Adam Canne  trained in Tap, Ballet, Jazz & Hip Hop, and was the choreographer for Mach 5, the award winning audience favorite and best representation of Lady Gaga in Century Ballroom's Lady Gaga Dance Off. He trained in Hawaii with Castle and the famous 24/7 Danceforce. Adam is currently a theater student at Cornish College of the Arts, but is frequently seen among the dance department and recently appeared in the College's Senior BFA performances.
(Hip Hop)

Alison Cockrill  began formal dance training at age 4, and a professional performing career in 1987. She has performed works by and toured internationally with modern dance choreographers Wade Madsen and Pat Graney. She fell in love with salsa after a trip to Guatemala in the mid-nineties and has been teaching it since 1999. One of her favorite parts of teaching is when beginning students get hooked and say what she said her first time in a salsa club, "I can't believe this was here all this time."
(Salsa, Bachata, Cha Cha)

Cebrina Chavez  began her formal dance training in Spain in 1993 after falling in love with dance during a backpacking trip across Europe. She returned to Seattle to become one of the original co-founders of Somos el Son Dance Company and has been teaching and performing Salsa ever since.
(Salsa, Zumba)

Darla Weideman  started dancing in 2004 right here at the Century Ballroom. Knowing from the beginning that dance was to become more than just a hobby, she began teaching and traveling for dance within a year. Having been a member of Seattle's Sister Kate and Jackson Street Lindy Hoppers, Darla's enthusiasm and approachability go with her to every dance she encounters, be it the Century Ballroom or the grocery store isle. She has taught at such places as Hep Cat Productions and Swing Out Northwest and has most recently placed in the 2006 Pacific Northwest Lindy Hop Championships and 2007 Northwest Balboa Fest.
(East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop)

Dean Paton  abandoned the baseball diamond for the dance hall in 1994, and fell so hopelessly in love with waltz that he founded the Valse Cafe Orchestra, an ensemble committed to the art of playing music for dancers. When he teaches rotary waltz, Dean stresses mastering the core of the dance - turning left, turning right, transitioning between the two -- then helps dancers use this foundation as a platform on which to build organic, graceful movement as well as a few elegant moves.
(Waltz)

Deron Hayes  discovered partner dancing as a teenager and immediately fell in love! She has been an integral member of the Century Ballroom team since 2000 and has been teaching & performing Salsa since 2003. In 2008, she discovered a new love: West Coast Swing. She is currently an Advanced level national West Coast Swing competitor and is looking forward to tackling many more competitions in the future. Besides challenging herself to be a better dancer through performing & competing, Deron is passionate about growing the local dance community and teaching all levels of dancer. She loves being a part of people's social dance journey and watching how it transforms their lives.
(Salsa, Bachata, Cha Cha, West Coast Swing)

Frances Tee  began dancing Ballet after watching the Dance of the Hours in Walt Disney's Fantasia. She discovered partner dancing in Boston where she learned to Lindy Hop and hasn't stopped partner dancing since. Coming to Seattle in 2007, she picked up Salsa dancing and continues to explore all dance to continually improve her connection to music and her partner. She wants to share Kizomba as one way to show how wonderful it can be to dance with that connection.
(Kizomba)

Greg Rolnick  's dance training and performances began with ballet and modern dance in San Francisco, touring and performing with modern dance companies throughout the U.S. and Europe. In 1997 he became totally devoted to Argentine Tango when Fabian Salas came to teach at the Century Ballroom for two months. Since then he has taught and performed in California, New York, Hawaii, Canada, and Mexico. Greg's most influential teachers include Sebastian Arce y Mariana Montes, Chicho Frumboli y Juana Sepulveda, and Mario Consiglieri y Anabella Diaz-Hojman. Greg's ongoing study of the Gyrotonic Expansion System is helpful to promote relaxed, centered, grounded, clear and technically correct movement for the Argentine Tango classes.
(Tango)

