN  Rosa Ancín has been involved in dance classes since her childhood in her home-town, Salamanca, Spain, and there she started to show her creativity when choreographing dances at school for her colleagues. She has experienced many different kinds of dance from modern and classical, to ballroom and folk Spanish and international dances, learning dances from Israel, Rumania, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Ireland, Senegal, Italy etc. In her youth Rosa belonged to an artistic group of Folk dances and traditions in Salamanca doing research and performances with 2 shows in Spain “Salmantinidades” & “De Pascuas a Ramos”(1983-84). Later on Rosa focused on dances from Israel and received classes from French Masters such as Vincent Parodi & Benny Assouline, and also received training of these dances with the own creators in workshops in Spain , France , England and Bulgaria. She also attended the Koprivshtitsa traditional dance and music Festival where she had classes with the prestigious dancer Belco Stanev. When Rosa moved to Ávila she started some teacher training in ballroom and latin in Madrid combining it with tap dance classes and workshops in Madrid, Barcelona, Ireland and France. She graduated in the University of Salamanca with a degree in English Philology and Pedagogy and now she combines her work as an English teacher in High school in Arenas de S. Pedro, Ávila, with her professional career as a ballroom, Latin and tap dance teacher.She has studied Spanish dance with prestigious dancers such as José Granero, Isabel Quintero, Cintia,Candela Soto, Berta Vallribera and Pilar San Clemente (actress and first ballerina of Antonio Gades ballet and one of his wives), and Rosa currently belongs to an artistic group of flamenco dance directed by Pilar in Arenas with performances in the area. Rosa´s philosophy is that “a good teacher is always learning and a good dancer must communicate to his/her audience” .Therefore she is constantly receiving formation from different sources and getting in touch with different styles of dance and music. Her passion for Tap led her to join classes in Madrid with Barry Burguess ,John Óbrien and Louisa Merino. She also traveled away from Spain and had some training in France having classes with Victor Cuno and Fabrice Martin in 2003 .Finally She traveled to the USA and joined the Teacher Training Certification Program with the American Tap Dance Institute which gave her a solid foundation in tap teaching. She teaches tap dance in Arenas and Salamanca and regularly attends workshops in Spain. Rosa likes working with different kinds of music in her classes and she likes to focus on style & performance quality, on occasion mixing flamenco and Latin movements when dancing tap and bringing an ingredient of fun to the class. She considers that technique is important but she is convinced that dance is communication and every dancer has ideas & feelings to express, therefore some training in self-expression & style is something a dancer mustn't lack. “I´m grateful for the wisdom and training received from the TTP and feel honored to be the first Spaniard to graduate from the American Tap Dance Institute.” |
| Joyce
Aspinall (1999) - Colorado, USA  Joyce Aspinall has been tap dancing since the age of three. She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in mathematics and science, a Masters Degree in education and psychology, studied dance at the University of Colorado and studied ballet in Belgium. During her college career she performed and was lead dancer in children's musicals and she continues to perform. She has taught dance, with emphasis on tap, in public high schools as well as college classes and owned and operated a school of dance. Throughout this time she choreographed for high school musicals, cheer leaders and pep squads. She is now on the faculty of Kim Robards Dance where she was also on the board of directors for the dance company and is an independent teacher at other studios in the Denver area.
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| Ann
Bergeron (1999) - Minnesota, USA  Ann Aiko Bergeron is a Morse-Alumni Distinguished Professor of Theatre at the University of Minnesota, Duluth where she heads the performance programs, teaching courses in jazz and tap dance as well as movement for actors and acting courses. She has also held teaching/production positions at Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education, in Brisbane, Australia and the University of South Dakota, Vermillion. Ann received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Fine Arts in Dance from the University of California, Irvine, and Master of Fine Arts in Directing from The University of Texas at Austin. Ms. Bergeron is a two-time Fulbright-Hays
Seminar awardee, representing American dance and theatre educators both in the
People¹s Republic of China and later, in India. Her directing, choreographing,
teaching assignments, and guest workshops have taken her across the U.S.A. as
well as to China, Australia, England, Finland, Hungary, India, Taiwan, and
Romania. In her career as a dance/theatre artist, Ann has choreographed over
25 concert dance works, and directed and/or choreographed over 45 plays and
musicals, including CABARET, INTO THE WOODS, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, DAMN
YANKEES, CHICAGO, OKLAHOMA!, A CHORUS LINE, SWEET CHARITY, and GUYS AND DOLLS.
In 1993 Ms. Bergeron was a McKnight Summer Fellow for her project ³The
Computer and the Choreographer: Dancing with Technology.² She is also a recent
recipient of career development grants from both the Jerome Foundation and the
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, which have been instrumental in the
development of her current work in the tap dance idiom. |
| Jillian
Bateman (2003) - Washington, USA   Dancer, Singer, Bass player, Mother, Jillian Bateman owns her own studio on Bainbridge Island, near Seattle, WA, that focuses completely on tap dancing for all ages and levels. Her company performs at community events such as the Kitsap music awards, The Kitsap County Fair and outdoor festivals. She has been trained under Reggie Bardach, Johnson and Peter's and Chris Baker. She continually works towards expanding her skill in dance by attending different festivals and workshops local and national. Jillian takes her 20 years of dancing experience and combines jazz tap with a well rounded knowledge of what tap is all about. Her focus as a teacher is to give students an opportunity to make dancing fun and exciting, while becoming a well rounded performer. "Since graduating from ATDI, I have become even more passionate about tap dancing and appreciate what the TTP and ATDI faculty are doing to keep tap alive." |
| Christophe
Château (2005) - Jersey, UNITED KINGDOM  Christophe started tapping when he was 17 years old in an adult beginner’s tap class. As the only man in the class and a late comer to ‘tap’ Christophe showed an early love for Tap dance and a determination to improve and constantly learn – character attributes that have stayed with him ever since. After a 2 year stint in Oregon, Christophe discovered a love for dance and with determination in his heart, danced professionally for over 12 years back in the UK. Christophe learned the trade ‘on the go’. In each show he would ask the dancers to show him the moves, until he could not only do them, but perform them better. This talent enabled Christophe to dance for many years in the UK and abroad for both residential and touring shows. During this time Christophe earned his British Equity card and eventually one particular show brought him to the beautiful island of Jersey, where he now lives with his wife and two daughters. Christophe and his wife Julie now run a local entertainments company ‘Performers’ and specialize in corporate dance and theatre for the corporate entertainment industry. Christophe is now teaching Street Jazz and Adult Tap Dance for Performers as well as teaching tap dance for the local Adult Education College. Christophe is also a professional mime and clown, so he is naturally great with kids and hopes to start teaching children’s classes soon. Christophe strongly believes that as a tap dance teacher he has a role to play in shaping the next generation of tap dancers. He is very passionate about utilizing his skills and knowledge and is working hard to create more tap opportunities - especially to encourage more boys to try tap dance. They just don’t yet know what they are missing and how much fun it is! Mr. Château is "very proud to be the first British person to graduate from the TTP. I would like to thank Chris Baker for his guidance during the TTP and for his never ending support and focus."
