Retro Ballroom Instructors

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Jeff Nehrbass 

 

Jeff Nehrbass- (Fellow, Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing) Former World and United States National Pro/Am Ballroom Champion, National champion coach and US Championship Adjudicator, he and his wife Cindy own and operate On Your Toes School of Dance in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Mr. Nehrbass received his B.A. degree at the University of Wisconsin and M. Div. At Luther Theological Seminary. He is a member of the National Dance Council of America and certified to teach ballroom through the North American Dance Teachers Association and the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance (ISTD). He is a past professional champion of numerous American Ballroom and International Standard competitions around the country.  Mr. Nehrbass is a former executive officer to the ISTD National Committee.


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Julie Delene

Julie Delene is a professional ballroom teacher with experience in American Smooth and Rhythm and International Standard and Latin.  She and her students have showcased and competed in Silver level competitions, receiving multiple 1st place awards.  Julie also ran and operated a successful dance business Slippers, in Wisconsin.  In its first year of business, Slippers was nominated Wisconsin's Main Street Business of the Year.  Julie is passionate about dance and appreciates the opportunity to share the many jewels that dance has to offer.  She is also a strategic life and business developer, founder of Move As One, LLc, and creator of the M-O-V-E-S method.  Julie has found dance to be a life enhancing activity and another way to learn the "art of connection."  She writes a monthly column in the Dancing Times called, Dance Into Your Best Life.  Join her as she shares her commitment to use dance for joyful inspiration.  Click here to read Julie's current and past articles.


Ellymae Emrick

When she was a teenager, Ellymae started her ballroom career as one of Jeff Nehrbass' students.  She found learning ballroom was natural for her and started competitions after only dancing for a year.  Now she has leaped one step further and is an instructor at Retro Ballroom, and is in progress of earning her United States Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance (U.N.I.S.T.D).  She is familiar with everything from the Waltz to Cha Cha and is passionate about encouraging others to learn a variety of dances, no matter what level they are.  What is most important to Ellymae is to make her students successful in their dancing.  Whether you want to learn new dances, techniques or try something new, Ellymae would love to assist you in achieving your goals.