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ENRIQUE ALARCON

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~ Amanda Parton ~ Amanda started dancing at the tender age of 4, when she enrolled in the local ballet school. She dabbled in a little jazz and ballroom, and enjoyed it, but soon discovered that her real passion lay in contemporary, she performed many times in her home town at local events and showcases, and had the chance to attend workshops in London with the Ballet Rambert, and The London Contemporary Dance Theatre. After some years on the advertising scene, in London, and Singapore, Amanda returned to her dance background 4 years ago, when she met Enrique. They became close friends and eventual dance partners. They now perform and teach together.

~ Maria Rigopoulos ~ Maria started to dance at the age of five. She studied tap, jazz, and ballet with a local dance group in Washington, DC up through her high school years. During college, she continued to study dance, adding modern, ballroom, and folk dance to her dance repertoire. After college, she spent several years studying and performing with the DC Dance Collective, a local tap dance company, based in Washington, DC. With the DC Dance Collective, she had to opportunity to take workshops from many well-known and prestigious tap performers. She also taught tap and ballet at local dance studios. Maria rediscovered ballroom dance after moving to the New York metropolitan area. She trained intensively in ballroom dance for about five years, focusing mostly on international latin ballroom. Now, she continues to pursue her training and love of latin dance with Enrique Alarcon and the Dance Collective of Westport Connecticut.

~ Alexa Horton ~ Alexa began training as a child with the Toldeo Ballet School in Ohio. She spent summers dancing at Ballet Aspen, the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet & The Ballet West Conservatory in Utah. In high school, she trained & performed with the now defunct Bay Ballet Theatre under the direction of Christopher Fleming, a former NYCB dancer. Alexa was awarded the Presidential Scholarship for Dance to Wake Forest University. She spent four years dancing with the Wake Forest Dance Company, performing works set by Vairous choreographers from the Balanchine Trust, the North Carolina School of the Arts & Alvin Ailey.

~Betsy Bell ~ Betsy began her dance training at age 10 as a Junior Olympian Gymnast in Madison, Connecticut. Over the years, she has studied and taught many dance forms including modern jazz, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, hip hop and latin ballroom. She has trained and performed with numerous choreographers and dance companies in the Connecticut and New York area including Paul Hall Contemporary Dance Theatre, Lee Lund Performing Workshop and Adrenaline Hip-Hop Company. Most recently, Betsy spent three years training and competing regionally and nationally in American Rhythm, Smooth and International Latin Ballroom Dance. Former owner of Rhythm In Motion Dance and Fitness Studios, in Branford and Madison, CT, Betsy holds certifications in Pilates, MELT Method, and Holistic Nutrition and Lifestyle Coaching. She presently teaches the MELT Method at the Dance Collective of Westport, Connecticut.

Jonny Cann ~ Jonny Cann always had a love for break dancing and poping n’ locking. Leading him to finally taking classes in his home town which really peaked his interest towards Hip-Hop. Following his passion Jonny pushed himself to the limits by training with the top choreographers in the world. He has trained in master classes at the top dance studios in L.A. and in Manhattan, taking in all different types of styles of Hip-Hop and street jazz. He also took classes, worked with, and had personal lessons with choreographers such as Shane Sparks, Gil Dulduldao, Dave Scott, Rhapsody, Marty, Manwe and more. Jonny Cann has done various types of work in his dance career. Doing commercials, broadway plays, tours, and concerts, working with artist such as Chris Brown, Rihanna, and other upcoming artist and groups.

Cait Lyddy ~ a Connecticut native, studied ballet & modern @ the Harkness House for the Ballet Arts and @ Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. She has danced professionally with Joyce Trisler Dancecompany, Theatre Ballet of Canada, Dennis Wayne’s Dancers, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, David Parsons, Elisa Monte Dance Company & Sung Soo Ahn Dance. Cait currently owns and operates Westport Pilates and Fairfield Pilates.