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| Justine
Coulon (2001) - Florida, USA 
 Justine Coulon is a well-versed teacher in tap, jazz and ballet (Vaganova method) and is currently on faculty at two private dance studios. She has taught for the American Tap Dance Institute's "Spirit of Tap" Conference, the Sarasota Ballet, the Sarasota Visual and Performing Arts high School, the International Summer School held at the Sarasota Ballet, and for Theater Works, a professional theater company. Justine is also sought after by Dance Masters of America, National Association of Dance and Affiliated Artists and other conventions held in the United States, Puerto Rico and Mexico. Her early training with MaryLou Ney and Orest Sergievsky along with her professional performances as a soloist with the Circle Ballet Company and Connecticut Ballet enabled her to open a very successful dance academy that produced many professional dancers and choreographers during its 18 years. Justine is a “disciple” of Gus Giordano and has demonstrated for him throughout the United States. She appears on the video “The Jazz Ambassador” and she is currently writing a book about Mr. Giordano and his unique style. As a graduate of the University of New Haven with a Bachelor of Science in Water Quality Control Engineering, she has been able to use the mathematics and physics of science and apply these principles to her unique teaching abilities. Currently, Justine is an adjudicator for competitions on the East coast and is choreographing for two professional jazz companies. "The American Tap Dance Institute enabled me to further my education and made me realize that I will never stop learning about this wonderful art form: tap. I am currently working on the physics of tap and how it can affect the dynamics and other nuances of the sounds produced by our tap shoes and feet." |
| Kelly
DeBouver (2003) - Nova Scotia, CANADA  It has been said that great dancers are not great solely because of their technique, they are great because of their passion - a passion that developed early for Kelly DeBouver. Kelly began dancing at age three and currently teaches dance in Berwick and Kentville, Nova Scotia in Canada. She has studied under various teachers across Canada and the United States and began her own dance school in 2000, teaching tap and jazz. She has performed in numerous events such as the Nova Scotia International Tattoo (in which she wore foot microphones in order to be heard by the 10,500 spectators) and at various community events and theme parks. She has tapdanced on the morning show Breakfast Television twice and has competed across the Maritime Provinces winning numerous awards. She volunteers at local schools and and recreational programs promoting dance and her dancers perform across Nova Scotia at local events and competitions. Although she loves every form of dance, tap has always been her favorite. Her passion for tap brought her to ATDI: "My experience with the TTP program has taught me the value in the words spoken by Albert Einstein when he said, "It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy, creative expression and knowledge." |
| Lourdes
De la Isla (2007) - Mexico City, MEXICO  "I started dancing “officially” at the age of 7 years old, unofficially I think, the moment I found out that I could move my body and feet to the music. My love for dancing is part of my essence. I recall being very young when one of my first elementary school teachers was going to perform for other teachers, I hid under the tables of the dinning room from my school to see her dancing, of course I got into trouble, but I did not care, because it was the best experience I could have had. Finally after many arguments and interminable talks from my mom to convince me that every girl wanted to become a dancer, she was the one who understood that I really wanted to dance, so I started my formal lessons with a marvelous teacher, Betty La Fontaine, she knew exactly how I felt about dance and gave me the opportunity to take every class in her studio, for just a symbolic charge, so from 4 to 10 PM I would be dancing every week day, taking classes from Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Hawaiian and Tahitian, Afro, Folk Mexican dances, Flamenco dance, Latin dances. I was the happiest kid in the entire world. As I grew up I wanted to decide which type of dance was my favorite and against all odds, because I loved Flamenco too, I started dancing Tap basically, I went to study College to the USA, in California and met another icon in my Tap dancing teaching career, Jéré Curry. He gave me the opportunity to keep returning to his Summer Dance Camps for 12 years in a row, after I needed to come back to my country to finish my Psychology Major here in Mexico. In these Camps I had the chance to take classes with Eddie Brown, Linda Sohl Donell, Connie Mockenhaupt, Althea Short, Celine Cagney among others. In the meantime I started teaching here in Mexico and in the Summer as a TA with Mr. Curry. Also started looking for new learning possibilities in other places such as New York, Portland, Or., Texas, and there I also had the chance to take classes from Sam Weber, Heather Cornell, Gracey Tune, Debbie Dee, etc. These opportunities have been such a blessing for my now yearlong career as a Tap dancing teacher. At the same time, here in Mexico, I started learning the ISTD (Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing), tap dancing training with Joan Mondellini, to get my Associate and Associate Diploma (Teaching degrees). My last but not least training is now with the ATDI and Program Director, Chris Baker, which has made me reconfirm my passion-mission as a Tap dancing teacher. My practice as a Psychotherapist is one of the complements to my life purpose, which includes goals such as, be a mentor to my students, share the therapeutic characteristics of tap dancing, spread the seed of love for tap dancing here in my country and tap dance to Latin music. Currently I teach every year in the Summer for the Davis Art Center and the rest of the year in my own my dance Studio, Harmony 2000, in Mexico City." |
| Stephanie
Dick (2007) - Morris, Minnesota, USA [No picture or biographical information received from graduate] |
| Karin
