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Colleen K. Burke has had 30 years of
dance training, with the last 6 years in ballroom and social
dance. She started at age 5, and continues to take classes
currently in ballet, jazz, modern, ballroom, clogging, and
miscellaneous other dance forms, as time permits.
Colleen has
studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy, Dance Arts Academy,
both in the Traverse City area, Shari Rarick School of Dance in
Battle Creek, advanced dance workshops in the Detroit, Chicago,
and Kalamazoo areas and has shared the floor with such greats as
Frankie Manning, Winton Marcellus, the Big Bad Voo Doo Daddies,
Brian Setzer, the Royal Crown Review, Lavay Smith, and Her Red
Hot Skillet Lickers, to name a few.
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Colleen is a current member of the
Kalamazoo, MI Chapter of USADance, Inc., formally the United
States Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association (USABDA). For the
past two years, she has been a board member for USABDA, as well
as in charge of the Dancegiving Team. The Dancegiving Team is a
group of volunteer ballroom dancers performing in area nursing
homes, boys and girls clubs, and other related organizations as
outreach to the community. She is also a member, in good
dancing, with the Southwest Michigan Ballroom Dance Club (SWMBDC). |
The classes Colleen offers are at a
beginning/intermediate level. Material to be covered will be
dance floor discipline and etiquette, lead/follow exercises,
rhythm, and dance floor patterns using the basic steps in East
Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing, Charleston, Waltz, Fox
Trot, Cha Cha, Rumba, Samba, Tango, Merengue, Mambo/Salsa,
Polka, Sosch, Hustle, Night Club Two Step Country Two Step,
Bolero, beginning level line dances, dance mixers, and
miscellaneous other dance related exercises.
The class size can vary from one on one
private lessons for singles or couples, or group classes. |
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The goal is to bring Dance to Life
affordably to anyone interested in giving ballroom/social
dancing a try. Lessons can be personalized for that special
occasion, or giving people a quick basic lesson before the band
starts, so everyone can feel comfortable on the floor bringing
Dance to Life for them. Since each person is an
individual, Colleen strives to make everyone comfortable on the
dance floor doing the basic steps, so they can enjoy their
unique dance styles, and bring Dance to Life for them.
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