Instructors: Spring 2018
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Raina Petersen
Class Taught: Beginner Standard Raina is a graduate student and TA at UW Madison studying Spanish linguistics. She tried ballroom dancing for the first time in the spring of 2016 and quickly became enamored with the sport and joined BBDT. Although Raina loves teaching all of the Standard dances, Tango is her favorite to teach, follow, and even lead! |
Gunnar Thompson
Class Taught: Beginner Standard
Gunnar joined BBDT in the summer of 2013, and has been competing since the fall of 2013. He greatly enjoys teaching ballroom dance, and he looks forward to improving enough to dance at the open levels of competition. Gunnar graduated from UW-Madison in December 2016 with a degree in chemical engineering and currently works in Middleton. Outside of ballroom dancing, he enjoys playing piano and guitar, board games, and woodworking.
Class Taught: Beginner Standard
Gunnar joined BBDT in the summer of 2013, and has been competing since the fall of 2013. He greatly enjoys teaching ballroom dance, and he looks forward to improving enough to dance at the open levels of competition. Gunnar graduated from UW-Madison in December 2016 with a degree in chemical engineering and currently works in Middleton. Outside of ballroom dancing, he enjoys playing piano and guitar, board games, and woodworking.
Catherine Anderson
Class Taught: Beginner Latin
Bio coming soon!
Class Taught: Beginner Latin
Bio coming soon!
BJ Achim
Class Taught: Beginner Latin
Bio coming soon!
Class Taught: Beginner Latin
Bio coming soon!
Cassandra Brzycki
Class Taught: Intermediate I (Standard)
Cassandra joined BBDT during her freshman year at UW-Madison in spring 2013. She is a recent graduate of UW-Madison, with a double major in chemical engineering and biochemistry, and is now working as a scientist at a biotechnology startup company in Middleton. In addition to dancing and teaching, she enjoys designing and making ballroom dresses for herself and other members of the team and bribing her students with homemade baked goods.
Class Taught: Intermediate I (Standard)
Cassandra joined BBDT during her freshman year at UW-Madison in spring 2013. She is a recent graduate of UW-Madison, with a double major in chemical engineering and biochemistry, and is now working as a scientist at a biotechnology startup company in Middleton. In addition to dancing and teaching, she enjoys designing and making ballroom dresses for herself and other members of the team and bribing her students with homemade baked goods.
Dallas Newton
Classes Taught: Intermediate I (Standard)
Bio: Dallas started dancing on a whim in the Spring of 2014, and since his has been unable to stop moving. Currently competing novice in all four styles of ballroom dance, Dallas has instructed beginner and intermediate classes for BBDT. Prone to loud and ridiculous antics, he’s excited to be sharing his passion with new, curious people. Outside of Ballroom, Dallas is a full time student at UW Madison studying rehabilitation psychology. He also enjoys exercising, board games, and wearing suits; finally, his favorite dance is the Samba.
Classes Taught: Intermediate I (Standard)
Bio: Dallas started dancing on a whim in the Spring of 2014, and since his has been unable to stop moving. Currently competing novice in all four styles of ballroom dance, Dallas has instructed beginner and intermediate classes for BBDT. Prone to loud and ridiculous antics, he’s excited to be sharing his passion with new, curious people. Outside of Ballroom, Dallas is a full time student at UW Madison studying rehabilitation psychology. He also enjoys exercising, board games, and wearing suits; finally, his favorite dance is the Samba.
Lisa Milter
Class Taught: Intermediate I (Latin)
Bio: Lisa is from the Chicago suburbs and joined BBDT in the fall of 2014, when she started attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She fell in love with ballroom dance right away and enjoys competing and teaching. Lisa is currently a senior studying Political Science and Journalism. Besides dancing, she works for UW Ophthalmology as a digital marketing intern, plays the piano, loves tennis and yoga, and obsesses over Harry Potter and Game of Thrones
Class Taught: Intermediate I (Latin)
Bio: Lisa is from the Chicago suburbs and joined BBDT in the fall of 2014, when she started attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She fell in love with ballroom dance right away and enjoys competing and teaching. Lisa is currently a senior studying Political Science and Journalism. Besides dancing, she works for UW Ophthalmology as a digital marketing intern, plays the piano, loves tennis and yoga, and obsesses over Harry Potter and Game of Thrones
Ziqing Lin
Class Taught: Intermediate I (Latin) Ziqing started ballroom dancing back in China quite a few years ago. He continued dancing during his Ph.D. at Purdue, focusing on International Latin. He joined BBDT in fall 2015 when he started working in UW-Madison. As a first-time dance instructor, Ziqing would like to share some thoughts in Latin dance that he learned from coaches, lectures, and videos. His dream is to compete in Blackpool May Dance Festival as a senior. |
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