Dierckx (2003) - Schiedam, THE NETHERLANDS  Karin Dierckx is a Belgian dance teacher living in the Netherlands these days. She is a Datacomms engineer with a huge passion for dance. Though tap dance has a special place in her hart, it is by no means the only form of dance she practices. Karin followed ballet training (RAD system), and works towards teacher certification in that area as well. Karin is a performing member and soloist of the "Rudolf Fitskie Showdancers", a showdance team that performs regularly in the Netherlands and abroad. Lately she has been lucky enough to have been given a tap dance solo in one of the theme shows! Whenever and wherever she can she attends jazz dance workshops; Karin loves to learn from lots of jazz dance teachers and aims to build her own style out of as wide an variety of styles she can get herself exposed to. She also teaches a Jazz Fast beginners class at the Rudolf Fitskie Dance Studio in Schiedam, The Netherlands. Soon after Karin took her first tap-steps, she became addicted to this wonderful art form. She began studying at European and US workshops almost immediately, more often than not with the great teachers of the National Tap Ensemble. She is delighted to have had the opportunity to go through the ATDI's Tap Teacher Training Program, and is proud to have graduated together with a team of great tap teachers in the Summer of 2003. Karin teaches weekly classes at the Rudolf Fitskie Dance Studio. She has also taught as a guest teacher at International workshops in The Netherlands and France: "Tap dance is a never ending journey - are we lucky or what!" |
| Heidi
Eber (2001) - Maryland, USA  Dancer, singer, student, Heidi Eber began performing at age 4 and continues to study dance today. She has a Bachelor of Science in International Politics from Georgetown University and worked for the Federal Government for 6 years. She enjoys being a full-time Mom and part-time dance instructor, teaching Tap, Jazz, and Lyrical. Heidi is also active in various volunteer works with Girl Scouts, her United Methodist Women units, and the local public school. “Working with the younger generation, and in particular, with young girls, is critical to the future of this country. Children today need positive role models and validation to enhance their spiritual self-esteem. They need to know that they can do anything - whether it’s wings in tap or flying for the Armed Services. Dance is something they can do their entire lives, and as a foundation makes all other exercises, sports or martial arts, easier. Besides that, tap dance is the most fun of all. What kid do you know that doesn’t clomp around the house making as much noise as possible? Why wouldn’t you want to turn that noise into real rhythm… with tap dance!” |
| Mark
Eriksen (2003) - Alberta, CANADA  Mark Eriksen is a well-experienced performer, teacher, and choreographer. He is originally and currently based out of Calgary, Canada. Mark has trained intensely with the American Tap Dance Institute to become a certified graduate of the National Tap Ensembles' teacher training Diploma program. Mark has trained in New York, San Diego, Los Angeles, Wisconsin, and Vancouver. Mark is highly skilled in Tap, Jazz, Street Jazz, Lyrical, Ballet, Musical Theater, and Partnering. Currently he has continued his professional teachers training to include the ADAPT syllabus. He entertained professionally aboard Princess Cruise Lines for over five years performing in 14 full productions shows. Mark was able to travel to over 80 countries before beginning his teaching career in Calgary. As an instructor at the Young Canadians School of Performing Arts, Mark is currently working with the internationally known Grandstand Show of the Calgary Stampede. In addition, he is working with the Calgary performance for HRH Queen of England, during the Centennial of Alberta. Mark is a Resident Artist for the Calgary Board of Education where he teaches dance education workshops. Mark has won choreography awards from the American Dance Awards as well as from the Can-Dance competitions. He has been featured on International radio commercials for the musical Crazy For You and has film credit which include TUM BIN, a Super Cassettes Industries production. Apart from his extensive dance training he is a graduate of Business Administration, with a major in Marketing. Mark is a member of the Wild Rose Dance Arts Association, the International Tap Association, and is currently President of the Bree Eriksen Memorial Dance Award Society, which annually presents one of the largest dance awards in Canada. |
| Kelly
Gagliardi (2002) - Connecticut, USA  Kelly Gagliardi began studying dance at a very early age with her mom, Joan Distin Gagliardi and began teaching dance in 1980. Kelly continued her education studying tap, jazz, ballet and music in Connecticut and New York City for many years, and continues to study tap with several master teachers throughout the United States. Kelly holds a BA degree in Communications Media and Theater Arts and is currently a Talent Management Human Resource professional with Aetna Inc. She teaches ongoing educational tap workshops for the New Britain YWCA Dance Program, Middlesex Dance Center, Dance Nation and Marsha's School of Dance. In addition, Kelly is a percussive tap teacher and member of United Rhythms Dance and Entertainment, Meriden, CT. She also teaches Fusion/Hip Hop Jazz in central CT at Adagio Dance Studio, A Dance Class, and Marsha's School of Dance. Kelly has choreographed for several local and regional musical theater and dance productions including, Miss Greater New Britain Scholarship Pageant and Troupe, Berlin Community Theater, "No No Nanette", and Highlights from "A Chorus Line", "Pippin", "West Side Story" "SING", "Guys and Dolls", and "Jesus Christ Superstar". She has also appeared in several local productions including, "No No Nanette", "Kiss Me Kate", "Pippin", "Barnum", "Guys and Dolls", "A Tribute to Broadway", "A Summer Review" and the New York City off-Broadway production of "Break the Floor". Kelly is currently working with her students to form Connecticut's newest dance ensemble and educational tap venue, Next Generation Tap & Company (NGTC). Kelly and members of NGTC participate in the "hoofing" tradition of improvisation and can be seen at Buster's Tap Jam at Swing 46 in NYC. She credits the National Tap Ensemble's ATDI for giving her the inspiration to start NGTC, which will help tap students throughout central Connecticut not only build on their skills, but will the teach history of the art of tap and its relationship to music. |
