Spring 2024 INstructors

Matt Elissa
Beginner Latin, Beginner Standard

Raina Elissa
Beginner Latin, Beginner Standard
Raina tried ballroom dancing for the first time in the spring of 2016 and quickly became enamored with the sport and joined BBDT. Raina will be teaching beginner standard with her husband, Matt, this semester.

Liam Tomson-Moylan
Intermediate 1 Standard
Liam joined BBDT his junior year at UW-Madison. When he was studying abroad, he learned ballroom and Latin dance with professionals in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Upon graduation, he found work as a Software Engineer at Power Line Systems. He enjoys volunteering as a sailing and dance instructor in Madison. He is available to teach private lessons for students interested in improving their technique for competition.

Nettie Dellheim
Intermediate 1 Standard

Jacob Denson
​Intermediate 1 Latin

Aletea vanVeldhuisen
​Intermediate 1 Latin

Yubing Hou and Heather Jennings
Intermediate 2 Standard
Heather and Yubing have been competing together since 2012, focusing on the international standard dances. Together they have been finalists at many amateur and collegiate competitions in the U.S., including Wisconsin State Dance Championships, where they twice claimed the open amateur championship titles, as well as USA Dance National finalist. Their teaching focuses on technique, efficiency, and consistency.

​Michael Busche
Intermediate 2 Latin
​Michael began dancing as a freshman in college on the Purdue University Latin & Ballroom dance team. In 2016, he moved west to pursue a PhD at the University of California-Berkeley and continued dancing on Berkeley's team. He's earned many national collegiate titles as well as state and national amateur titles in standard, latin, and smooth. He moved to Madison in 2021 and now works as postdoc at UW in the Genetics department.