DEA CERTIFICATE

Juliet Coursey - Owner/Artistic Director "Miss Julie" was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and moved to South Florida at the tender age of one. She began dancing at 4 and started her teaching career in 1992.  She is a certified member of Dance Educators of America, USA Gymnastics and the Florida Dance Association. She took both dance and gymnastics through age 13 and at which time she decided direct her focus on dance.  Julie's high school career included participation on the dance team and cheerleading squad.  She has performed at several half-time shows and the Annual Macy's Holiday Parade in New York City.  She was a student teacher at The Delray Dance Conservatory where she led classes in HipHop and Acrobatics.  Miss Julie continued her studies at Southern Dance Theatre in Boynton Beach before going on to teach for studios and public schools throughout Palm Beach County.  She has won numerous awards in competitions at the Regional and National level.  Her awards included recognition for excellence in choreography in addition to performance. Miss Julie has had several students, past and present, audition and be accepted to Bak Middle School of the Arts and The Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. High School of the Arts, both in Palm Beach County. Her Jewels Dance Company has been highly successful in several Regional and National competitions as well as earning titles in overall age categories.  Miss Julie designed her studio to have a friendly, family atmosphere where children are encouraged to learn and have fun. With her love of dance, Julie sets the professional tone of pure dance with a true sense of dedication, imagination, and understanding.  She finds sharing her love of dance with her students a most rewarding and satisfying career.

Diana Eisele Diana Eisele was born and raised in South Florida. She joined the Jewels Dance faculty in 2005 and has become an amazing addition to our studio family. During her school years she was involved in Cheerleading, Volleyball, Dance and Drama along with many other exciting activities. While pursuing her degree in Liberal Arts, she taught at a local dance studio where she developed their first competing dance company. Since 1987, from Florida to the Bahamas, Diana has garnered several performance credits, including TV pilots, the 1989 Super Bowl Half-Time Show, the 1995 Florida Panthers opening game, and performing aboard Discovery Cruise Lines. Diana went on to create her own professional dance company - A Step Ahead Productions. She also had the opportunity to work for Coca-Cola, American Express, The Lipton, and the Magic 102.7 National Sing-A-Long Wrong Campaign. In 1996, along with her sister Mary, Diana became co-owner of the Dance Academy of Deerfield Beach. Her students have won numerous high score awards, including title holding positions and judges specialty awards. Most recently, Diana choreographed for the play Grease and flew to California to perform for our troops at the Bob Hope Theater. She looks forward to the upcoming years so that she may continue doing what she loves most, generating the talents of her students.

Sheena Twomey A true Florida native, born and raised in Boca Raton.  She began classes in gymnastics at the tender age of four.  She competed at team levels up to level 5 until she was 9 years old at which time she became a member of the Jewels Dance family.  She has grown as a dancer and a person over many years with Miss Julie and is proud to say she is still dancing at 17.  Sheena became a member of the Jewels Dance Company at 10 and continues to compete for the team to this day.  She has earned multiple Platinum and Elite level awards and recognitions along with many "Best Overall" and "Top Scorer" honors in age categories since age 13.  At 15, together with a group of other Jewels Dancers affectionately called "SPLAT", Sheena began creating self-choreography.  Through this, they earned the "Best Overall Self-Choreography" award.   She hopes to follow in the footsteps of her mentor Miss Julie and become not only a dance teacher, but a studio owner as well.  Sheena is currently studying to take her Dance Educators of America and USA Gymnastics Certification exams.  She is in her senior year at Pope John Paul II High School and in addition to being a member of the Varsity Cheerleading Squad, she also serves as the Head of Choreography for that team.  She looks forward to attending a college in New York with her studies concentrating on Business Management.  She will always consider Jewels Dance her home.

