Instructor Spotlight - Maya Odim

Instructor Spotlight - Maya Odim

by Jonathan Lazatin

We met up with another one of our amazing instructors, Maya Odim, at her Jr. Breakdancing class at Chase Park Community Center. She is a wonderful all around educator who, along with her roles at Design Dance, currently works as a K-3 Science Teacher with Village Leadership Academy and is a Teaching Artist for Poetry at Columbia College Chicago. She started her dance path taking ballet as a kid and graduated into hip hop and jazz. While in College, she focused  on modern and West African and after college she learned how to breakdance.

Thank you, Maya, for making the last four years with us so joyful and for continuing to make an impact on the kids in our communities through all that you do. 

Instructor Spotlight - Katie DeSalvo

Instructor Spotlight - Katie DeSalvo

by Jonathan Lazatin

This week we'd like to spotlight one of our fabulous instructors, Katie DeSalvo, who we caught up with during her Jazznastics class at Chase Park Community Center. Katie has an extensive background in dance and education and we are so grateful to have with us as she unites her passions. She's done everything from performing jazz, ballet, hip hop and musical theater with On Broadway Dancers, working as an activist dancer with Reveries in Motion, to instructing ballroom classes at Arthur Murray. 

Thank you so much for spreading the your love of dance with us and making a difference in the lives of your students.