JoAnn East
Dream
ASPIRATIONS:
- Dream~Dance~Achieve! I am committed to Dance Education Excellence. I hope to inspire students to reach their individual goals and fullest potential by providing opportunities to experience and enjoy the greatest benefits of dance.
Dance
EXPERIENCES:
Full Bio on “About Us” eastdancestudios.com
- Years of Dance Study: 30 years (including The Gus Giordano Dance Center, Chicago and Dance Centre South, Atlanta)
- Dance Conventions and Master Class Training: 1983-present
- Dance educator: 23 years
- Dance Educators Training Course Graduate: 1989
- Certified by, Active Member and Serving on the Board of Directors of the Dance Teacher's Club of Boston incorporated with the American Society
- Dance Courses Include:
Ballet
Pointe
Tap
Jazz
Lyrical
Modern
Contemporary
Hip-Hop
Childrens Dance
Dance Injury Prevention
Ballroom Dance
Music, Dance & Choregraphy Theories
Achieve
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- Proud mother of four children
- Founder and Artistic Director of the East Dance Studios/JEDEC, The JoAnn East Dance Co. & Scholarship Programs
- Published writer of "Dancing at Disney" in “Dance Studio Life Magazine” September 2009
- Featured in article in "Dance Teacher Now" Magazine in an article on training teachers in 2007
- Certified by the Dance Teachers Club of Boston: 1989
- Please see JoAnn's full bio or the JEDEC timeline for exciting accomplishments; including performance, choreography and education awards that JoAnn East and her students have been bestowed locally and nationally.
About Me …
FUN FACTS:
- Talent Tally: Teaching, Project Managing and Group Leading are the talents I feel help me with my passions of being a mom and a dance educator. (In my mind I can sing--but my family and students tell me "not so much").
- Interest Inventory: Spending time with Family and Friends, Travel, Writing & Everything Disney!
- Prior Pastimes: I used to work at a horse farm and loved to go horse-back riding. I was also a CNA for 8 years.
- Motivation Musts: Coffee Please! (Teavana is heavenly too) Great Music, Mechanical Pencils & a Smile
- Quirks & Quotes: Quirk: Clean Freak Quotes: “Move Up!”, “YESSSSS!” "Smile!” I love reading motivational quotes and find inspiration in their messages.