Keely BluettHARD SHOE IRISH, SOFT SHOE IRISH, COMBO, AND OH! GILLS
About
Keely teaches basics hard shoe and soft shoe Irish, as well as our combo classes. She has been dancing for over ten years and is apart of the Oh! Gills Irish Dance Team. Keely is also an instructor for B*Dazzled's Irish Dance Camp. "Whenever I hear, 'it can't be done,' I know I'm close to success." - Michael Flatley |
Greenleigh
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Cecelia DucarCONTEMPORARY, BALLET AND ACRO
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She competitively danced in jazz, contemporary, and acro since was 13 years old. She has also practiced ballet and modern styles for 8 years. Cecelia is originally from Pittsburgh, PA and danced at Dancer’s Edge by Rogers and Donna’s School of Dance. She went to college at Seton Hill University and studied actuarial science and mathematics. She currently works at Glatfelter Insurance Group as an Actuarial Assistant. She owes all of her dancing abilities to her amazing teachers who have taught her technique as well as the beautiful nature of dance. She is excited to join B*Dazzled’s Studio and help her students reach their fullest potentials. “The job of feet’s is dancing, but their hobby is dancing.” - Amit Kalatri |
Eric Durden Jr.HIP-HOP, LOCKING, AND GROOVE
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Eric's dance journey began in 2003 when he traveled to Colorado with his dad and helped him teach a class. He danced with a lot of major people in Hip Hop who broke his shyness and told him he has a natural talent. Currently, Eric is the company manager for Keystone Dance Project (KDP) and an ambassador of Lindy Hop through the Frankie Manning Foundation. He has taught at local studios since 2009. As a principal hip-hop teacher at five dance studios, he continues to make connections, gain more knowledge, spread the love of social dance, and share dance history. One highlight of his career is working with the P.R.I.D.E Dance Project at Marshall Math Science Academy (MMSA) in Harrisburg. In September 2014, KDP gave a lecture demonstration for students at MMSA. After the program, students were inspired to start their own group called P.R.I.D.E Dance Project. Eric has been the co-director and choreographer for the last three years for the group. It gives him great pride to serve these students in the neighborhood where he grew up. In 2016, he became a member of the International Dance Council CID. He also recently did the choreography and hired local dancers and students to dance for a tv show Blank Meets Blank on Tru Tv which aired in June 2018. |
Elizabeth GaynorBALLET, CONTEMPORARY, JAZZ, AND TAP
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Currently teaches Ballet, Jazz, Tap and Contemporary. She has been an instructor for several years. Along with teaching at B*Dazzled, Elizabeth is the choreographer for the Dallastown Middle and High School musical productions. For the 2015 Dallastown Area High Production, Elizabeth was chosen to do the choreographing to 'Anything Goes' and won the York Country Encore Award for 'Blow, Gabriel, Blow' If you don't imagine, nothing ever happens at all.” ― John Green, Paper Towns |
Karyn
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Melissa HeathJAZZ, HIP HOP, AND ON-CORE
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Melissa has been a dancer and choreographer for 30 years; coaching cheerleading, choreographing competition routines, providing education workshops to various studios and universities, and striving to build not only dance curriculum's which contain technique but education about dance. Here she leads our Jazz and Hip Hop curriculum's where our students not only excel in technique but are educated in dance history. They learn that dance is a journey and not destination. She is a life long learner searching for education to continue her journey. “I don't want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance. ” ― George Balanchine |
Michaela
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Tara
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Joelle
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Grace RamsayBALLET AND IRISH
About
Currently teaches Intermediate hard and soft shoe Irish and basics ballet and has 6 years of teaching experience. Grace has been dancing for 16 years. The styles she studied as a student includes hard and soft shoe Irish, ballet, pointe, hip hop, tap, and jazz. Grace was a part of B*Dazzled Dance studios dance teams Dazzlin and OH! Gills up until she graduated high school. She was on the Dallastown Dance Team for her 4 years of high school where she was co-captain her junior year and captain her senior year. After being a part of two productions on stage, Grace helped choreograph and stage Into the Woods her senior year at Dallastown Area High School. Grace continued dancing in college and was a part of the Millersville University Dance Team, who competed in NDA College Nationals in Daytona, Florida in 2015. She will be trying out for the York College Dance Team this upcoming school year. As a teacher, Grace loves her students and enjoys most watching them learn and grow into wonderful dancers and individuals. Her hope is to pass on her knowledge and passion of dance to all of her students. "The strongest people aren't always the people that win, the strongest people are the ones that don't give up when the don't win." - Nigel Lythgoe |
Amelia RossiterCOMBO, BALLET, AND POINTE
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Amelia has been dancing for 17 years. She has been teaching and assisting in dance classes since she was 13 years old. She was also the assistant choreographer for plays and musicals throughout her high school career. Amelia has a passion for ballet and teaching the technique needed to understand the style. Along with Ballet, Amelia is well versed in tap, jazz, contemporary, modern, hip hop and Irish. |
Lane
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Jaylee
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