| Gene
GeBauer (2000) - Colorado, USA  Gene GeBauer originally trained to be a hoofer. When told that tap was out of style, he switched to ballet, and aspired to join a ballet company. He moved to New York in 1959 to join the Ballet Russe just at the time the company folded. Not to be discouraged, Gene switched his ambitions to Broadway, where he sang, danced and acted for over 20 years. Appearing in the original casts of such shows as "Camelot," "Hello' Dolly." "No Strings," and "Sugar," he worked with the biggest names among the choreographers and directors of that period. Leaving New York in 1981, Gene operated a theatre school in Oregon for a while before moving on to the University of Iowa where he taught at both the theater and dance departments for 5 years. Leaving Iowa for Denver, Colorado, Gene began teaching tap along the front range while he studied to become a certified Alexander Technique teacher. Rediscovering the joys of tap, he dedicated himself to his first dance love with a renewed passion. He teaches with the idea that we are, after all, not just dancers, but musicians. "The same expectations we put on fine musicians, we should put on ourselves [tap dancers.]" Mr. GeBauer currently teaches along the front range [Denver/Boulder area] as an independent contractor at half a dozen of the area leading schools. |
| Tonya
Goodwillie (2003) - Washington, USA  Tonya Goodwillie is the proud owner of Allegro Performing Arts Academy in Kent, WA. She is very proud of the strong dance program that has developed at Allegro as well as their unique drama/musical theater department. She has been dancing for 25 years and teaching for 11 of those years. Growing up training in Kent, Tonya participated in numerous different performance and competition teams while competing both locally and nationally. While tap is one of Tonya's favorite, she also teaches Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical and Musical theater. "My goal is to create a love for the performing arts within my students while giving them strong foundations, technical tools and the ability to make the most of their own individual artisticness. She danced professionally with the Fifth Avenue theater in Seattle as well as the lead dancer in the Trevor Sorbie of Redkin Show. She continually betters herself for her students by attending numerous conventions and seminars throughout the year. She is extremely proud of her well-rounded students and all of their numerous accomplishments, scholarships and recognition. She is currently finishing her B.F.A. in Dance at Cornish College of the Arts. Tonya is also a certified member of Dance Educators of America. |
| Karla
Grotting (2004) - Minnesota, USA  Karla Grotting is a founding member of Joe Chvala and the Flying Foot Forum, now in her 14th year with the company. She first began performing with Zoe Sealy's Minnesota Jazz Dance Company in the 1970's and continued her career in New York City eventually spending 7 years with JAZZDANCE by Danny Buraczeski. She has performed in a wide range of styles including works by Diane Waller's Visual Performance Theater, Cathy Young Dance, David Voss, Billy Siegenfeld, Lynn Dally, Lane Alexander as well as local tap company, Keane Sense of Rhythm. Karla received her B.F.A. in Dance and B.A. in Theatre Arts from the University of Minnesota, where she currently teaches courses in tap and jazz dance.
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| Danielle
Heller (2000) - Colorado, USA  Danielle Heller has been the artistic director of Peak Academy of Dance in Conifer for the past three years. She received her dance education at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. She has been teaching Tap and Jazz for the past 15 years. She continues her dance education through master classes, seminars and research. She dances with "The Tap Company" directed by Ellie Sciarra in Boulder, Colorado. "My hope is to make a difference in the field of dance education. By continuing my own education and learning new skills to pass on to students and fellow teachers I will pass on the strong traditions of Tap and Jazz."
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Christina Holt (2001) - ?  Christina Holt is currently a resident of Fort Collins Colorado, where she is a senior at Colorado State University. She will be graduating in December 2001 with a degree in performing arts, and a minor in anatomy and neurobiology. Last fall she choreographed Ft Collins High School's musical Anything Goes. She also appeared in Island Turtle. The performance was sponsored by the Dance Connection Performance Network of Fort Collins. This year she is choreographing Hello Dolly, for Fort Collins High School. She is currently teaching tap dance at three local studios. Her main focus in teaching is passing down the traditions and history of tap to her students. |
| Mary Jo
Horvath (2004) - California, USA  Mary Jo Horvath received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Dance in 1983 and her Masters of Fine Arts Degree with a Dance Emphasis from the University of California at Irvine in 1985. She directed the dance program and the Washburn University Dance Ensemble at Washburn University of Topeka from 1985-1988. Upon returning to California she taught at Saddleback College and various dance studios in Orange County while dancing professionally with the Nannette Brodie Dance Theatre. For the past fourteen years she has directed the dance program at Southwestern College in Chula Vista where she has produced and choreographed over 25 dance concerts. Mary Jo stays current in the tap field by frequenting tap festivals and workshops. She is inspired by Jeannie Hill, Linda Sohl-Donnel, Pamela Thompson and the work of Steve Condos. She has studied tap primarily with Pamela Thompson, a protégé of Eddie Brown, and dances with the California Rhythm Project under Pam’s direction. Mary Jo graduated from the American Tap Dance Institute in 2004.
