About Our Instructors

Ms. Christie was born in Hollywood, Florida and has made her home in the Sunshine State ever since.  She has her Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and a Master's Degree in Education from Nova Southeastern University.  In 1992 she received her certification as a dance teacher from the Chicago National Association of Dance Masters.  Ms. Christie is also a member of the Professional Dance Teachers Association and the International Tap Association. 

Learning from the best in her field has contributed to Ms. Christies' successful career.  She has studied with dance masters including Patti Martin, Daria Melendez, Henry Le Tang, Linda Gache, and Al Gilbert.  As a performer Ms. Christie worked with several local companies including La Mystique, The Miami Repertoire Company, and Hollywood Playhouse performing in a range of productions including City of Angels, A Chorus Line, Can Can, 42nd Street, and Cinderella.  Before opening her own studio Ms. Christie was the pageant and dance director for the ABI Studios. 

A talented choreographer, Ms. Christie has created award winning choreography for a number of events and performances including the Summer Olympics opening in Atlanta, Georgia, the Miami Hurricanes halftime show, Disney's Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and MGM Studios, Universal Studios of Florida, as well as various local, annual productions. 

The year 1995 marked the opening of Ms. Christie's signature studio, Dancer's Gallery, which is now located in its brand new home in Miramar, Florida.  Ms. Christie is the founder of the Madison Brody Dance Foundation, a non-profit dance company located in Miramar, Florida.  She is a dedicated and hardworking contributor to the culture of the local and surrounding communities. 

Ms. Christie has generously served as a consultant to other dance schools helping them develop programs and offer a curriculum with wide-ranging appeal for students.  As an educator she is the most passionate about teaching tap dance!  Her classes cover a number of styles including Rhythm Tap, Musical Theater Tap and Hoofing.  Students concentrate on listening skills as well as developing tap sounds, rhythm, quality, and basic tap vocabulary. 

Mrs. Marianela is originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina.  She lived in Hawaii for about seven years.  That is where her first dance training began.  Local Hawaiian dance along with Mexican folklore were her first taste of the art of dance.  When Mrs. Marianela ended up in South Florida her interest in dance grew and she trained in ballet, tap, jazz and modern but was interested in anything new that was locally offered.  She joined the company of her local dance school and performed and competed with them in her teens.  After high school Mrs. Marianela attended college for Business Management but her love of dance and teaching won out. 

Mrs. Marianela has been teaching dance since 1994 and especially loves teaching younger ones.  Her focus is tap, ballet and jazz but has also taught gymnastics, hip-hop and musical theater.  She has taught at many preschools and has been teaching at Dancer’s Gallery since they opened in 1996. 

Her joy in teaching young ones is knowing that along with good technique, she is imparting to them the love of dance and of learning new things.  She loves helping them grow into stronger, confident people always reaching high and striving to do their best in all they do!

Cum Laude from the Drama Department at the University of Puerto Rico. 

The next year Mrs. Moriama moved to South Florida and has since then received her certification for Child Care by NOVA South Eastern University, as well as her certificate as a Personal Trainer by NCSF and as a Group Fitness Instructor by AFAA.  Mrs. Moraima is married and has a young son.

Mrs. Antonella is a Certified Belly Dance instructor who has been teaching since 2006. She grew up in south central Pennsylvania.  She started her career as a Registered Nurse then went on to become a Director in Pittsburgh, PA.   After moving to South Florida her interest in dance became sharply focused on Egyptian Raks Sharqi.  Today, Mrs. Antonella enjoys teaching and choreographing Oriental Dance.  She has received Master level Instruction from many world renowned teachers – Saida of Argentina, Virginia, Yousry Sharif, Amir Thaleb, Tito Seif, Tamalyn Dallal, Feiruz, Ella Rogers, Daniela and Maria Jammal.   She has received Certifications from the Middle East Performing Arts of Belly Dance Instruction, Virginia’s Live Music Series for Music Interpretation and Dance Improvisation, and a series on the Life and Music of Oum Kalthoum with instructors Elias Kilzi, Joe Zeytoonian and Miriam Eli.   Other certifications include the use of props in dance-- cane, Saidi, veils, sword, fanveil, zills and Isis wings.  

Mrs. Antonella combines traditional Belly Dance with modern elements to offer a broad spectrum of the Art of Belly Dance.  Incorporating Fusion, Folkloric, and precise articulation technique she is able to provide aspects of Belly Dance that are challenging and exciting.  She has appeared in the theatrical presentations of Virginia’s Rakstar, Joharah’s International Hafla and Zully’s Annual Hafla. Belly Dance Company students have appeared most recently in South Florida’s Raks Habibi III 2010, Zully’s 2010 Belly Dance Hafla and Star Power 2010 Dance Competition.

Ms. Tracy has been a dance instructor for over thirteen years from the West to the East Coast and also in Canada. She has performed throughout the world on many prestigious cruise ships including those of Holland America Line and Royal Caribbean.  In addition to dancing as a corps member, she performed as a flyer on the Spanish Web, was a featured soloist and became part of an adagio team.  Working as a performer on cruise ships, Ms. Tracy not only saw the world but worked with the choreography of Anne Reinking, Mark Dow and Sherry Zunker Dow (Rivernorth) among others, enriching her experience and enhancing her foundation as an artist.

Ms. Tracy has danced with the Oakland Savage Jazz Dance Company, Spectrum Jazz Dance Company in Seattle, the Berkley Ballet and the Oakland Ballet Company. She has trained extensively with some of Americas top teachers in L.A. and New York and won many scholarships during her dance career.  Ms. Tracy was also a successful competitor earning the national title of “Ms Dancer of the Year” and the “I Love Dance Sweetheart” in NYC which makes her a valuable coach and choreographer. She has also won awards for excellent choreography and has a particular knack for making dances with enhanced style and theatrical appeal.  Currently Ms. Tracy performs with Kevin Black Productions and is an active judge with the “I Love Dance” competition.  She enjoys working with young people and is delighted to have the chance to choreograph and teach aspiring dancers. She looks forward to exploring movement and music with our young dancers and cannot wait to create new works.