We believe:

• It's never too late to express yourself
• There's no such thing as too much fun
• If football players and business people can learn how to dance, so can you.

Come by to see how we capitalize on your strengths and traits to make you look like you can dance-- well!

 Who we are:

Anna Luckey, Director

Anna graduated from Bard College in 1995 with a BA in dance/choreography.  She co-founded the Built on Stilts dance festival (1997), which is held annually on the island of Martha's Vineyard and Triskelion Arts (2000), a rehearsal & performance space in Brooklyn, NY.  Over the past 15 years she has worked, performed and taught in a variety of locations and venues ranging from Italy to Venezuela and New York to Hawaii.  She is excited to have landed in Philadelphia and signed on with dancemuse STUDIO.

Alex Jacobs, Instructor

Alex is a DVIDA certified dance instructor, holding certification with High Honors in the rhythm and smooth styles.  He started dancing in the late 90's during the neo-swing revival, but found himself drawn into the wider world of ballroom at Latin, though swing remains one of his favorite styles.  Since that time he has been a member of the University of Wisconsin and University of Pennsylvania ballroom dance teams.  Though he has been a finalist and won numerous first-place and gold awards at competitions - including Philadelphia Dancesport Festival, Liberty Dance Championships,  DC Dancesport Inferno, DC Dance Challenge, Disco America, Spring Fling, and Rutgers Dancesport Competition - Alex still considers himself primarily a social dancer.

"Dance is for everyone.  It's my belief that absolutely anyone and everyone can both learn to dance and enjoy being a dancer.  It doesn't matter if you're young or old, a man or woman, afraid you started too late or have two left feet - if you want to dance, you can do it.  I want to show you how."

Joe Donato, Instructor

Though both his parents met as dance instructors, Joe never had aspirations to be a dance teacher and focused on music and video production.  At age 32, he decided to explore dancing as a part-time gig and that was that!  Since then, he has received teaching awards, is skilled in the basics of over 15 traditional Ballroom, Latin and Rhythm dances, and dances at a Silver level in well over half of those. Joe just began his 6th year teaching professionally and recently produced his first interactive Ballroom Dance instructional DVD.

Donna Bencivengo, Instructor

Donna grew up dancing ballet and jazz and doing acrobatics, then delved into musical theater dance in high school.  After college, she began taking ballroom and Latin dance lessons from an old high school friend and was hooked, and went on to become a teacher.  She has been teaching, performing, and choreographing for around ten years, and has a special love of the Latin dances.

Renee Pappas, Instructor

Dancing is Renee's outlet, definition, and sanity.  She studied 15 years of ballet, mostly under the training of Wanda Hamilton, and 7 years of Belly dance instruction under Lurainya Koerber.  Renee loves music and how everyone individually translate its rhythms.  In her own words, "The female body has been misunderstood and mistreated for many years.  Belly dance has enabled me to break out of the modern world’s image and invite an earthy and ancient female understanding to re-energize and rebuild my confidence and self image."

Megan Kipp, Instructor

Meg received her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Tennessee. During her studies Meg obtained her AAAI group fitness instructor certification. Keeping the focus on posture and correct alignment, she taught yoga, Pilates, cycling, body sculpting, water aerobics, and yoga- Pilates fusion classes. Interested in the psychological and physiological effects of exercise and relaxation on mental health and well-being, she continued to educate herself.  Obtaining her personal training certification, Meg continued teaching and training for three years at UT. After graduating, Meg lived in Barcelona, Spain and Nashville, Tennessee for several years. Bored with her life’s direction, she decided to return to her roots of mind and body wellness. Following her passion, Meg quit corporate America and left for Goa, India where she completed her 200 hour yoga teacher training with Lara Baumann of Quantum Yoga: Creating Your Ideal Practice from an Ocean of Possibilities.http://www.quantumyoga.com/.  Returning to Philadelphia enlightened, inspired and refreshed she became a Licensed Massage Therapist after attending  the Cortiva Institute of Pennsylvania in King of Prussia.  Meg currently teaches group, corporate and private yoga, fitness and personal training courses around Philadelphia. She works as a massage therapist from a studio in her home and hopes to open a Yogassage studio in  Philadelphia in the next three years.

Roberto Garcia, Instructor

Roberto Rodriguez-Garcia "The Artist" (Performer, Educator, & Choreographer) Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, currently resides in Philadelphia.  Roberto has had numerous years of training in many styles and techniques including; Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, Plena Y Bomba, Rumba, Tango, Samba, Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Hip-Hop, African, & Contemporary just to name a few!  He's a proud alumni of The Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (C.A.P.A).  Roberto has trained with many icons in the dance world such as LaDeva Davis, Traci Hall, Shawn-Lamere Williams, Wayne St. Davis, Maribel Lozada.  He also had the pleasure of becoming Mr. Latino 2004 for Philadelphia, PA.  Roberto was a Principal Dancer for 5yrs for the prestigious Eleone Dance Theater and has now become an aspiring entrepreneur in his field, making his way to the top as an International Dancer.

Angel Williams, Instructor

Angel is certified in Ashtanga yoga instruction and has been trained as a dancer for many years.  She has developed her own yoga program for youth and teens as well as working with the aging and physically limited populations. 

Carolina Chiriboga, Instructor

Carolina has been teaching Zumba in the area now for several years.  Her goal is to lead a class that is a great workout while still being tons of fun!