Stephanie Spagnoli Stephanie Spagnoli was born in Westchester, NY. At age 5 she began her training in gymnastics and dance at age 6. When she was 9 her family moved to Boca Raton and she continued with both on and off until age 16 when she came into Jewels Dance in Boca Greens at the time and began to find her love of dance all over again. Miss Stephanie has been with Jewels as a student, assistant, and now a teacher since 2001. She has headed up the pee wee and mini company dancers for the past 4 years and has also taught most of our combo classes for ages 3 to 4 and 5 to 6 year olds. During her years of teaching her dancers have won several overall title and specialty awards. She is DEA certified and USA Gymnastics safety certified and continues her love of being a dance teacher throughout Palm Beach County preschools. Miss Stephanie will be taking a leave of absence from October through the new year as she welcomes her first child, Nicholas into the world sometime in November.

Jack Bloeser Jack is thrilled to be a part of the award winning Jewels team for a second year. He owned owned and operated the critically acclaimed Dynasty Dance studio in Coral Springs Florida for 10 years. During those years his studio's competition team garnered many national and international awards including 4 gold medals at the 2005 World Tap Dance championships in Reisa Germany. Jack's studio was the featured cover story for the popular "Dancer" magazine. His competition choreography is known all over the US and continues to help young dancers achieve wonderful success in the competition forum. Jack is a proud member of Actors Equity and holds a BFA from Rutgers University. His performance and choreographic credits include national tours, casino showrooms, off Broadway, and television as well as professional regional theaters around the country. He has worked with many of the greats including the multi Tony Award winning Susan Strohman, Gregory Hines, Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Boyz to Men, Tug McGraw, Patti Labelle, Maureen McGovern, Eddie Bruce, Alan King and Don Francisco. He continues to perform and travel the country. Most recently in Pumpboys And Dinettes. He also serves as the resident choreographer for the Andrews Living Arts Theater company in Ft. Lauderdale. Some of his credits include: Choreographing the opening ceremonies for the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City with Donald Trump, The opening of the Pennsylvania Convention Center with Boyz to Men and Tim Mcgraw, as well as The Best Of Philly celebration on the Philadelphia Art Museum Steps (the rocky steps) with Patti Labelle, Chubby Checker and Grover Washington Jr. Jack continues to be a much sought after master teacher, director, choreographer and competition judge. He has judged for Starpower, Hall of Fame, StarSystems as well as many others. His convention teaching credits include Dance Power Express, The Circuit, Breathe the Intensive and Beyond Dance Live. His proven cutting edge style continues to break new ground. Jack is looking forward to another productive, fun and successful dance season at Jewels Dance Center.

Loren Coursey Loren Blanca Coursey began dancing at the age of four, training also in cheerleading and gymnastics, however, her study heart leaned more towards dance. At the age of eleven she began her 8 years of dance training with Jewels Dance Studio. Loren auditioned to be an active company member and to travel and compete at many local and state competitions. Winning scholarships for self choreographed solos at Sophisticated Productions Competition venue, as well as other first place and title awards throughout the local competition circuit. With enough training she auditioned for A.W. Dreyfoos High school of the arts and was accepted. During those four years she studied under the artistic direction of Jan Hanniford and Jeff Satinoff, allowing her to perform in contemporary, ballet, jazz, modern, hip hop and tap. Since graduation in 2009, Loren has continued her education at  Palm Beach State College to earn an AA degree with transfer ability. her passion is in the arts studying acting, drawing, photography, and above all dancing. She is extremely excited to transfer over from student and teacher assistant to teacher with the family name. Loren will continue her dancing studies and is studying to earn her Dance Educators of America certification.

Performance Resume

Bianca Barioli Miss Bianca was born and raised in South Florida along with her nine brothers and sisters! She has been dancing since She was five and is experienced in the genres of Contemporary, Modern, Broadway, Salsa, Bollywood and many more. She has been honored with nominations of "Best Choreography" from the South Florida Cappies in 2008 & 2009. She attended theNSAL: Choreography Competition: "Art of the Solo" where she placed 4th in South Florida Region. Miss Bianca has also been studying voice for the past four years under Lynn and Jennifer Lockery and currently is a vocal teacher herself. She currently attends Lynn University pursuing a degree in the Performing Arts. At Lynn University, Miss Bianca has studied many acting techniques in naturalism and the dramatics under Adam and Carrie Simpson; with their guidance, she founded, directed, and choreographed in Celebration of the Arts, a show dedicated to the beauty and appreciation of dance and thevisual arts. Combining her dance, acting and voice training, Miss Bianca had the privilege of working with the Boca Raton Theatre Guild as a professional actress and dancer in Cabaret. Miss Bianca worked as a choreographer and dance instructor for Pope John Paul II high school productions of The King and I, Beauty and the Beast, Damn Yankees, and Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical. She loves to teach her craft and is ecstatic to have the opportunity to join the Jewels family! After college, Miss Bianca hopes to put all her hard work to action and pursue a career on Broadway!