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| Cindy
Hsu (1999) - ?  [No biographical information received from graduate] |
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Pollyanna Jazzmine (2002) - Lisbon, PORTUGAL  [No biographical information received from graduate] |
| Debbie
Jones (2000) - Texas, USA  Debbie Jones, Director of DJ's Dance located in Southlake, Texas and Associate Faculty of Dance at Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas, is dedicated to preserving the art and history of tap dance through traditional studio classes, private lessons, community educational outreach programs and performances by the Grapevine Stompers Tap Team, of which she is the Artistic Director. Ms. Jones holds a Bachelors of Arts Degree in General Art from Boise State University, Boise, Idaho and is a Nurse Practitioner in Women's Health Care from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She is a member of the local Dance Council and currently on the National Tap Dance Day planning committee, Dallas, Texas. She is a tapper with the Robert Reed Hoofers-Dallas Division and continues to study tap, its history and methodology with Chris Baker of the National Tap Ensemble, one of the few internationally recognized tap companies. |
| Tracy
Lawson (2000) - Ohio, USA  Tracy Lawson is on the faculty of BalletMet Dance Academy in Columbus, Ohio, where she teaches tap classes for children and adults, including three classes a week geared especially for senior citizens. She also coordinates the dance program for the Bexley Recreation Department, which serves over 100 students in an after school dance program. Mrs. Lawson received her early training in Cincinnati, Ohio, studying with Dorothy Potts, Marcia McHugh and Nancy Norrick. She danced in high school musicals and was featured as a tap soloist in show choir productions. She later studied tap and jazz with the Mildred Fleming School of Dance in Tallahassee, Florida and received a bachelor of science degree from Ohio University. She and her husband, Robert, are the proud parents of Kerianne, a terrific 5 year old! In addition to her teaching schedule, Mrs. Lawson is a 5-year cast member of Bravvo!, an annual musical revue staged in Columbus each April, and has served in the capacities of dance captain and choreographer for the show. While living in Portsmouth, Ohio in the mid-1990's, she owned and operated the Tracy Lawson School of Dance, choreographed high school musicals and show choir productions and taught creative movement at a local preschool. Mrs. Lawson is a caring, approachable teacher whose goal is to help students reach their potential in a fun, positive classroom atmosphere. |
| Loren
LoMastro Specht (2004) - Illinois, USA  Loren has 17 years of dance experience in ballet, jazz, modern and tap, which make her a well-rounded and versatile dancer, instructor and choreographer. Loren is on faculty at a number of studios in Chicago’s North Shore area and has served as a guest instructor/choreographer throughout Illinois and Indiana. She is the Advisor and Rehearsal Director to Euphony Tap Ensemble and Prelude Dance Theatre. She was a founding member of Terpsichore Dance Ensemble (1997-2001) under the direction of Paula David and Lisa Sheppard. During the 2001-02 season she attended company classes and trained with River North Chicago Dance Company. She has performed at Dance Chicago, Disney’s Magic Kingdom, EPCOT Center, Dance For Dreams, Ela Festival of the Arts and Tango 21 (Ravinia Festival). She has danced in works by renowned choreographers Claire Bataille, Frank Chaves, Jeff Hancock and others. Loren has choreographed works for Terpsichore Dance Co., TJ & Co. Dance Theatre, CenterStage and Lake Forest H.S. including the musical productions “Grease”, “OKLAHOMA” and “The Music Man”. She has received choreography awards from the Chicago Dance Connection and Dupree Enterprises. For the past 4 years she has served as dance instructor/coach to the Lake Forest H.S. Dance Team leading them to win two State Championships and 2nd place at Nationals. In addition to 7 years of teaching experience, she is a member of the Cecchetti Council of America from which she holds her Associate III Teaching Certificate, a graduate of the NFHS Coaches Education Program and a graduate of the American Tap Dance Institute’s Teacher Training and Certification Program, the world’s foremost training program for professional tap dance teachers. Loren actively serves as Illinois Delegate for the National Dance Week Committee and continues her studies with various instructors through master classes, seminars and festivals. Loren's philosophy is "The student is the product of the
teacher. The teachers level of enthusiasm, their knowledge of the subject
matter and the effort they put into their job all contribute to what the
student takes away." Loren's teaching style is innovative and fun, focusing
first on fundamentals and then on style and performance quality. She is known
for her high energy classes that help each pupil to reach their potential as
an artist. Her students are a tribute to her investment in them, having
performed at Disney’s Wide World of Sports, Navy Pier’s Festival Hall, MGM’s
Indiana Jones Theater, television appearances on ESPN2 and have gone on to
university dance/theatre programs as well as college dance teams. Loren would
like to thank her family, friends, and teachers for their guidance, love, and
support. |
| Misty
Lown (2000) - Wisconsin, USA  Misty Lown is the Owner and Director of Misty's Dance Unlimited, LLC in Onalaska, WI which offers classes in ballet, tap, and jazz for all ages of students ranging from the very beginner to the pre-professional dancer. The almost 600 students of Dance Unlimited can be seen showcasing their talents at an annual Spring Recital, as well as a variety of community events throughout the year including outdoor festivals, nursing homes, churches, and schools. In addition to graduating from the ATDI in 2000, Misty holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Education-Professional Development from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (UW-L). Misty wrote "A graded tap curriculum: Beginning through pre-professional students" to complete her graduate work at UW-L. When she is not dancing Misty enjoys reading, hiking, and spending time with her husband, Mitch, daughter Isabella, baby boy Mason, golden retriever, Shala, and two cats, Onyx and Remington. |
| Cathy
Lozano (2000) - California, USA  Cathy Lozano began her dance training at age eight and has studied with such noted teachers as Chris Baker, Gus Giordano, Hama, Linda Sohl-Donnell, Joe Tremaine and Sam Weber. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre with an emphasis in dance from California State University at Fullerton in 1980 and graduated from the American Tap Dance Institute in 2000. Her teaching experience spans over 20 years. She has served as an instructor at California State University at Fullerton, Orange Coast College and various private studios in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Ms. Lozano made her first appearance at Disneyland as a performer in 1981 in the Rollin' River Revue. Since that time she has appeared in numerous stage shows and television specials including Show Biz Is, The Magic of Christmas, the Golden Horseshoe Revue and Jamboree and Disneyland's Birthday Celebrations on NBC. Her performances have taken her to Tokyo Disneyland where she performed in both English and Japanese languages. Her work as a choreographer and show director has been seen all over the world; most notably, in New York at the Hercules world premiere and A Bug's Life in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, at the Buena Vista Home Entertainment European Tour, The Electric Light Parade, and the Canadian National Exhibition. She has also directed and staged live shows for Disney's Toy Story, 101 Dalmatians and The Wahoo Wagon all at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. She currently works as a choreographer and show director for the Walt Disney Company as well as special events across the country and teaches at the Orange County High School for the Arts. “I am so delighted to be a graduate of the Top Tap Teacher Program of the ATDI. I’m so inspired now to help keep alive the roots of American rhythm through my teaching.” |
