Dance Mentor Program

Kate Dobson

Teaches: Newcomer-Bronze Smooth/Standard, Newcomer Rhythm/Latin

Kate has been dancing ballroom for three years and competes Gold in all styles. She enjoys teaching everything Smooth/Standard at the newcomer and bronze levels.

Tristen Davis

Teaches: Newcomer Smooth/Standard

Tristen has been dancing for two years (plus change). He competes in all Rhythm/Latin at the gold level and Smooth/Standard at the silver level. He teaches Smooth/Standard at the Newcomer level, routines/figures and technique.

Alissa Cloutier

Teaches: Newcomer Smooth/Standard

Alissa has been dancing for three years. She competes in all styles at the Silver level and teaches Smooth/Standard at the Newcomer level, routines/figures and technique.

Jay Yen

Teaches: Newcomer-Silver, all styles

Jay has been dancing for five years and competes in Open Smooth, Gold Rhythm and Latin and Silver Standard. He enjoys teaching technique at the Newcomer, Bronze and Silver levels. 

Elizabeth Euwart

Teaches: Newcomer, all styles

Elizabeth has been dancing ballroom for three years and competes in Silver Rhythm, Latin, Smooth, and Standard. She is excited to teach technique and routines at the Newcomer level. 

Josh DeBare

Teaches: Newcomer Latin/Rhythm, Bronze Latin

Josh has been competing for four years and competes Silver Lati. He is thrilled to teach both technique and routines.

Heather Lohrey

Teaches: Newcomer-Gold Rhythm/Latin

Heather has been dancing for around 12 years. She previously competed in Championship Latin and currently competes in Gold Smooth and Gold Rhythm.  She loves teaching anything Latin at the newcomer through gold levels.

Benjamin Secino

Teaches: Newcomer-Gold, all styles

Ben has been dancing for seven years and currently competes in Open all styles. He enjoys teaching technique and routines at the Newcomer, Bronze, Silver, and Gold levels. 

Shannon Carey

Teaches: Newcomer-Silver Rhythm/Latin, Newcomer Smooth/Standard

Shannon has been dancing for seven years and currently competes in Open Rhythm and Latin. She loves working with beginners in all styles, and teaching routines and technique in Rhythm and Latin at higher levels.

Maya Yaakov

Teaches: Newcomer-Bronze Rhythm 

Maya has been ballroom dancing since the age of 12 and competes at the Gold level in Rhythm. She loves troubleshooting technique and watching newcomers develop their dance skills.

Cassandra Brzycki Newton

Teaches: Newcomer-Gold, all styles

Cassandra has been dancing for 9 years and currently competes in Championship Smooth and Pre-Champ Standard.  Although she has experience in all four styles, she especially loves helping dancers with high-level Smooth, Standard, and Latin technique and choreography.

Dallas Newton

Teaches: Newcomer-Gold, all styles

Dallas has been dancing for around 8 years and competes in Championship Smooth and Pre-Champ Standard.  He enjoys teaching technique for Smooth, Standard, Rhythm, & Latin to dancers of any level and teaching routines for Standard/Latin.