Tierney Archer Coursey Tierney (Miss Tea), Miss Julies little sister, has danced since the age of 6. Born and raised in Florida, she attended BAK middle school of the arts and has competed with Jewels Dance Company. She has won numerous awards in both small group, and duet routines, and held title for Miss Photogenic for 2004-2006 seasons. She has taught in many of our schools throughout Palm Beach County. She is currently pursuing her Dance Educators of America Certification and USA Gymnastics certification. With a background in gymnastics, ballet, contemporary and hip hop, she hopes to continually grow and share her gaining knowledge and passion with each and every student at Jewels. She will also be a new face of the front desk and is ready to welcome everyone into the studio.

Jason Masloski I was born in a small town in Connecticut - Milford. At a very young age I developed a love and passion for both music and dance. At age 5 I started taking jazz classes at a local studio. After taking jazz for many years, my family decided to pack up and move to Florida. I auditioned for Dreyfoos School Of The Arts, and spent my 4 years of high school there. I majored in Modern dance. While there, I was fortunate to take classes from Ben Vereen, Savion Glover and Keith Lee. After graduating from School Of The Arts, I began teaching at Pop Starz - a hip hop company based out of Miami. I was fortuinate to take classes and teach with Cris Judd, Darrin Henson, Wade Robson and Chuck Malando. For the past 8 years I have been teaching at various dance studios in Palm Beach County. I enjoy teaching Contemporary, Modern and Hip Hop. I love being in the studio teaching both students and adults different forms of dance. I want people to learn something taking my class, but more importantly I want them to have fun.

Brandon Sherman Brandon Sherman was born and raised right here in South Florida! Started teaching at a young age and competing in local dance competitions. Award winning dancer and choreographer. In 2008 went on to dancing on The Seven Sea Regent Voyager as a lead dancer in the production shows. Taking him all over Europe and the Mediterranean. Brandon specializes in Contemporary and Jazz! He has trained in all styles of dance including Ballet, Tap, Hip Hop, Ballroom, and Acro. His creative edge in dance also led him to become a professional Hairstylist and Colorist! Brandon is happy to be apart of the Jewels Dance family.

	Daniel Thomas I am 22 years old, I live in Ocean Springs Ms I trained with DKG Donnas Dance under Donnas Burke, I've won many scholarships and titles. When I graduated, I always had a passion for choreography. So, I went off and did just that! have choreographed for many studios from the Gulfcoast all the way to Mississippi. I have trained and assisted many known choreographers including: Nick Gonzalez, Shane Sparks, Tania Ante, Katee Shean... the list goes on. I tried out for Sytycd Season 5 and made it all the way to Vegas, but I was disqualified on the account of swine flu. After that, I went on to doing featured extra roles in Miley Cyrus's, "The Last Song" and Hilary Duff's, "Beauty and the Briefcase." I also work for Fire and Ice talent competition where I work backstage and teach on the convention circuit. I have also choreographed and backup danced for two big, up and coming artists. Plus, I started my own dance convention or intensive featuring many knows teachers from shows like STYCD and Americas Best Dance Crew called "New Face Dance." What is cool about my intensive is that i mainly give back to the "Make A Wish Foundation." Right now, I;m currently in the up and coming pop group "Chasin A Dream" and teaching master classes all over the U.S. Right now, I specialize in a very unique contemporary style with a hip hop technique base. I specialize also in choregraphing big production numbers with many entertaining themes. An example of one of my new themes I am currently working on is the bad side of Hollywood: Mario Brothers, Barney the Dinosoar...etc. One more thing, also be on the look out for my choregraphy to be featured on a new reality dance show on lifetime "Dance Moms". And just recently i got an offer to run Studio 1 Dance Company in Kingsport TN.
