Denny has been an instructor of partnership dancing in Chattanooga
and Birmingham
for
more
than 18 years. During his dancing career, he
has been a trainer, coach, and studio owner.
He has also
specialized in social dancing, show dancing, competitive dancing,
theatrical dancing, and choreography.
Denny is Qualified To Teach the Following Areas
American Style
Bronze Smooth, Rhythm, and Advanced Theory & Technique
Silver Smooth, Rhythm, and Advanced Theory & Technique
Gold Smooth, Rhythm, and Advanced Theory & Technique
International Style
Bronze Standard and Latin
Exhibition
All Levels
Theater
Arts/Cabaret
All Levels
Open Smooth and
Rhythm
All Levels
Competition
All Levels
General Music
Theory
Titles He's Won
USBC
2nd place - Open Rising Star - 1990
South Central Fred Astaire Dance Studios
1st Place - Professional Open Smooth -
Multiple Times
1st Place - Professional Open Rhythm - Multiple Times
1st Place - Professional Theatre Arts
Fred Astaire Dance Studios National
Finalist - Rising Star Smooth
Finalist - Rising Star Rhythm
3rd Place - Theatre Arts
USDSC World
Invitational
1st Place - Pro/Am Open Latin
Championship - 1996
Pro/Am
Best Overall Average Score Multiple
Times
Hotlanta Dance
Challenge
2nd place - Rising Star American
Rhythm - 2006
Amanda
Robinson
Amanda has been with
Chattanooga DanceSport since the beginning. She took lessons
with
Denny for two years before becoming a professional instructor.
Since then, she has excelled
at performance and Pro/Am competitions while leading many of her
students to the top three
at multiple events, including the second largest competition in the
country in Las Vegas 2007.
Amanda
also manages studio operations and has just begun a professional
competitive partnership with Denny. She is qualified to teach
multiple Bronze level curriculums in
both the American and International styles of ballroom dance.
Tammy
Sheets-Harrelson
Tammy has been involved
in dancing for over 20 years. She was a dancer on the
Knoxville television show "Club Dance." While on "Club Dance,"
she did Country Western, Two-Step,
Country Waltz, Country Cha Cha, Double Two-Step, Polka, and the
Country West Coast.
She has been a
Ballroom Dance Instructor in Chattanooga for four years ... most
recently with us here at Chattanooga DanceSport.
Tammy is a talented
and spirited dance instructor, and she is available for private
lessons, group lessons, competition, performance/showcase, and
wedding choreography.
Mark has been
teaching ballroom dancing for 16 years. He recently came out
of retirement from full-time teaching to join the Chattanooga
DanceSport team. Mark's specialty is teaching new students the
fundamentals of Ballroom and Latin dancing. His analogies of
comparing everyday life to dancing will take the difficulty out of
learning how to dance. If you have ever dreamed of becoming a
wonderful, confident, social Ballroom or Latin dancer, Mark will get
you there.
Dance is the only art wherein we ourselves are the stuff of which it
is made.
Mel has been dancing
since he was 10 years old, and he has taught a variety of social
dances on and off for the last 16 years. His primary focus is
on a smooth style East Coast swing, but he also teaches Blues, Cha
Cha, Rumba, and Waltz. Mel is available for both group and
private lessons.
Mel's philosophy is
that people dance socially, mostly for the pure joy of it. For
the social dancing enthusiast, nothing compares to the thrill of
moving with grace and harmony to a beautiful piece of music with
that wonderful partner of the moment.
He is also a DJ and
will be DJing the Wednesday night Social Dance at Chattanooga
DanceSport. Mel is available to DJ any special event (birthday
parties, receptions, graduations, etc.)
Rhonda
Tinsley
Rhonda is our Belly Dance instructor and
our licensed Neuro-Muscular
Massage Therapist.
She has studied with many excellent Belly Dance teachers and has
studied a variety
of styles and ethnic traditions over the years.
Rhonda first studied Middle Eastern dance in Tucson, Arizona, in the
early 1970s. In the 1990s, she taught classes in Fairfield,
Connecticut. After moving to Spring City, Tennessee, in the
year 2000, she found a teacher to study with in Chattanooga.
When her mentor moved away, she began her
own class. Rhonda has
taught locally for 7 years before joining our team at
Chattanooga
Dancesport.
Rhonda has been licensed as a massage therapist for 7 years and is
offering her
services at the studio by appointment.
Anita is our East Indian
and Bollywood dance instructor. She has danced for 10
years under
the instruction of Anjali Singh and Lonika Majthia in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. She toured extensively throughout the
Southwest performing at events sponsored for the government as
well
as for the Asian American and other associations in New Mexico.
Anita had her dancing
debut performance in August of 2006, and she taught for two
years in Albuquerque before moving to Chattanooga.
Anita is going back
to school and will be back at Chattanooga DanceSport next May 2009.
Janine
Bryce
Janine is our Hip-Hop
instructor. She has studied a variety of dance styles and
techniques including jazz, tap, ballet, and lyrical over 10 years in
New York and Tennessee and has performed in numerous shows.
During high school, Janine choreographed and performed with
the Hip-Hop Performers and is currently part of the University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga's
M-Squad Hip Hop Dance Team.
Janine is looking
forward to providing a fun, energetic, and upbeat class for her
students.
She is available for group and private lessons.
Stan Golab &
Sharon Westlake
Stan and Sharon are our
Argentine Tango instructors. They have danced the Argentine Tango
together for seven years, and they have taken many classes and
workshops. Stan and Sharon have studied in the San Francisco
Bay Area with Marcelo Solis, Nora Dinzelbacher, Norberto 'El Pulpo'
Esbrez and Luiza Paes, Carlos Rivarola and other talented Tango
instructors. While visiting Buenos Aires, they studied with Fabrizio
Forti.
www.chattanoogatango.com
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