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| Dawson Dance Academy prides
itself on Excellence in Dance Education. With our staff of highly qualified teachers, each
of our students learn proper dance form, technique and choreography. Serving Tampa,
Westchase, Lutz, Odessa, Oldsmar and Palm Harbor. |
 JENNIFER DAWSON-WAZ, Director Jennifer began her dance career at age 2 in Clearwater, FL. She trained locally with successful choreographers such as Alice Quessay and Joni Cantrell. Consequently, she is a state champion in tap and jazz dancing. Jennifer has also won national awards in Musical Theatre and Choreography. Furthermore, Jennifer obtained her Bachelors degree in Education (K-12) at the University of Central Florida in 1997. She is a certified Florida Educator in grades K-12 and has taught locally and statewide in several different subjects and areas for the past decade. In addition, Jennifer is a talented cheerleader and successfully coached several Florida squads to state victories. She has also assisted in the choreography of our local "Tampa Bay Buccaneer Cheerleaders". Jennifer is anxiously looking forward to this next dance school year, to share her love and passion for dance, cheerleading and theatre with our local community. |
 TAMMY
SPAINTammy is very excited to share her love of dance and performance with the students at Dawson Dance Academy! Tammy has studied ballet and modern jazz since the age of 7. For 17 years, Tammy studied in Hawaii with the Hawaii Ballet Theater, Punahou Dance School, Danceworks (under the direction of Simeon Den and Marie Takazawa) and at the University of Hawaii (under Alaine Haubert). Tammy received a dance scholarship to attend the University of Hawaii, where she obtained her BS in Biology. While at UH, Tammy was a member of the Rainbow Dancers (the UH Dance Team) and performed with the contemporary dance company Starlight Express and with the Nohelani Cypriano Show in Waikiki. While in Hawaii, Tammy began a dance program for youngsters (ages 4-12) at the Kaneohe Recreation Center. Tammy then left Hawaii to attend graduate school at Yale University in a biological science program and continued her studies in ballet with the Yale Recreational Dance Program. Tammy volunteered to work with the inner city youth of New Haven, both in dance and science outreach programs (ages 11-13). After graduating, Tammy moved to Florida to start a family, pursue her career as a scientist and continue her study of dance, teaching and performance with the American Dance Academy, Tampa Dancenter and the Bay City Ballet. Tammy lives in Oldsmar with her husband, Tim, and 7-year old daughter, Daly. |
 ASHLEE MUNOZMy name is Ashlee Munoz. I am 22 years old and I was born and raised in Tampa. I am a bit of a multi-tasker. When I am not teaching at Dawson Dance, I am pursing my full-time career as a hairstylist, and also fulfilling my dream as a professional dancer for the Arena football team, The Tampa Bay Storm part time! I have quite a bit of dance, cheer, and gymnastics experience. I began taking gymnastics when I was 7, where I had the opportunity to perform for the professional soccer team at that time called The Mutiny! I then decided that I had a little too much energy for just tumbling and decided I wanted to dance. I began my dancing at a local studio in Tampa where I learned that Jazz and Hip Hop was surely my cup of tea, after that I ventured off into something new of course, at the age of 13, I decided to join a youth cheerleading league called TBYFL. It was a blast and began to notice that I was content being a dancer and a cheerleader! I then entered high school where I tried out for the dance team and became a part of the team freshman year and captain my sophomore year. I moved schools where I became a cheerleader my junior year and my senior year and was a part of the dance team! I am currently a part of an amazing organization which I have been so fortunate to be a part of, The Tampa Bay Storm Dancers! I have been a Storm Dancer for 3 years. My teaching experience began when I was the assistant coach at Jefferson High School where I helped organize and choreograph routines. I taught at Dawson Dance the first year it was opened, and have been welcomed back for a second and wonderful year to come! |
 PATRICIA STORELLIPatricia Storelli is a Certified Teacher and Full Member of the Royal Academy of Dance in London. She started her training at the La Scala Theatre in Milan (Italy) and continued her ballet studies in England and France under internationally well-known teachers and choreographers such as Yvette Chauviree, Daniel Franck, Galina Samsova, Anne-Marie Holmes, David Howard, Irek Muhamedov and many others. After dancing professionally in Italy and France, she chose a teaching career describing it “The most wonderful and fulfilling job in the whole world”. She has been teaching internationally and working with the Royal Academy of Dance for over twenty years. She is a Registered Teacher of the Royal Academy of Dance (Teaching Certificate and Teaching Diploma) and also a Mentor of the Royal Academy Teaching Course. Miss Storelli is also a lecturer in History of Ballet and is studying for a BA (Hons) in Dance Education with the University of Durham in Scotland. She regularly writes ballet articles for the “Diary” of the Royal Academy of Dance and other publications. She will be shortly publishing her first book about pointe shoes. Settled in Florida five years ago she is a freelance teacher all over the State of Florida and the Director of the RAD studies at Sarasota Dance Theatre in Sarasota. |
 MATTHEW DOLANBorn in Hollywood, Florida, Matt began dancing at the age of 5. His formal dance training in ballet, jazz, hip-hop and modern spans some 17 years. As a senior honor member of the American Musical Theatre Dance Company for 12+ years, Matt performed in company productions at TBPAC, in half-time programs for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, various community sponsored events, and dance competitions. Matt has taken multiple master classes in hip-hop, street jazz and jazz with Joe Tremaine, Wade J. Robinson, Gina Vaccaro, Dan Karaty and Brian Anthony. He was awarded 1st place in dance at the MAII convention in New York in 2000. For several years, Matt was involved with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Tampa Bay television production, ʽThe Club,ʼ where he participated as a dancer in the filming of over 50 shows, as well as appearing in associated commercials and public service announcements. Matt also has a background in cheerleading with a State and National Championship squad. When he isnʼt dancing, Matt is a live sound tech who enjoys playing guitar. He is looking forward to an exciting year of hip-hop with the students of Dawson Dance Academy. |
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