Elizabeth’s dance career actually started in cheerleading or “cheer-dance” in middle school. She was captain of both her State Champion high school and college dance teams and danced for 2 adult semi-pro dance teams after graduation. Elizabeth has a degree in Biology and Natural Science with an emphasis on education and taught science at Pulaski High School while coaching the school’s State Champion dance team from 1999-2007. In 2007, she opened the Power Of Dance with her sister Theresa.
Elizabeth has continued to take classes in coaching/teaching methods, chorography, music mixing, strength/conditioning, skill enhancement, and technique in all styles of dance since she started coaching. Her teams have won countless Regional, State, National and Worlds titles. Personally, Elizabeth is a nationally respected coach. A few of her personal honors include numerous best choreography awards, UPA National Dance Coach of the year (2004), UPA’s National Coaching Hall of Fame (2006) Who’s Who of US Dance Directors, 3x WACPC Conference presenter, WACPC Coaching Hall of Fame, and 2x DX National Dance Coach of the year. Elizabeth (along with her sister Theresa) coached 2 teams to Dance Worlds Gold Medals in HH and Kick as well as 2 silver and 1 bronze medals in Kick and Pom. She is also a state-certified judge in pom, hip-hop, jazz, and high kick.
Through it all, Elizabeth’s passion remains teaching kids. And while most of her career has been with teens and young adults, the fact that she now gets to work with the littlest dancers at the studio is a precious gift. Elizabeth believes in being involved in her community and you can see her giving her time back to the HSSD school district where her 3 kids attended school.