	Mollee Gray Mollee Gray was part of the Top 20 for the sixth season of So You Think You Can Dance. She is 20 years old and currently resides in Upland, CA. Despite having a hearing impediment in one ear, she’s danced for the past 15 years, and has performed for all three High School Musical films. She specializes in jazz. Mollee also danced in the MTV movie "The American Mall" as well as featured on the Big Time Rush episode "Big Time Guru."  Her main training was at The Dance Club in Orem, Utah. She continues to tour the states and teach master classes for workshop venues as well as private dance studios.
	Kirill Basov Ukrainian/Russian descent I have been in U.S. for eleven years and have became an American Citizen. Traveled, cultured, learn quickly, and adapt very easy to any work environment. Back round in arts and international business. Not afraid of challenges, tackle job with enthusiasm and good work skills as well as team player skills if necessary. Good managing skills, ready to take charge and lead a team or individuals. Great under pressure.
	Lauren (Tino) Costantino Lauren ("Miss Tino") began taking gymnastics classes at Jewels Dance at age 6.  The following year, she added dance to her class schedule and has continued with both ever since.  She became a member of the Jewels Dance Company at 8 years old and competed with the company through age 18.  Miss Tino earned numerous awards and recognitions at both Platinum and Elite levels including the esteemed "Miss Sophisticated Productions" for a piece which she choreographed, composed and recited the dialog herself. She is currently preparing for certification with Dance Educators of America.  She is an incoming freshman at FSU in the fall of 2010 where her course of study will include dance and journalism.  During her years at West Boca High School, she was honored to serve as the Captain of the Dance Department during their production of "Thoroughly Modern Millie".  She has shared her love for teaching throughout her 10 year at Jewels Dance through choreographing various solos and duets for the younger "Jewels" to perform in competition.  She aspires to further her career as a dancer and instructor while she attends college in Tallahassee.   Even though Miss Tino is looking forward to the many new opportunities on her horizon, she will always look forward to the times when she can serve as a guest faculty member at Jewels Dance.  She will never forget her roots with her Jewels Dance family.
	Gina Coen My name is Gina Coen, born in Florida and raised in the Dominican Republic. I have a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and an MBA, but my passion has always been dance! Since I was little I’ve been taking dance classes, from ballet, to jazz to flamenco. My new addiction is Zumba, a dance fitness exercise in which you don’t even realize you’re working out because you’re having so much fun, and the best part is that anyone can do it! Hope to see you in my class soon! Ditch the workout, join the party!
	Loibel Clark   Loibel Clark – motivator, fitness professional, wife, and mother - brings her love for dance and her passion to help others develop a healthy lifestyle, to South Florida.    Loibel grew up in Venezuela and earned her college degree in Computer Science, but her passion was international dance.   She began her dance training at age 4- learning ballet and continued to Venezuelan folk dance – performing and competing all over her native country.  Loibel is also professionally trained in ballroom, hip hop, jazz, and flamenco dance.    Loibel is one of the best known and respected Zumba instructors in South Florida.  She has been teaching Zumba from its early inception – and one of the driving forces of Zumba’s success in this area.  She is one of the original Zumba Boca Chicas – appearing numerous times with Beto Perez in his workshops and videos – including the Zumba Instructor Training videos 12, 18, and 21.  Loibel has been showcased at National Fitness Conferences – including the 2008 IDEA Las Vegas and the 2008 ECA Miami.  Her television credits include the Sabado Givante Show (Univision), Escandalo Show (Telefutura) and Making Menudo (MTV).  She is also in the Kellogg’s videos as a Zumba dancer.    Loibel spends a lot of her time traveling around the United States – teaching her Master Classes and spreading her passion for dance to all she meets.  Her classes are unique, interactive, and energetic – burning on average between 600 – 800 calories per class.  She gives everything she has into each and every class – providing satisfaction to her students.  Known for her original routines, students have attributed Loibel’s classes for assisting them to live healthier lives – through a combination of weight loss and increased self esteem.
