Noretta Dunworth
Noretta started dancing and singing at the age of 2 and was on the radio weekly. At the age of 12 she began teaching in her parents basement. Just celebrating her 81st birthday,, Noretta has been teaching and operating The Noretta Dunworth School of Dance in Dearborn, Michigan since 1940! Her greatest success is in the quality and consistency of her successful students. Not just in the state of Michigan, but also in all parts of the country and in Canada, her students now have their own dance studios and been successful themselves.
A Dance Masters of Michigan/America for nearly 50 years, and a Cecchetti Ballet Council of America member, Noretta still teaches 3 days a week and still produces champion and professional dancers.
Loni Lane Padesky
Artistic Director of The Dearborn Ballet Theatre, Inc., Member of Dance Masters of Michigan/America for over 20 years, Cecchetti Council of America, Dance Educators of America, BA, Michigan State University, teaching degree, University of Michigan. Teaches Ballet, Cecchetti and Vaganova Method, Tap,( all styles), Jazz,( classical, modern, contemporary, lyrical) Danced with the Bolshoi Ballet, Detroit City Ballet, studied in New York City at The Joffrey Ballet City Center School, American Ballet Theatre School, Broadway Dance Center, in London, England at the Royal Ballet School Covent Garden, and from her mother Noretta Dunworth at the Noretta Dunworth School of Dance.
Tracy Siwiecki Kielb
Member of Dance Masters of Michigan/ America for over 10 years, teacher of many champions and scholarship winners, Ballet, Tap, Jazz (all styles), partnering and adagio, coach of Northville High School Dance Team, graduate of University of Michigan.
Tracy Halloran Pearson
BFA in Dance Theatre Performance from Marygrove College and MFA in Choreography at the University of Michigan. Produced and choreographed a performance in Detroit entitled Intersections at the Rabbit Hole. Rehearsal director for works choreographed by Peter Sparling, Artistic Director of Peter Sparling Dance Company, Denis Caspary, Los Angeles choreographer, and Sidra Bell, Artistic Director of Sidra Bell Dance New York. Choreographed works for Illinois Ballet Theater, Marygrove College Dance Company, the University of Michigan’s Department of Dance, The Academy Dance Alliance, Dance Masters of Michigan, Triple Threat Dance and Theater Company. She is an accomplished teacher in ballet, modern, jazz, contemporary, and stretch and strengthening techniques. Certified teacher in the Cecchetti Method of Ballet, Member of Dance Masters of Michigan and Dance Masters of America for over ten years. Instructor at the American College Dance Festival, the University of Michigan, as a graduate student, Marygrove College in Detroit, and various studios in the Chicago and Detroit metropolitan areas.
Jennifer Knott Giering
Noretta Dunworth School of Dance Alumni. Trained in ballet, tap, jazz, modern and Cecchetti since 5 years of age. Performed with the Dearborn Ballet Theater for over 10 years. Bowling Green State University’s Dance Team. Degree in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Director of Small Business Engagement, with Hiring Our Heroes, a division of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
Bianca Bousamra
Noretta Dunworth School of Dance Elite Competition Team Alumni. Currently attending Wayne State University on a Dance Talent Scholarship. Wayne State Dance Performance Company Member, Performed with the Moscow Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, and Joffery Ballet in the production of The Nutcracker, Performed in the Detroit Music Hall's Stars of Ballet and Broadway, Trained in Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Modern, Lyrical, Contemporary, Hip-hop, African, Pilates, and partnering.
Chloë Field
Noretta Dunworth School of Dance Elite Competition Team alumni. Trained in various styles of dance including jazz, ballet, contemporary, modern, tap, lyrical, ballroom & hip hop. University of Nevada graduate in Dance and Psychology. Professional experience includes Dick Clark’s New Years Rockin’ Eve, Performances with Justin Bieber, Robin Thicke, The Black Eyed Peas, Selena Gomez, and Colbie Caillat. Multi- Latin Grammy Award Winner, Juan Luis Guerra’s “Lola’s Mambo” Music Video, Las Vegas “Queen’s Of the Night” Music Video, and Advertisements for Quiznos, Nascar. Las Vegas Sake Fever and The Base Dance Center. Performed at Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida in a Janet Jackson Tribute Show. Chloë has also worked with notable dance conventions including West Coast Dance Explosion, Adrenaline Dance and Velocity.