Tarah H
Tarah Brown-Hartung is a long time lover and seeker of adventure thru movement. Tarah has danced professionally in Chicago for over 20 years and taught dance all over Chicagoland. She holds a B.F.A in Theatre and Dance Performance. During her non- stop dancing days she performed with Chicago based companies Thodos Dance Chicago, Same Planet, […]
Mercedes R
Mercedes Rohlfs has been movement-based performer, practitioner, and fitness enthusiast for much of her life. She’s a Feldenkrais Method Practitioner, actor, choreographer for theatrical works, dancer with the Flaming Dames, and WERQ instructor. For Mercedes, WERQ is one of the most fun ways to spend an hour and she’s excited to share the good times […]
Tea-Buggz
Torrence Griffin, also known as Tea-Buggz, has been dancing hip hop for 34 years. He is proficient in popping, waving, ticking, king tutting, dancing the styles of animation and mannequin. He began dancing in 1981 on the South Side of Chicago with the original Electric Funkateers, which quickly became one of the premier pop-locking dance […]
Wade S
Wade Schaaf (They/Them) hails from the Chicago area and graduated Cum Laude from Northern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theater arts (emphasis on dance performance). During their professional career, Wade danced for multiple companies including the Ohio Ballet, State Street Ballet Santa Barbara, The Omaha Theater Ballet, Thodos Dance Chicago, and River […]
Alana D
Alana Deitch has been dancing almost since she could walk. Starting with classical training throughout her youth and teen years at Ballet Austin, she expanded her disciplines in college, graduating from the University of Texas at Austin in 2013 with a B.A. in Dance and a B.S. in Exercise Science. Since graduating, she has continued […]
Alicia W
Originally from Delaware, Ohio, Alicia Wilson began dancing at the age of three. Since then, she has trained in ballet, pointe, modern, jazz, hip-hop, tap, lyrical, and acrobatics. When she was sixteen she trained with Ballet Chicago at their 2009 Summer Intensive and fell in love with the city, so it was an easy choice […]
Rachel S
Rachel Schmidt began her dance training with Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre under the direction of Robert Kelley and Diane Cypher. Upon graduating from Butler University in 2015 she moved to San Francisco, California where she danced as a trainee with Alonzo King LINES Ballet and later as a company member of dawsondanceSF, lead by Gregory […]
Joanna R
With over two decades of experience in dance education, Joanna Read is the passionate force behind our studio’s vision. As Owner and Education Director, Joanna brings a unique blend of artistry, discipline, and leadership to everything she does. Her training spans classical ballet, contemporary, jazz, and choreography, with a strong emphasis on building not only […]
Megan L
Megan is a dancer, educator, and choreographer from the Chicagoland who studied dance with a focus in pedagogy at Columbia College Chicago. She provides a dance education that encompasses all types of learners and creates a community between all ages, levels, ability, and aesthetics of dancers. She is excited to continue sharing the joy of […]
Riley S
Riley Savage began dancing at age 4, initially training in competitive dance before discovering her passion for ballet at 15. She trained under renowned ballet professionals including Amy London, Pollyanna Ribeiro, Viktor Plotnikov, Jonathan Guise, and Robert Moore. Riley earned a BFA in Contemporary Dance from Indiana University Bloomington, where she worked with esteemed faculty […]