Hallie Kuperman  is the owner of Century Ballroom and The Tin Table restaurant in Seattle, Washington. Since 1991 she has taught pretty much every form of social dance with the exception of Argentine Tango (for which you have to have prettier legs!). Currently she teaches Salsa and West Coast Swing at Century. She produces, co-choreographs and performs in Century's annual cabaret shows. She has also choreographed for Dance This! and Cornish Dance Theater among others. Since 2005 she has been the co-instructor for NW School's Social Dance Program. She also founded and teaches at Century's Kids Dance Camp, which teaches children ages 8-14 all forms of dance movement and culminates in a big show at the end of the week. Along with teaching more private lessons than she can count she has taught at Microsoft, EMP, University of WA, Sitka Fine Arts Camp, Folklife, and more schools than she can remember. Her passion is Century Ballroom, her students, clients of the Ballroom and The Tin Table and creating a community that people will never forget.
(Salsa, West Coast Swing)

Hareesh Kapoor  began studies on violin at the age of four. An accomplished musician, he has since become fluent on more than ten instruments. At the age of 18 he discovered Swing dancing and Lindy Hop, now he has amassed a knowledge of dance styles including West Coast Swing, Lindy, Hip Hop, modern and Vernacular Jazz. Recently he has been competing and teaching in west coast swing his current passion. With a strong focus on musicality and creativity he tries to make sure that all of his students have the opportunity to become creative and passionate dancers in their own right.
(West Coast Swing)

Inga Ingenue  "The Little Blonde Bomb", infuses her bubbly personality with traditional bump 'n' grind, resulting in an adorable mix of sexy blonde ambition and innocent "ingenuity." Ooh la-la! Mlle. Ingenue was born and raised in Seattle, where beginning at age two she studied ballet, tap, jazz, modern dance and choreography for dance and theater. Since joining the Seattle burlesque community in 2005, Inga has become an international burlesque star and an instructor for Miss Indigo Blue's world-renowned Academy of Burlesque.
(Pop Culture)

Jay Senior  has always enjoyed connecting with music through dance. He derived much of his early enjoyment gyrating well into the morning hours at outdoor raves such as Burning Man. But something was always missing. Discovering first swing and country dancing in early 2000 and then salsa and Bachata in 2007, Jay realized what was missing was the connection one experiences with music that can only be achieved through partner dancing. Then he discovered Kizomba and the true meaning of connection. Jay teaches Kizomba with Frances Tee at workshops throughout Seattle and most recently started teaching at Century Ballroom.
(Kizomba)

Jonathan Wingard-Phillips  was all but convinced that he had two left feet and no sense of rhythm, until he started experimenting with Ballroom Dancing in 2005. Immediately he fell in love with partner dancing, but when he found Salsa, he thought he had found his match. Bachata is his new love. It gives him the opportunity to express himself and be creative with the amazing music. The body-rolls, dips, and sexiness are just icing on the cake.
(Bachata)

Josh Scribner  is a Seattle-based dancer and choreographer known for his innovative and contemporary interpretation of tap dance. He recently finished a year-long tour with Cirque du Soleil, has appeared on the television show "Showtime at the Apollo" at New York's famous Apollo Theater in Harlem, toured with the Las Vegas dance company, "Iron Beats," and participated in the creation process for Cirque du Soleil's "Zaia." When not performing, he teaches and choreographs around the US and Canada, and directs a Redmond-based tap dance performance company for teens and young adults.
(Tap)

Joshua Sturgeon  fell in love with country dancing twelve years ago when he walked into a country bar on his 21st birthday. Since then, he has studied, taught, and competed in several forms of dancing including Ballroom, Salsa, Country, several Swing variations, and Hip Hop. After getting married in 2007, he took a break from social and competitive dancing, exclusively choreographing and teaching wedding dances. Since earlier this year however, Joshua has been competing in his primary dance passion, West Coast Swing. He has competed in several local and national Jack 'n Jill competitions, placing 1st in five of his first six events. He is now dancing in the advanced division and plans to keep competing for the sole purpose of advancing his teaching career. He loves to teach WCS because, in his words, "it fully embodies the idea of you dance with THIS partner to THIS song. Every dance is different."
(West Coast Swing)