	Alex Cottone Alex Cottone is from Boca Raton, Florida and has been training locally for the past 11 years. He trained at Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts under Jan Hanniford-Goetz and Jeff Satinoff. During his years of training, Alex has been able to work closely with choreographers such as Troy Powell and Margo Sappington. Alex is also a current member of Billy Bell’s Lunge Dance Collective and has performed nationally with the Collective. Alex now attends Marymount Manhattan to continue his studies in the art of dance.
	Cassie Stafford Although she was born in Germany, Cassie grew up in South Florida.  At 21, she looks back with fondness to when she was 2 years old and put on her first black leotard, pink tights and her first pair of ballet shoes.  Her love for dance grew from that moment on, as she enjoyed being a member of her studio's ballet company from age 6 to 12. Cassie attended Bak Middle School of the Arts, was a Gatorette at Palm Beach Gardens High School, participated in dance intensives at the esteemed Broadway Dance Center in New York and has now been afforded the opportunity to audition for FAU’S Owlettes. Cassie has won numerous awards for contemporary and lyrical solos as well as duos and trios at the Regional and National level. She currently enjoys choreographing for a number of young women competing in either dance competitions or pageants. Cassie is looking forward to channeling her dance passion toward others with the hope of inspiring and helping them achieve their personal best.  She looks forward to expanding her dance career with Jewels Dance.
	Rachel Ownes I am 19 yrs. old from Jonesborough, TN. I am an instructor at Studio One dance under the direction of Melita Brock-Warner. I currently specialize in hip-hop, jazz, contemporary, and tumbling dance styles. I have won various scholarships to Millennium Dance Complex, Debbie Reynold's, and Broadway Dance Center and was also chosen to assist with Co. Dance Conventions. I have assisted such choreographers as Lauren Gottlieb, Barry Youngblood, Chris Jones, Gregg Russell, Chebar Williams, Nick Florez, and Daniel Thomas. I currently have a full scholarship to attend Milligan College and am going into my Junior year as an accounting major. I have helped start a dance team there and have choreographed several pieces for the team.
	Quentin Bolden Quentin grew up on the east coast (Hilton Head SC) where he sang in his church choir and danced at an early age. Hip Hop came naturally to him.  He studied the styles of ballet, jazz, and modern under the teaching of Ms. Linda Hurtado. During this education, he also found the time to become a well-rounded gymnast, learn techniques to strengthen his singing voice and pick up on the acting side of the theatrical and big/small screen arts. Quentin got his first choreography opportunity at his high school. He was asked to do the finale number for a student choreography show for the art department's show. That summer he landed his first job at Universal Studios in the Beatle Juice show where he played Dracula. His first break came with Hoctor Dance Caravan at 18 after competing at a PDTA (Professional Dance Teachers Association) in Jekyll Island GA. Following this competition, he was asked to his first convention classes in Biloxi MS which led to his first summer tour with Dance Caravan in the summer of 2001.  He still tours with Dance Caravan every summer, staying true to his roots. Quentin feels blessed that this exposure to the spotlight has created an ever populating following of friends as well as fans; this attention led to invitations for international travel to judge, perform and choreograph many numbers including numbers for NCSA (North Carolina School of the Art). Some of his other credits and interests include gymnastics, modeling, singing as a lead/lead soloist for many events, theatrical plays, big screen appearances and commercials including MTV and American Eagle (commercial) and Red Line (Movie Trailer). Quentin is quickly becoming one of the most sought after choreographers nationwide for his creativity in his choreography, motivating dancers to follows the dream, and pushing the fact the you have to do it for you, have fun, and always perform to the fullest!
	Holly Robinson Holly Robinson grew up dancing on the Roswell City Dance Company in Roswell, GA where she also performed with the Project 7 Contemporary Dance Company, directed by Cherrise Wakeham, in the summer of 2008. Holly singed with Bloc South talent agency in Atlanta in 2007 through which she had the opportunity to perform in multiple industrials including a corporate show choreographed by Chuck Maldonado. She has worked with many different choreographers and received multiple regional and national convention scholarships and awards including her most recent regional Pulse Protege award. Holly spent two years training as a dance major at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. She performed with and choreographed for the Philadelphia based Xhale Dance Company from 2009-2011. Her latest choreographed work was recently chosen to be shown at the Kid's Cafe dance festival in New York City showcasing emerging choreographers attending dance schools in the northeast. Holly's choreography won multiple choreography awards and overall scores at regional and national competitions this past season. She has recently relocated back to her home of Roswell, GA and is a full time teacher and choreographer for the Roswell City Dance company. When she is not there she can be found choreographing and teaching master classes of all forms of dance, specializing in contemporary and jazz.
