Instructors: Fall 2022
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Jason Ocker
Classes Taught: Beginner Standard SUP, NERDS!? 😃 I started with the BBDT in the fall of '14 with not a sliver of prior ballroom experience. Since then, I've been a part of many competitions and showcases, I've been the Event Coordinator for 7 semesters, and I've been an instructor for 9~11 semesters (I lost count). It's an awesome time, so join us! |
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Raina Elissa
Class Taught: Beginner Latin 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. |
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B Li
Classes Taught: Intermediate 1 Standard B (they/them) fell into dancing as a freshman on the UPenn ballroom team when they mixed up club events and accidentally went to the wrong one. Out of stubbornness and a commitment to Bob Ross, they've now been dancing for six years. B just moved to Madison this August and will be teaching Int 1 Standard (with bonus fun words in Russian :)). |
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Liam Tomson-Moylan
Classes Taught: Intermediate 1 Latin Liam joined BBDT his junior year (4 years ago) at UW-Madison then studied abroad and continued learning 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. |
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Michael Busche
Classes Taught: Intermediate 2 Latin and Standard 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. |
Matt Elissa
Classes Taught: Beginner Latin
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Classes Taught: Beginner Latin
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Annie Amen
Classes Taught: Intermediate 1 Latin
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Classes Taught: Intermediate 1 Latin
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