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She taught dance and theater arts at Gregory-Lincoln Middle School in HISD, a performing arts magnet school for three years and created and directed the dance program at Cornerstone Academy for eight years in Spring Branch.

She has attended the Cecchetti Council Seminar for Teachers of Ballet, the Oklahoma City University Teacher Training Seminar, Mia Michaels and Brian Friedman's The PULSE Tour and the Dance Teacher Summit in New York in 2015. She has toured with Plexus Dance Company in Ventura, CA and was a soloist with Ballet Hysell in New Orleans and Beresheet Ballet in Houston.

Her performing credits include West Side Story, Dames at Sea, Once Upon a Mattress and Pal Joey. In New York, she studied jazz and musical theater from Ron Forella and ballet with Don Farnsworth for four years. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater Arts from San Francisco State University. She is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, where she trained with Olga Ziczeva and Richard Gibson in ballet and Berle Davis in tap, jazz and musical theater. They are the proud parents of Oscar, Nyla, Oliver, and Agnes!īernadette Patten has been teaching ballet, pointe, jazz and lyrical at Dance Central since 2006. Danielle currently lives in the Cypress area and is married to Shane Shoaf. Danielle is a member of Texas Association Teachers of Dancing and continues to take classes and attend conventions. She continued to teach at several studios in the Houston area, until she decided to open Dance Central, LLC in March of 2003. Danielle worked for Lyric Theater in Oklahoma, then returned to Houston to work in the public relations department of Houston Ballet. Being a member of these companies, she had the opportunity to tour Singapore, Malaysia, London, and Las Vegas. She was also a member of the American Spirit DanceĬompany and Spirit of Dance Liturgical Company. While at OCU she trained with Jo Rowan, Lyn Cramer, Liz Reiter, Richard Denson, and Kay Sandal, studying tap, jazz, ballet, and musical theatre. Danielle received a Bachelor of Science in Dance Management from Oklahoma City University. Danielle began her dance training under the direction of Kay Bily.

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Learn more here about our Company competition team. For those that want to take their performance and technique skills to the next level, we offer our Dance Central Company classes. We care as much about the heart of the dancer as we do the technique cultivated within that dancer.ĭance Central offers many types of dance, from ballet to contemporary and hip hop, to children of all ages. Many of our dancers call Dance Central their 'second home.' We are proud to have a place where our dancers love to come. Read below to learn more about our instructors and why they love dance. Dance Central works with passionate teachers who care deeply about their students and who continuously challenge themselves to fine tune their craft. Danielle's vision was to create an organization and place where dancers could learn, grow, build confidence and foster the love of dance. Dance Central, LLC formed in 2003 in Cypress, Texas by owner Danielle Shoaf.