| Megan
McDaniel (2001) - Florida, USA  Megan McDaniel, who began dancing at the age of 3, prides herself in being a well-rounded dancer. While she enjoys other dance forms such as ballet, jazz, and modern, she really fell in love with tap five years ago. It was 2000 TTP Graduate Danielle Heller who inspired Megan and pushed her to pursue her talent. In 1999, as a member of The Tap Company (Boulder, Colorado) directed by Ellie Sciarra, Megan performed in "Taps are Talking: Women In Tap." In May 2000, Megan received her bachelor degree in Zoology from Colorado State University where she also studied dance and was one of the key elements in sparking a tap curriculum where there once was none. Megan now lives in Kissimmee, Florida after making the "big move" from her homeland of Colorado, and works in education for Walt Disney World. "I just try to learn all that I can so that I can one day pass it on. I am so glad there is a program to help me do this." |
| Julie
McFarland (2007) - South Dakota, USA  Julie A. McFarland lives in the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota. As the Director of the Academy of Dance Arts, her studio has successfully grown to include a vibrant faculty of 9 dance and movement arts educators. Her first love was tap dance, but it was her ballet training which led her to the top-ranked University of Utah’s ballet department, intensive studies with Wm. F. Christensen, and professional performances with Ballet West, Utah Opera and Ballet West for Children. Her passion for tap was rekindled when she returned “home” with her family in 1998, and assumed ownership of the first studio in which she learned to dance. Julie’s teaching experience spans more than 18 years, with acclaimed choreography for 9 full-length productions, including her “Over the Rainbow”, “Peter and the Wolf,” and “Sleeping Beauty”. Her graduates have continued dance studies in New York, California, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, with some pursuing professional careers in dance, and a performer at the Kennedy Center last Spring. Julie was the principal dancer and choreographer for the 2004 world premiere of “The New World Opera,” working with diverse movement styles in Native American Shawl Dancers, Belly dancers, and a Kung Fu artist. Her most recent collaborative work was for the 2006 Black Hills Symphony Orchestra’s production of “Amahl and the Night Visitors.” Passionate about bringing dance arts to her region, Julie is an active member of the SD Dance on Tour advisory coalition for the SD Arts Council, supporter of Allied Arts and South Dakotan’s for the Arts. For the past nine years she has served as a member or officer for Black Hills Dance Theatre, a nonprofit volunteer organization which provides opportunities in professional performance, education and outreach to children and audiences in the Black Hills and surrounding states area. Julie is pleased to have graduated from the American Tap Dance Institute’s Teacher Training Program, which will allow her to pass along the integrity of its deep history, musicianship and technical training to her own growing number of tap students. “I love that I am able to get up every day, put on my shoes and pass along what my mentors, teaching icons and dance legends brought to the planet! As teachers, we never know how far the seeds we plant will reach!” |
| Clare
McGlade (2007) - California, USA  Clare McGlade started taking tap dance classes at the age of five, and hasn’t stopped since. She received her dance training at A Dancer’s Pointe Performing Arts Center in Apple Valley, CA. Tap was always her first love, but throughout her 12 years at the studio she also studied ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical, and swing. She held leading roles in many of their productions, and went on to perform in “Standing Room Only” Theater Company’s 2006 production of 42nd Street. She spent 4 years as a teacher’s aide and substitute teacher at A Dancer’s Pointe, and went on to begin teaching tap classes at the age of 17. After graduating high school in 2005, Clare moved to Riverside to attend university, but continued to take any tap classes she could find, whether they be one-time workshops or 10 week long recreation center classes. After attending several ATDI workshops, it was suggested that she should consider applying to the national tap dance company's Teacher Training and Certification Program. Since her graduation in 2007, she has begun teaching tap, ballet, and character dance at Backstreet Performing Arts Studio in Riverside, CA. She is also heavily involved with the Swing Club of UCR, teaching swing twice a week in the community, and competing and performing with her partners, Nolan Ung and Paul Riding, in both the Riverside and High Desert communities. She also occasionally performs with the up-and-coming swing band, Phat Cat Swinger. Currently, Clare is still an undergrad student at University of California, Riverside, pursuing a double major in Business Administration and Dance. Aside from teaching dance, she also holds a supervisory position in UCR Housing Services as well as working some weekends at a small teaching supplies store in Victorville, CA. She hopes to tap professionally one day, but only after she has completed her degrees, and she ultimately hopes to open her own dance studio. Thanks to the unwavering support of her parents Sean and Ethel, her brother Stephen, and her amazing friends, Clare is a very driven individual. Her love for working with people and her strong passion for dance come across in her teaching, and she "plans to take the training she has received from ATDI to not only improve her students’ technique, but also educate them in the history of tap and its legends. She strongly believes in using the history of tap to produce the dancers of the future, and she hopes that every student who takes a class from her will walk away with a new appreciation for this amazing art form." |
| Evan