	TOKYO TOKYO has a very unique induction into dance as he was not introduced to dance till he was a Senior in high school. Tokyo grew up in the martial arts and began training at age 5. By the age of 15 he attained several black belts in various arts in addition to training in Wrestling, Muay Thai, Boxing and MMA (Cage Fighting). At age 17, after a promising undefeated amateur record, just a few months shy of making a professional career out of MMA (mixed martial arts/cage fighting), Tokyo discovered dance and his life changed drastically. Since leaving the fighting world and entering the dance world, Tokyo has been fortunate enough to have done master classes and choreography in the US, Canada and UK for many studios, companies, casinos and Cirque Du Soleil. Due to Tokyo's background in martial arts his approach to dance movement, philosophy and teaching is very unique and has been received and loved by many. Other than teaching/choreographing, Tokyo spent four years directing one of the largest dance competitions in the US. Since concluding his positions as a competition director, Tokyo is currently on faculty at the world renowned professional dance studio Millennium Dance Complex and on as a faculty member and/or choreographer with several conventions such as Coastal Dance Rage, The PULSE, WILD, NRG and Intrigue Dance Intensive. He is extremely excited to give back to those that have given so much to him, through the art of dance!
	Miss Rita Miss Rita studied classical ballet both privately and at the Broadway Dance Center for over twenty years. She has studied with many esteemed teachers including Joan Adams, Don Farnworth, Finis Jhung and Kat Wildfish. She is a founding member of the 1010 Ballet Dancers and a former assistant for the Magic of David Copperfield Show. Miss Rita has been teaching ballet with great passion to students of all ages and levels for several years. She is a high-quality dance instructor whose emphasis is on correct technique. Miss Rita is a certified ballet teacher with Dance Masters of America, New York City Chapter 26, a member of the American for the Arts Action Fund and the Florida Dance Association.
	Meera Paul Meera is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University where she obtained her Degree in Marketing and worked at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts for over four years. A dance instructor since the age of 17, Meera has choreographed over 12 musicals for the Next Stop Broadway Summer Camp and taught HipHop, contemporary, jazz, and musical theater for several dance schools. She has been a dancer in many music videos, most recently featured as a dancer in the motion picture Step Up 2: The Streets. Meera had the pleasure of working with fabulous choreographers such as LorriAnn Gibson and Dave Scott at the 2005 MTV VMAs and Step Up 2: The Streets. Dance has always been Meera's number one passion and she hopes to pursue more professional roles in the entertainment business in the future. She is very excited about being a member of the Jewels Dance family.
	Tammy Farris Miss Tammy, has taught and choreographed throughout Florida for the past 27 years. One of her more notable experiences includes teaching a master class to the "Summer Disney Kids". Her award winning choreography has been seen on television shows such as William Scott's "Amateur Hour" in Orlando, and Sabado Gigante in Miami as well as, in the following productions, "One Voice" a dramatic musical, The American Dream Festival in Nassau, Bahamas and Frank Hatchett's "Broadway Dance Center Showcase" in New York City. Tammy has won choreography awards in all aspects of dance.  Her students earned numerous high score awards, national titles and scholarships from around the country.  Some of her students have gone on to obtain scholarships for college and pursue professional careers. Two of her former students, Jessica Fernandez and Kameron Bink (a top 10 finalist), appeared as a finalists and toured with "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 2 and Season 3.  Kameron was a top 10 finalist.  Her students have also toured with Jennifer Lopez and Britney Spears, appeared in music videos with  Jennifer Lopez and No Doubt, performed at The Academy Awards, MTV Music Video Awards, VH1 Video Awards, and danced with the Miami Dolphins, Miami Heat, and various college teams. Miss Tammy enjoys the time she gets to spend with the Jewels Dance family.