Justin Hirschy  discovered his love for dance in 2006 when he started Ballroom dancing. He found Salsa in 2007 and has been a Salsaholic every since. His most recent endeavor is West Coast Swing, and he has been competing in conventions along the West Coast for the past year. Justin is passionate about the lead/follow aspect of social dancing and loves to pass on his joy of dance.
(Salsa)

Lou Henry Hoover  is Ricki Mason, who made her Swing dance debut in the Century Ballroom's Swinging Radio Hour in Fall of 2005. Since then she has been teaching social dance for gay, lesbian, and non-homophobic people with Hallie Kuperman. Ricki also teaches beginning ballet at Velocity Dance Center, directs LAUNCH dance theater and The Launchettes, and performs as Lou Henry Hoover. She holds BFA in dance from the University of Michigan.
(Pop Culture)

Mark Kihara  is well-known for his enthusiastic and easily accessible teaching style. Great energy and a rather large smile is brought to every class he teaches. Wearing many hats in the world of swing dancing, Mark works as a teacher, performer, competitor, DJ, emcee, and event producer. He is also an avid social dancer and can be seen on the Century floor at most every swing night. Mark co-produces Savoy Swing Jam, an annual community-focused lindy hop competition event
(East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop)

Nicole Adams  started dancing at the tender age of 2, in the doorway of her sister's ballet class. Her extensive training background includes Classical Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Ballroom, Latin and Swing. Then she found Argentine Tango at the Century Ballroom. She completely fell in love with the dance's ability to take her to a brand new level of freedom and expression. For Nicole, Tango provides an opportunity to not only continually train and develop her technique, but more importantly gives her the space to communicate her own personality and emotions while having a fully connected conversation with her partner through Tango's beautiful and elegant movement. She hopes to bring her strong dance background and years as a Pilates instructor to assist in finding the right alignment and posture for each individual. Nicole has performed with "Tango en Vie" around the Northwest and most recently in Seattle's Folklife Festival and at Century Ballroom in the Tango Cabaret. (Tango)

Ruby Mimosa  of the Atomic Bombshells is one of the primary instuctors at Miss Indigo Blue's Academy of Burlesque, located in Seattle, Wa. She has been teaching men and women how to Bump, Grind, Shimmy, & Shake for the past 3 years. Ruby's dance background involves 13 years of Ballet training; as well as Jazz, Tap, Hula, Gymnastics & Diving. She has been teaching with Dance Belt since early 2010.
(Pop Culture)

Susan Balshor  has been dancing since the age of four, and today enjoys the partner-dancing gamut from country western to Argentine tango. The waltz is a particular passion, and her focus is on the essentials, starting with how a dancer's foot hits the floor. Susan helps dancers grok the musicality of waltzing, and she's passionate about how this dance comes alive when partners discover how to connect with the music. One of her personal goals is to continually raise the level of waltzing in Seattle. Susan is a co-producer of the Valse Cafe Orchestra.
(Waltz)

Waxie Moon  is the alter ego of Marc Kenison, who began his formal dance training at the Interlochen Arts Academy and went on to receive his BFA from The Juilliard School. Marc danced professionally with the Jose Limon Dance Company (1991-1996) and Tere O'Connor Dance (1996-2001). In 2004, Marc received his MFA in Acting from the University of Washington and co-founded Seattle's Washington Ensemble Theatre, where he has both acted and directed. His original performance work has been seen at various venues throughout New York, Seattle and in Tokyo and Takamatsu, Japan. He lives to perform "boylesque" as Waxie Moon.
(Pop Culture)

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