Instructors: Fall 2018
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Raina Petersen
Class Taught: Intermediate 1 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! |
Anna Nadon
Class Taught: Intermediate 2 Standard and Latin
Anna is the Intermediate 2 Standard and Latin instructor with Eugene. She and Eugene compete Open 10-dance - which is a fancy way of saying both Standard ballroom and Latin in the international style. They've been dancing together for 6 years and competing around the Midwest and East Coast. Her favorite dances are probably rumba and foxtrot, though it can change each week - so you should definitely ask her to be sure.
Class Taught: Intermediate 2 Standard and Latin
Anna is the Intermediate 2 Standard and Latin instructor with Eugene. She and Eugene compete Open 10-dance - which is a fancy way of saying both Standard ballroom and Latin in the international style. They've been dancing together for 6 years and competing around the Midwest and East Coast. Her favorite dances are probably rumba and foxtrot, though it can change each week - so you should definitely ask her to be sure.
Gunnar Thompson
Class Taught: Intermediate 1 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: Intermediate 1 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: Intermediate 1 Latin
Bio coming soon!
Class Taught: Intermediate 1 Latin
Bio coming soon!
BJ Achim
Class Taught: Intermediate 1 Latin
Bio coming soon!
Class Taught: Intermediate 1 Latin
Bio coming soon!
Lance Hartung
Class Taught: Beginner Standard
Bio coming soon!
Class Taught: Beginner Standard
Bio coming soon!
Mina Ma
Class Taught: Beginner Standard
Mina has been dancing ballroom with Ballroom Association of Madison since fall of 2012, where she immediately fell in love with the passion, spirit, and openness of the community. She thinks of dancing as an elegant way to express feelings in music, rather than body movements alone. She is able to follow any dance style, though she occasionally “hacks the lead” to cause trouble. When she is not dancing, you may find her playing the piano, board gaming, baking, blogging, and snuggling with kitties. She attempted to teach her cat how to quickstep at one point, which motivated her to teach more willing and cooperative learners =^.^=
Class Taught: Beginner Standard
Mina has been dancing ballroom with Ballroom Association of Madison since fall of 2012, where she immediately fell in love with the passion, spirit, and openness of the community. She thinks of dancing as an elegant way to express feelings in music, rather than body movements alone. She is able to follow any dance style, though she occasionally “hacks the lead” to cause trouble. When she is not dancing, you may find her playing the piano, board gaming, baking, blogging, and snuggling with kitties. She attempted to teach her cat how to quickstep at one point, which motivated her to teach more willing and cooperative learners =^.^=
Alex Demers
Class Taught: Beginner Latin
Alex started social dancing eleven years ago and hasn't stopped since. She started learning ballroom a few years back and has been teaching for the Ballroom Association of Madison since 2016. This is her first semester teaching for BBDT.
Class Taught: Beginner Latin
Alex started social dancing eleven years ago and hasn't stopped since. She started learning ballroom a few years back and has been teaching for the Ballroom Association of Madison since 2016. This is her first semester teaching for BBDT.
Jason Ocker (Jameson)
Class Taught: Beginner Latin
Hey, y'all. I've been on team since the fall of '14 as either a practitioner or Event Coordinator. This fall marks my foray into instructing as I'll be teaching the beginner Latin lessons. I look forward to meeting all of you :)
Class Taught: Beginner Latin
Hey, y'all. I've been on team since the fall of '14 as either a practitioner or Event Coordinator. This fall marks my foray into instructing as I'll be teaching the beginner Latin lessons. I look forward to meeting all of you :)
