Our Staff
The staff at Dance Charisma is second to none. Our teachers come from all over the world and bring with them decades of dance experience that ranges from Masters Degrees in Dance Choreography to classical training in ballet to top-level competitors in ballroom competitions all over the world. Continuing education of the staff is of the utmost importance to this staff and they are constantly training and reaching for higher levels of dance.
Whatever your desires in learning to dance, our staff can help you achieve those dreams.
Erich Caron
Youth Program
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Teacher School
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Children learn the basics of dance, working with the same group of similar-age children each week...
what makes us different
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Do you love to dance? Do you like to meet new people? Do you like to teach? If so...
Nancy Nies, Director of Dance Charisma, has dedicated her life to ballroom and latin dance. She hails from the Washington, D.C. area and purused a myriad career as a JAG officer in the Air Force to arrive in Las Vegas, where she studied ballroom dance with such champions as 3-time U.S. Smooth Champion David Hamilton, U.S. 9-Dance champion Jim Desmond, U.S. Latin Finalist Marco Mechelke, among others; and received training from numerous other champions such as 12-time U.S. Rhythm Champions Bob Powers and Julia Gorchakova, Latin finalists James and Janna Kunitz, U.S. Standard Champions Brian and Sue Puttock, Champions Victor Veyrasset and Heather Smith, David Wiese, Katia Kozak, Donald Johnson, Nadia Eftedal, and many others. She has competed extensively, and has achieved her status as a Third Place medalists at the U.S. Dancesport Championships as an amateur dancer with her instructor, David Hamilton.
Leon Fernandez has been dancing since he was four years old. He started with latin and hispanic folk dancing, and performing for hundreds of people at a time. He stumbled into ballroom dancing and from the moment he took his first tep, he knew this is what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. He moved from competing in teen and amateur competitions to teaching, competing, and performing as a professional. He's performed in the hotels on the Las Vegas strip as well as corporate events, parties, schools, and fundraisers. Nothing makes him happier than sharing his joy of dance with other people. Through his lessons he focuses on technicque, physicality, and fun, whether the student is a beginner or advanced. He loves taking anyone's dance ability to the next level.
A Las Vegas native, Jennifer Roberts started to dance at age 6. Her studies were in ballet, jazz, tap, modern dance and musical theatre. She began performing professionally at the young age of 11. Dance is her passion and she loves to share it with others. She has spent her life dancing, teaching and performing throughout Las Vegas and Flordia. She took up ballroom and latin dance at age 19 and began teaching as a teenager. She has taught for more than 11 years at such places as the College of Southern Nevada, American Dance Studios, and Pensacola Ballroom Studio in Florida.
She prides herself at being great with beginning students and couples. Her students rave that they learn extremely quickly in a short amount of time.
Erin Durand -- Bio coming soon!
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Tour Our Studio
Our Main Dance Floor
One of the faster ways to become proficient on the dance floor is to
take private lessons. At Dance Charisma, we have teachers that can
take care of just about any style of dance that you are interested in
learning. From Waltz to Salsa to Swing, we can handle it. Dance
Charisma's philosophy is that private lessons coupled with group classes
and practice parties give you the variety and personal attention to learn
how to dance your best with anyone, anywhere.
Our Second Dance Floor
When there's just too much activity in one room, we have a large junior ballroom available. Both floors are open for dance during our Friday parties.
Rhonnie Rhea was dancing before she was born. Both her parents were successful ballroom and latin teachers with several schools around the U.S, and she has been dancing and teaching all of her life. No one knows how to teach better than Ronni!
Erich Caron is the most senior staff member at Dance Charisma. He joined the studio in 1996, coming from a successful dance studio in Atlanta, Georgia. He has taught dance for more than 20 years. His methodical, organized style of teaching allows students to absorb practical information that can be put to immediate use on a club dance floor.
Originally from California, Carlos Parreno has been a resident of LasVegas since 1990. He has been dancing since he was 5 years old. His specialties have been hip hop, break dancing, and Salsa. He was the Captain of the Palo Verde High School Hip Hop Dance Squad. He was a member of a performing Latin dance group and has performed at concerts and in variety shows.
His greatest strength as a teacher is his ability to break information down into understandable and easy-to-apply concepts for his students
In the short span of 5 years studying dance and 3 years competing at dance, Jonathan has achieved finalist status in numerous competitions at International Standard dance. Intensely competitive, with an overwhelming love of dance, Jonathan's infectious smile brings joy to his students and peers. He prides himself on watching out and looking after his students, focusing on making them more efficient in their movement and quality.
