Coach Dana Parsons
Owner, Director, & Choreographer, Head Coach of Senior Jazz, Senior Pom, Open Jazz
DanceManiaCoach@aol.com
Dana has been dancing for over 20 years and has extensive training in ballet, tap, jazz, pom, hip-hop, lyrical/contemporary, and creative movement. She is a Dance Mania alumni State and National Champion. She has been coaching and choreographing at Dance Mania for the last 12 years and has led numerous teams through successful and triumphant championships. In addition, she choreographs for nationally ranked school, all-star dance, and college dance teams all over the country. She has competed with the nationally renowned Top-Gun Open dance team in Miami, has been a part of the professional COA cheer and dance staff teaching camps and judging competitions, and was a back-up dancer for recording artist Jennifer Glass. In 2009, she was awarded the “Coach Leadership” award at the All-star Challenge national competition. In 2010, she was awarded the “Dance Coach of the Year” award at the USASF dance world’s competition, where she was chosen amongst coaches from all over the world. She currently is the owner, head director, and choreographer at Dance Mania All-stars, a choreographer for teams throughout the country, and a committee member on the USASF dance rules and regulations board.
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Coach Tiffany Hall
Head Coach of Mini Jazz, Youth Pom & Junior Pom
thalldance@yahoo.com
Tiffany has been dancing for over 20 years and has extensive training in ballet, tap, jazz, pom, and hip hop. She competed on her high school dance team for 3 years and on Dance Mania’s Adult Open Hip-Hop team in 2006. From 2004 until 2011, she was the head coach of the Bayside High School Impressions Dance Team. She choreographs for the new Eau Gallie HS Dance Team and works with other local middle and high school teams as well. She recently has choreographed All-star dance teams internationally. Tiffany is also a state certified paramedic working in the Emergency Dept for 12 years. She is a certified ACLS and CPR Instructor for the American Heart Association and mother of 3 beautiful children, one of who competes with the Dance Mania competition teams.
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Coach Kimberly Carr
Head Coach of Tiny’s, Mini Jazz & Junior Jazz, Assistant Coach Junior Pom
xo_kimm_xo@yahoo.com
Kimberly has been dancing at Dance Mania for over 10 years and is a state, national champion, and world champion. She was a member of the very first Pee Wee team at Dance Mania at age 8. She has been teaching and coaching at Dance Mania for over 3 years and has training in ballet, jazz, lyrical and pom. Kimberly was chosen as Dance Mania’s Dancer of the Year in the 2010 season. Kimberly is attending Brevard Community College as a sophomore studying Nursing and participates on Dance Mania’s Open Jazz competition team. |
Coach Emily Swank
Head Coach of Jr. Prep & Sr. Prep, ballet instructor
emilyswank@bellsouth.net
Emily began dancing at the age of three and has extensive training in pom, jazz, ballet, pointe, lyrical, hip-hop, and tap. She was on the first junior team at Dance Mania and has been a part of the program for over 10 years. She has been teaching and assistant coaching at Dance Mania for over five years. Emily has won many titles with Dance Mania including State and National champion, and a finalist at the Dance Worlds. In 2008, she was named Dancer Athlete of the Year at the COA National Championship. She was also chosen as Dance Mania’s dancer of the year in 2009. She was a member of UCF’s KnightMoves dance team for one season. She is currently a senior at the University of Central Florida and is majoring in Elementary Education, and participates on the Dance Mania Open Jazz competition team.
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Coach Logan Morris
Assistant Coach of Tiny’s, Youth Jazz, & Junior Jazz
Logan has been dancing at Dance Mania for over 11 years and is a state, national, and world champion. She has been teaching & assisting for over 5 years and has training in ballet, jazz, lyrical, and pom. She is also an assistant choreographer with Coach Dana Parsons and travels throughout the country to work with middle school, high school, allstar and college dance teams. Logan has also won several national titles as a soloist dancer. She was chosen as Dance Mania’s dancer of the year in 2008. Logan is in the 11th grade as a home school student and participates on Dance Mania’s Senior Pom, Senior Jazz, & Open Jazz competition teams. |
Tara Jordan
Assistant coach of Mini Jazz & Youth Pom, Head Ballet Instructor for Junior Prep, Youth Jazz, and Junior Jazz
Tara began dancing since the age of three and has extensive training in ballet, pointe, pas de deux, lyrical, and jazz. She began dancing in Jacksonville Florida for Beth Marks Ballet Arts Centre and was a cast member in the annual production of the Nut Cracker for the City of Jacksonville. In 2004 Tara moved to Merritt Island, Florida where she continued studying dance at Dussich Dance Studio and was also a member of the Imperial Dance Company. She also studied ballet and Pointe under the tutelage of Marta Philips at Marta’s Dance Studio where she also assisted in teaching ballet. She was also member of the Merritt Island Varsity dance Team. Tara also holds numerous soloists awards which include three national titles, and two Brevard County titles for her jazz and lyrical solos. Tara has been dancing at Dance Mania for three years and is a member of the Senior Pom, Senior Jazz, and Open Teams where she has been a state, national, and world champion. She has been teaching and assistant coaching at Dance Mania for two years and is currently a first year student at Brevard Community College. |
Denice Morris
Office Manager
dancemaniaallstars@gmail.com
Denice has been a part of our program as a supportive parent for over 10 years. She has had two children on our teams and has also been a team mom. Denice will be the liaison for the parents to go to, to make payments, and ask questions. She will be available in the office during classes to assist any issues regarding our program. This will allow our coaches to focus their attention on the students. |
 Coach Celecia Bell
Assistant Coach of Jr. Prep & Sr. Prep
Celecia has been competing for 6 years 5 of which have been at Dance Mania. She is a state, national, and world champion. She has training in Pom and Jazz and is currently on our Open Jazz team. This is her first year assisting at Dance Mania. She is currently a Junior at UCF majoring in criminal justice and minoring in Psychology. |
 Selena Presley
Assistant Coach of Jr. Prep
Selena Presley is seventeen years old and a junior at Eau Gallie High School. This season will be her tenth year competing with Dance Mania and her second year coaching. She participates on Senior Jazz and Senior Pom and is a state, national, and world champion. She was chosen as Dance Mania's dancer of the year in 2008 and has won numerous titles as a soloists. Her enthusiastic and caring personality makes working with the Prep Teams a pleasure. |
 Tara Metress
Assistant Coach of Tiny Jazz
Tara has been dancing for 12 years, and this is her sixth season on Dance Mania's competition teams. She is a State, National, and World Champion. She has training in ballet, lyrical, jazz and pom and is currently on our Senior Jazz and Pom teams. This is her first year as an assistant coach at Dance Mania. Tara was chosen this season as a DANCelebritiy where she will be interviewed and followed by the USASF on her journey to the Dance Worlds competition. Only the top 10 dance programs in the country were chosen to participate and will be representing Dance Mania. She is also a Senior at Viera High School. |
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