Brenda
DanceMode Founder & Owner, Lead Trainer
Certifications: Franklin Method
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Really I am a laid back, easy going, pretty geeky girl. It’s the geeky part that tends to put me in a focused, driven sort of state. I can be intense. I don’t do things a little bit. I go for it, and with passion. Like the meaning of my name “enthusiastic, fire brand”.
I am in many ways introverted, like most technicians. I can be particular, but am not as obsessive as I often get accused of. I love my work and my students. I give as much as I can and sometimes more to teaching. I really love studying movement and watching the transformation that occurs when someone shifts the way they stand, breathe, move.
I also love kids, being around them relaxes me. I love hiking, swimming, lying in the sun, drinking tea, reading books, gardening, cooking. All the typical life stuff. I even love cleaning.
I am also a nutrition nerd, and crazy irrational shopper. I love shopping, I love stores. I like grocery shopping, clothes shopping, any kind of shopping really. Antique, thrift, and garage sale shopping are the best.

Candace
Movement Instructor
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Sensibly realizing that healthy movement is beautiful movement, Candace also practices and teaches various movement modalities; she has been a student of the Franklin Method, Nutritious Movement, Dahn Yoga, African dance, and other widely varied traditions. She is a certified Hoop Love hoopdancing coach and is currently studying MogaDao Qigong.

Julia
Movement Instructor
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Dante
Assistant / Musican
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Joseph
Lead Assistant
Certifications: Franklin Method
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Catherine
Lead Trainer, African Dance
Certifications: Professional Dance Study & Performance
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She studied under Norma Claire, whom Catherine calls her mentor, and whose pedagogy enabled her to explore every part of her body in order to combine physical sensations and observations. With this powerful tool, Catherine continued her training in African dance with Elsa Wolliaston, Hawa Kouyaté, Koffi Koko, Moustapha Bangouroura, Mouminatou Camara, and traveled to Burkina Faso, Senegal, and Guinée to polish her art. Catherine also spent five years at a professional dance school in Paris where she studied Modern, Jazz, contemporary, and anatomy.