	Larry Albright Larry has been teaching and performing his style of Hip Hop for 10 years now, in shows and other venues throughout the U.S. He has performed in many venues opening for such artists as PitBull, Nelly, Ricky Martin, Common, Lil Mo and Fabolous. He has choreographed for many companies from the elementary to collegiate and professional levels. He has performed with and choreographed for such companies as RPM (featured on My Super Sweet 16), Infinite DS (NY), Like Clockwork (featured on the Queen Latifah Show), PFUNK dance company(NY),Sean’s Dance Factory (FL). He has also worked with many collegiate dance teams and programs including Rutgers University, Florida International University, Florida School of the Arts, and Northwood University. His teaching experience is extensive having taught many workshops and master classes nationally and internationally. He has worked with many conventions such as the Underground Dance convention, Beasts from the Streets Dance convention, Dance Masters of America, Dance Educators of America, and Pick the stars international just to name a few. His current projects include traveling master classes and working with new artist J Randall as a choreographer and dancer.
	Holly Shunkey My name is Holly Shunkey and I am a dancer from New York that is in town at times working at the Caldwell Theater. Recently I was in a show called Vices: A Love Story for which we last year won several Carbonell Awards. While in town I, am always interested in teaching when I can in the surrounding community. I have extensive experience in all types of dance particularly pointe work/variations, contemporary/lyrical, and musical theater. I look forward to meeting with the Jewels Dancers.
	William "Billy" Bell William “Billy” Bell was born and raised in West Palm Beach, Fl where he first started dance at the age of 12. He attends the Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Fl and plans to graduate in May 2008. There he has worked with many choreographers such as Jan Hanniford, Jeff Satinof, Amy Patton-Swan, Kathryn Posin, Chuck Davis, and Sean Green. Now, at the age 17, he has done more than kids his age: He has danced with Broadway’s most famed stars, Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Harolyn Blackwell, Johnny Rogers, and Brian Stokes Mitchell in “Back to Back to Broadway”; been hired by Broadway Arts Productions to tour with them in their production of “West Side Story”, in which he played “Baby John;” and has been in Ballet Florida’s production of “Marie Hale’s The Nutcracker” for two years. Over the summer he attended the Alvin Ailey Summer Intensive Program in the Professional division and the first ever Joffrey Jazz and Contemporary Intensive. From that intensive he was accepted to be in the first ever Joffrey Jazz and Contemporary Company and is planned to premier in the summer of 2008. During that same summer, he assisted Billy Larson ,from Broadway Dance Center, during the summer as well. He has been offered contracts with Disneyland Tokyo and DDO Agencies in New York City. He also holds many titles at various dance competitions around the U.S. Billy has also just started his own ensemble at Dreyfoos School of the Arts called the Dreyfoos Dance Ensemble, and was lucky enough to be selected to participate in NFAA Young ARTS week in which he received a silver award, $5,000 cash, and a nomination to be a Presidential Scholar. After he graduates, Billy definitely wants to pursue an even bigger career in dance. As he also excels academically, he has been accepted into University of Central Florida, Florida State University, and the University of Florida all on full scholarships. Most recently, he has been accepted to The Juilliard School, in New York City, for dance and is going to attend in the fall of 2008.
	Shannon Burke Shannon began dancing at the age of 3.  Her introduction to the competition world of dance came at the age of seven with a lyrical solo.  Shannon has numerous awards to her credit, including honors in solo, duet/trio and group categories.  She holds the additional honor of choreographing many of the routines for which she has won awards.  She has also earned many titles including Miss Pre-Teen/Dance Educators of America, New Jersey; twice champion for Miss Junior Dance; First Runner-up, Miss IDC, and First Runner-up in the National Junior Miss Starbound. Shannon became a student at the New Jersey Ballet at 10 years old.  Performances for this company include The Nutcracker Suite.  She has been fortunate to study at the infamous Broadway Dance Center in New York City and learn under many choreographers and dance masters including Gus Giordano.  She spent time as a student in the Dance Plus and Dance Arts Academy dance companies, both in Lincoln Park, New Jersey. Her genres include jazz, lyrical, tap, ballet, and pointe with lyrical and jazz being her strongest styles.  Over the years, she has developed tremendous flexibility in her back which has helped her foster her talent as a contortionist.  Shannon holds the distinct honor of making the final auditions for the Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders.   Because of her vast experience, she has also been invited to judge several national dance competitions. Shannon began her teaching career at age 14 as a student teacher concentrating on students ages 3 to 10.  She looks forward to growing with Jewels Dance and is excited to meet all of the students and their families and join the faculty teaching them the amazing art of dance.