McLennan (2007) - Hamilton, NEW ZEALAND  Evan McLennan came to us all the way from New Zealand, making him the only ATDI certified teacher in the Southern Hemisphere. He is a young teacher who began tap at age eight and was teaching at his studio by the time he was 17. Evan is the current tap teacher at Dance Effects Dance Studio in Hamilton, New Zealand, and also runs a beginner adult night class at a local High School. Since his graduation from ATDI he has also guest tutored at some of New Zealand’s leading Performing Arts Schools. From the start of his dancing days, Evan has performed on stage on many occasions and has been involved in a number of musicals including Little Shop of Horrors, Jesus Christ Superstar, Footloose, and the Rocky Horror Show. Studying with the ATDI has "led me in a new and positive direction that will help me to lead my students into becoming higher achieving tap dancers, with better understanding of tap as a dance discipline. Coming from a syllabus and examination driven background, I have learnt how to incorporate and adapt new fundamentals and elements of creativity into my own students and in my own teaching methodologies, all for the better. I suggest that any future graduates must have a willing attitude to accept change as studying with the ATDI brings a whole new meaning to Tap Dance and its instruction." Although Evan’s number one passion in life is tap, he would like to further advance his ability in jazz, hip-hop, ballroom and latin. Evan "plans to travel in the very near future and hopes to take on teaching contracts throughout Australia, the UK, or even your studio over the next three or four years before returning to New Zealand to establish his own dance and exercise centre." |
| Valerie
Nuanes (2002) - Colorado, USA  Ms. Nuanes is the Owner and Director of the new studio, Star Dance Center, in Denver, CO, specializing in tap, jazz, pre-tap and pre-ballet classes for children and adults starting at age 3 from very beginners to pre-professional. She is also the tap and ballet teacher for the Jewish Community Center of Denver. Ms. Nuanes began tap and ballet at age 4, with the addition of jazz at age 10. Ms. Nuanes also has a bachelor's degree in Psychology with a minor in Art from Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY. The goal of Ms. Nuanes and Star Dance Center is to impart a love of dance with strong foundations in technique, creativity, music and history. Class performances are a highlight of the school year, with professional shows planned for the future. Ms. Nuanes is also starting a Tap Jam in the spirit of tap legend, Dr. James "Buster" Brown. Ms. Nuanes is especially proud of her perfect for tap, suspended maple flooring, where it's easy to make music with your feet. In addition to teaching classes Ms. Nuanes enjoys choreography and has choreographed countless routines to highlight her student's progress. Over the past 20 years Ms. Nuanes has taught tap, ballet and jazz dance in CO and NY in private dance schools, private and public elementary and high schools, summer camps, the Denver parks and recreation departments and private sports and fitness centers. While dancing is her favorite endeavor, with tap being her forte, the most gratifying part of her life is being wife to Jack and especially being mom to daughter, Samantha and dog, Tallulah. |
| Krissie
Odegard Geye (2002) - Illinois, USA  Krissie Odegard Geye graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with degrees in Music, Public Relations and International Studies. She is also certified through the Cecchetti Council of America (CCA). She has been on staff for many arts organizations, including Goliard Concerts in New York City, The Ethnic Dance Theatre in St. Paul, MN, Barbi Lee Dance Arts Center in Minneapolis, MN, and the Arts Alliance of Greater La Crosse. She has also served as a faculty member for the New York City Public School system and worked as the Director of Dance at Island Lake Summer Arts Camp in Starucca, PA. She has written and received several grants to teach dance and music education to students in New York City, Minneapolis, and La Crosse, WI. Krissie recently choreographed the musicals at Lake Forest Academy and Lake Forest High School. She is currently on faculty at the Dance and Music Academy, teaching all levels and styles of dance as well as voice, piano and flute, and at Lake Forest Dance Academy. She is a member of the CCA, the Chicago Area Music Teacher’s Association (CAMTA), and the Music Teacher‘s National Association (MTNA). |
| Nicole
Riehl (2001) - Saskatchewan, CANADA 
Ms. Riehl began dancing at the age of three. She received most of her training at the Sitter School of Dance in Saskatoon where she was very successful in all exam and competition endeavors. The expectations of her as a student were high and she has carried this training on in her own teaching. Ms. Riehl is a Member Teacher of the Stage Division of the Canadian Dance Teachers Association in both Tap and Jazz and a Registered Teacher of the Royal Academy of Dance. Ms. Riehl has been teaching throughout Saskatchewan for many years and is currently entering her seventeenth season with the Unity School of Dance as well as her first season as a Tap and Jazz Instructor for the Conservatory of Performing Arts in Regina. In addition to teaching many dance workshops in Canada and the USA, she continually attends workshops and seminars to keep her own training up to speed. Ms. Riehl has experience in Latin Dance and has taken class from Canadian and World Champions. This past season, she also choreographed The Pyjama Game for Lyric Light Opera. "I feel honoured to be the first Canadian to Graduate from the ATDI. The vast amount I learned from Chris and my peers is immeasurable. Thank you all so much." Ms. Riehl was the first non-American candidate to graduate from the American Tap Dance Institute. |
| Rosario
Rivadeneyra (2006) - Monterrey, MEXICO [No picture received from graduate] Rosario Rivadeneyra had her first pair of tap shoes at age three, but it wasn’t until she was 13 that she received formal training. Since then, she has taken master classes and workshops in the US, Mexico and France. She taught at local studios in Monterrey for over 10 years and choreographed for the ITESM’s high schools from 2002-2007. She is currently living in Los Angeles where she studies tap and contemporary dance. She is proud to be the first Mexican to graduate from the TTP program. She writes articles about dance for the online magazine 'Vive Indigo'. |
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Julie
Rollins (2006) - Shanghai, CHINA
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| Trish
Rowley (2004) - Illinois, USA  Trish Rowley began taking dance instruction at The Dance Workshop under the direction of Jodi Sparr at the age of three. At age ten, she raised her level of dance training by taking dance instruction from professional dancer, Joel Hall in Chicago. At age fifteen, Trish qualified to study for three months under the direction of Frank Hatchett on scholarship at the Broadway Dance Center located in New York. She was selected again in ’97 for this honor. During her high school years, she was very active in dance and her school’s pom squad. As a member of the squad, Trish choreographed a number of routines in her Plainfield High School PomCat years. She was also ‘drill down queen’ in the summer of ’96 for the Greater Chicago area at Universal Dance Association (UDA) summer camp. In the summer of ’98, Trish worked for Universal Dance Association (UDA) as a dance instructor. Over the years, she has been able to compete at numerous dance competitions and conventions and has acquired multiple regional and national dance titles. Ms. Rowley has also trained with famous choreographers, performers, and teachers such as Eduardo Vilario, Chris Baker and Debroah Kaschube. Since graduation, Trish has studied at Columbia College Chicago where she majored in dance with a concentration in teaching. Before establishing the Illinois Dance Academy in the winter of 2003 and Midwest Dance Choreographers in the winter of 2004, Trish had taught for several studios in the Joliet/Naperville, Illinois area and has been fortunate to choreograph numerous performances for competitions. Trish was also employed at The Academy of Dance Arts located in Downers Grove as director of Hip Hop Team II. Over the past three years, Trish has attained several certifications as well as memberships into the most elite and professional in the dance world. Trish's dance credits include: ATDI (American Tap Dance Institute), ITA (International Tap Association) member, CNADM (Chicago National Association of Dance Masters) member, IDTA (Illinois Drill Team Association) certified judge, Showbiz International (Canadian based dance competition) judge, Encore certified judge (USA based dance competition), and UDA (Universal Dance Association) adviser/consultant. |
