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Helena Hosch |
Helena is celebrating her 53rd
year as founder, artistic director, principal and ballet educator of the
Helena Hosch School of Dance and is an active member of Dance Masters
of America (DMA) and Louisiana Association of Dance Masters (LADM), Chapter
6. Helena has served as President of LADM, as well as Vice President, Secretary, Representative, Delegate
to National Convention and chaired examinations for membership.
She is an adjudicator of Regional and National Dance Competitions.
Helena is very blessed to
have her two daughters, Staci and Shannon, share her passion for dance.
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Staci
Heintz Nicoll
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Staci is an active member of
Dance Masters of America and Louisiana Association of Dance Masters,
Chapter 6. For the past sixteen years Staci has been LADM's Director of Miss and Mr. Dance of Louisiana, and
has also designed the program for 15 years. She has served as
Representative-At-Large for LADM. She is the Studio Office
manager, design specialist
and does all of the studio's desktop publishing.
Staci is mom to her
son, Payten, and daughter, Lexis, who shares her love of dance.
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Shannon Heintz
Fortenberry
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Shannon is a member of Dance
Masters of America and Louisiana Association of Dance Masters, Chapter 6.
She has served as LADM's 1st Vice President, 2nd Vice President, 3rd Vice
President, 4th Vice President, and
Representative. Shannon has choreographed numerous opening
productions for the LADM Scholarship Competitions and National Dance
Competitions. She has won many regional and national choreography
awards and is the predominant choreographer at HHSD. Shannon is also an
adjudicator of many major regional and national dance competitions and has
choreographed and danced profesionally.
Shannon is mom to our newest family dancer,
Haven.
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Jody
Provenzano
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HHSD is fortunate to have Jody
on faculty for 35 years. She is dedicated to the dance arts and is
an active member of Dance Masters of America and Louisiana Association of
Dance Masters, Chapter 6. She has served as LADM's President, Vice
President, and Representative. Jody is experienced in educating
young dancers, as well as adults.
Jody is mom to three sons, Nick,
Price and Perry.
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Jolie Gueydan
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Jolie has been dancing with the
HHSD family since the age of 2. She is a member of Dance Masters of
America and Louisiana Association of Dance Masters, Chapter 6. She
has been a member of the HHSD faculty for the past seven years, working
well with all ages. She was a member of one of our most award winning National Champion
groups,
"5 Alive." Jolie now choreographs for some of our
competing groups and has won several choreography awards.
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Tracey Harvey
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Tracey has been with the HHSD
family for 15 years and is a member of Dance Masters of America and
Louisiana Association of Dance Masters, Chapter 6. She studied Choreographic Design at the
University of Southwestern Louisiana and has over 20 years teaching
experience. She is especially fond of working with our pre-school
and elementary students, sharing her passion for the art of dance and
instilling the basic technical skills, grace, poise, discipline and FUN
that dance classes offer.
Tracey is the proud mother of Heather, a
well accomplished HHSD dancer who has won numerous regional and national
awards.
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Wendy Bowers
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Wendy began her dance training
at the age of 2 with the HHSD family. She competed with the Helena
Hosch Competition Team for 14 years and was a member of one of our national
award winning groups. She is also a member of Dance Masters of America and
Louisiana Association of Dance Masters, Chapter 6. She brings years
of experience and knowledge as a dance educator to the HHSD family.
Wendy hopes to pass on her love of dance to her young daughter, Avery, and
son, Nate.
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Danielle Daray
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Danielle has been dancing with
the HHSD family since she was three years old and
on the HHSD Competition Team since the age of six. She is certified
to teach jazz, ballet and tap, but has a special passion for lyrical and
contemporary. Danielle has held titles of Petite, Junior and Teen Miss
Dance of Louisiana, Junior Miss Showbiz, and National Miss
Masquerade. In the near future, Danielle plans to become a member of the Louisiana Association of Dance Masters and Dance
Masters of America.
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Miranda Raiford
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Miranda has been dancing since
she was two years old, and has been with the HHSD family for the past
eight years. She has been a member of the faculty for two
years. Miranda is a member of the HHSD Competition Team and a member
of one of our national award winning groups.
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Heather Harvey |
Heather has been with the HHSD
family since she was three years old. She has been a member of the
HHSD Competition Team and a member one of our national award winning
groups. She has held titles of National Junior Miss Dance XPlosion
and National Teen Miss Masquerade.
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Dayan Guirovich |
Dayan
joined the HHSD dancing family as a toddler, and has been on the faculty for the
past eight years. She is an alumni of our award winning HHSD
Competition team. Dayan's specialty is working with young students.
Dayan is mom to her very active son, Aaron.
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Gymnastics
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Kelly Ward |
Jenn
Champagne |
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