ERICA LEDESMA TAP, BALLET Erica Ledesma, co-owner of Ave Maria Dance Academy began dancing at the age of two and has rarely been out of dance shoes since! She was propelled forward in her ballet training when she joined Elite Dance Academy in West Palm Beach and began training under Iavor Doytchinov a Bulgarian born danseur and core company member of the famous Ballet Florida. In October of 2008 she began teaching dance classes to the children here in town and Ave Maria Dance Academy was born! She loves learning, teaching and choreographing and is feeling "very blessed" as she begins her seventh season of doing all three!
Becky grew up training in ballet, tap and jazz in Rochester, NY. She left Rochester after high school to go to Kent State University in Ohio, where she continued her training and was a captain on the Kent State Dance Team. Since then she has taught for AmeriDance, Universal Dance Association, and various dance studios in the Cleveland area. She has also choreographed several youth theater performances. In 2010 Becky got married and she and her husband Dan relocated to Florida. This is her thirteenth year teaching dance and her 5th season with us!
