Meet our Instructors and read about what they specialize in and hear more about there dancing experience. Who knows you may end up dancing with them.
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Walter “Bear” Hartell – Dance Master |
| “Bear” started dancing at the age of 3, with Tap, Ballet, & Jazz lessons. At the age of 15 he began teaching Tap, Ballet and Jazz to kids at Joy’s Dance Studio in the Twin Cities. At 16 he started his own Tap, Ballet and Jazz dance studio in Brooklyn Center, MN. At 17, he was the first and youngest male to be selected as 1 of 3 judges for the Minnesota Dance Competition. At 20 he began training with the Fred Astaire Dance Studios of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Over the next 8 years he worked for the Fred Astaire Dance Studio organization as a professional instructor in the Twin Cities, Oklahoma City and Seattle, Washington. During those 8 years he continued his own dance education, reaching the highest level of achievement in the Fred Astaire Dance Studio organization: Supreme Gold Theatre Arts and Exhibition Dancer, Regional Dance Director and Adjudicator. In 1979 he opened his first independent Ballroom Dance Studio, called Hartell’s Dance World. In the following year, he obtained a Franchise for the Fred Astaire Dance Studio organization for the Twin Cities. By 1985, he obtained the Area Franchise for the State of Minnesota, allowing him to franchise Fred Astaire Dance Studios throughout Minnesota. At one time he owned, franchised and operated five Fred Astaire Dance Studios across Minnesota. “Bear” opened “That Dancer’s Place” |
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Ms. Ann Hoshal |
| I have always loved dancing. I am told that I was in ballet when I was a little girl, but I have very little recollection of that. I was in gymnastics for many years, when I lived in Annandale, Virginia; and the floor routines were one of my favorite events. After moving to Grand Rapids, Minnesota my fifth grade year, I stopped gymnastics, but kept my love of movement and moving to music. In High School, I went to all the dances and tried to copy the moves that were popular at the time, with quite a bit of success. After High School I moved to the Twin Cities where I started Ballroom Dance instructing with the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Inver Grove Heights. I taught and competed, both professionally and with students, for several years there. While there I attained a Silver level in my dancing and competed in the Theatre Arts/Dancesport area. I have recently returned from a military deployment overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom with the Minnesota Red Bull Brigade. Upon my return I chose to stay in the Brainerd area and have recently resumed my dancing and teaching with That Dancer's Place. I hope to see you here and to share my love of dancing. |
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