Bio
Meet the Stavers!
Ballet meets Ballroom
Together the Stavers offer comprehensive dance training that will elevate your dancing to a level of skill that is both satisfying and admirable!
*Edward Staver brings an extensive ballet background into the ballroom arena. His background includes San Francisco Ballet, Royal Winnepeg Ballet, Harkness, and American Ballet Theatre School in New York. During his professional ballet career as a principal dancer he toured with Ballet West, Oakland Ballet, Ballet Oregon, American Festival Ballet, Eugene Ballet, the Portland Opera, the New Orleans Opera, and the San Francisco Opera Ballet.
Classes with Ed will develop strength, balance, grace, posture and poise that will definitely improve your ballroom dancing. Private Lessons with Ed are customized for Absolute Beginners through Advanced!.
*Linda Staver brings a wellrounded background into the dance arena. Former owner of a performing arts school for many years, she coached tap, jazz, and ballet for competition. During which time she studied with Luigi, Thommie Walsh, Danny Hoctor, & Joe Tremaine.
Linda's extensive Ballroom training brings a high level of expertise to this area. She is a Certified Ballroom Dance Teacher, a Pro-Am Teacher, and a Ballroom Adjudicator recognized by the National Dance Council of America (NDCA).
Private Lessons with Linda are customized for individual needs and will develop technique and style based on nationally recognized syllabus for social dancing or competitive dance training. Group Classes with Linda are supportive, fun, and designed for developing good lead and follow skills.