| Geri
Sauls (2006) - California, USA 
 Geri Carlson Sauls lives in Santa Cruz, California, where she teaches tap (along with jazz and musical theater jazz) at Dancenter in Capitola. She is thrilled to have recently completed the American Tap Dance Institute's Teacher Training Program. Geri began dancing at the ripe age of 3 years old, and hasn't stopped since. Her training includes classes in tap, jazz, and ballet. She has studied with teachers such as Chris Baker and Charlie McGowan, and has taken master classes with Sam Weber, Ayodele Casal, Liz Cramer, Liz Imperio, Gus Giordano, and Cathy Roe, to name a few. Geri is also an accomplished musical theater performer. She has performed professionally with American Musical Theater of San Jose ("Crazy for You", "42nd Street", and "The Will Rogers Follies") and Cabrillo Stage ("Honk", choreographer for "The Music Man"), as well as with many community theaters in the Santa Cruz/San Jose area . She has also directed/choreographed many musical productions, including "A Chorus Line", "42nd Street", "Kiss Me Kate", and "Crazy for You" (a complete list would take too much space!!!) All this, and she works full time as a veterinarian too! Geri is looking forward to taking the training and knowledge she received from the American Tap Dance Institute and sharing it with her students in the years to come. |
| Christie
Smythe (2006) - Ontario, CANADA [No picture or biographical information received from graduate] |
| Mary
Willams (2006) - Colorado, USA 
 Mary V. Williams started tap dancing when she hired Gene GeBauer (ATDI class of 2000) to teach tap at her newly opened studio, Dance Forms Studio, in 1992. Though she always loved dance, her opportunity to study dance did not begin until college, and Mary did not seriously train until after completing her Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Colorado. She began her dance career when she put on a concert of her own jazz and modern choreography, "Riot du Jour" in 1990, followed by forming a dance company, and then by opening her own studio. After training in ballet, jazz, modern, and hip hop, she started studying tap with Gene and other area tap teachers as well as at tap festivals around the country. Many of her former Dance Forms students went on to become dance professionals. Since 2000, she has taught tap and other dance forms to children and adults at the City of Boulder Parks and Recreation Dance Program. She has also directed the Community Dance Collective, a non-profit dance studio in Boulder, since 1984. Always on the move creatively, Mary is an accomplished graphic artist (Associate of Applied Science, Multimedia Technology, 2003, Phi Theta Kappa) and has created logos, posters and art work for local studios. She is known for her creative choreography, high energy teaching style, and passion for dance. With certification from the ATDI, Mary plans on creating a children's' tap company and focusing on tap choreography. "Tap requires you to be a dancer, a musician and a percussive foot virtuoso, and all of these at the same time! After more than a decade, I am just beginning to understand the subtle nuances of this incredible dance form." |
| Linda
Zapf (2003) - Texas, USA  Linda Zapf is a wife, mother, drummer, choreographer/teacher, entrepreneur, and a tap dance educator. She now resides in the Houston area where she is on faculty at the In-Step Dance & Performing Arts Center, Inc. With over two decades of experience as an instructor/choreographer and currently based in Houston, Ms. Linda’s achievements have been prominent. While living in El Paso, TX from 1990 –2007, she helped The Dance Factory more than double its enrollment where she was the director of the tap and clogging program. She has since then become proficient at teaching creative movement and clogging, plus became a licensed Kindermusik® educator in February of 2005. In January of 2003, Ms. Linda and her advanced clogging students were asked to perform at the Sun Bowl's half-time show which brought a standing ovation from the 52,000 plus fans. She is very passionate about tap and in 2001 filled out an application to receive intense training at the American Tap Dance Institute. Only a select few get picked yearly from all over the world. Ms. Linda graduated from the American Tap Dance Institute in 2003 and has taught for the Institute on a National level. She has taken classes at the Broadway Dance Center in New York and has attended numerous tap festivals throughout the U.S. where she has had the opportunity to take tap classes from Cholly Atkins, Cassandra Baker, Bril Barrett, Bill Evans, Acia Gray, Savion Glover, Henry LeTang, Fayard Nicolas, and gives much credit to Chris Baker and the ATDI for inspiration and ongoing guidance. She has choreographed for numerous community musicals and events throughout her teaching career and has had the opportunity to perform at Uncle Cliffs Amusement Park, in the musical "Dames at Sea," and in a tap company "Jazz on Tap." Her students have won tap and clogging competitions and some have gone on to pursue other dance endeavors including Disney World, tap companies, or dance degrees. She also owns her own business, Dance Enterprises, which is preschool program where she teaches Creative Dance/Kindermusik® at other facilities throughout the Houston area. Ms. Zapf has a very strong commitment to always better herself personally and professionally, and therefore believes in the motto: “Always strive for the next level in life. Never Stop Learning!” Her mission is to share, teach, inspire, and educate her students and the community about this wonderful art form we call tap. "I am honored and grateful to be a graduate of the ATDI TTP. With the knowledge, wisdom, and guidance I have received I hope to continue on my journey as a tap educator passing on the tradition of tap dancing along with its history and musicianship to my students. I also hope to inspire them as well as the spectators along the way." The ATDI has inspired Ms. Linda in many ways. She now has her own tap curriculum and with the help of her drum instructor, Byron Mutnick, a musicality booklet called: “Musicality For The Tap Dancer” which is a great tool for her students. Although tap has been Ms. Zapf's forte and passion, she loves spending time with her husband Stanley and their two son’s Aaron and Eric, whom she thanks very much for their continued support. |
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