	Jeremy Hudson Jeremy has been dancing for 10 years. He began his training at Southern Strutt in Irmo, South Carolina where he competed around the US and earned many national and regional titles. At age 16, he appeared on "Star Search" as part of the trio "Hot Under The Collar." Jeremy followed his dance training to pursue a professional dance career in Los Angeles. There he traveled alongside Mark Meismer, assisting with master classes and choreography Nationwide. Jeremy has danced and modeled for Nike, Sketchers, Redken, MAC Cosmetics, Samsung, Bugaboo Strollers, and Tarbell Realty. He has appeared in film and television dancing for Jessica Simpson, Will. I. Am, Beirut, Regatone artist Ivy Queen at the 2007 Latin Grammys, and the "Dancing With the Stars Cardio Dance DVD." This past August Jeremy performed in the famous German Opera "Fidelio" at the LA Opera House where he was a lead dancer. He has danced in numerous renowned dance companies such as Soul Escape Dance Company, Odyssey Dance Theatre, Evolution Dance Company, and recently toured Italy with "Why Be Extraordinary..." a dance company founded and directed by Daniel Ezralow (Choreographer of the feature film "Across the Universe"). Currently Jeremy is touring alongside Jennifer Holiday and Kimberly Locke with Wella/ Sebastian's Future Vision Tour and is dancing on a nationwide club tour for dance music recording artist Erika Jayne who had a number 1 Billboard hit for her dance song "Rollercoaster." Jeremy is also teaching part time at "The Rage Entertainment Complex" in Glenora Hills, CA and continues training and working alongside some the best teachers and choreographers in the US.
	Samantha Webow Miss Samantha has an extensive performance background that started with gymnastics, evolved to dancing and has so far culminated with aerial arts. Samantha has years of choreographing experience from HipHop, jazz, lyrical, tap, modern and verything in between. She has worked for the Purrfect Angelz, Corey Burrell's Queen Bees, Hollywood Aerial Arts, and many others. She has performed along side Hollywood notables such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Neil Patrick Harris and Rainn Wilson. Music industry notables she has worked with include Michael Jackson, Fergi, Macy Gray and Snoop Dogg. Under the tutelage of Mia Michaels, Shane Sparks and Wade Robson, Samantha has become a versatile and dynamic performer. She enjoys teaching what she has learned through her experiences and she is excited to share her knowledge with all the dancers at Jewels.
	Laurie Johnson I began dancing as a child at my mother's studio in New York, The Adele Johnson School of Performing Arts. I received a BA from the George Washington University and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin. My previous career included stints on Capitol Hill and working as an executive at various fortune 500 companies. I gave up my corporate career, because I wanted to tap dance. Since I quit my six figure corporate job, I have tap danced on National television several times - first, with the late, great Gregory Hines, on his NBC sitcom, then as a featured guest on the John Walsh Show, Good Morning Texas and CNN's Real Life. I have since turned my creativity and passion into an exciting career. Today, I am a tap dancer, motivational speaker, life coach and author. As a speaker, I inspire and challenge audiences to live up to their greatness. This is a lesson I learned from my own life experiences and one I am helping others apply to their own lives. My speaking and my dancing provide entertainment as well as very powerful, inspirational messages. Check out "Laurie's Passion Principles", and my book Rich by Choice Poor by Habit. These are the tools I use to guide people to pursue their passions, take intelligent risks, and live out their dreams. My book, Rich by Choice Poor by Habit, is a concise and easy-to-understand guide to some of the most powerful, life-enriching tools and principles. I hope to inspire you to shake off mediocrity and "TAP IN" to YOUR full potential in order to achieve complete personal and financial freedom. Live for Today, Choose for Tomorrow.

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