Ms. Elizabeth - Jazz, Tap, Beginning Combo, Musical Theater

Ms. Elizabeth was born and raised in Oregon, and has been dancing and singing extensively sing the age of 10. Some of her credits include,  lead dancer in the  Classical Ballet performance of  "Sleeping Beauty" at age 15, lead parts in the several musical productions including "Lil` Abner, Hello Dolly and Meet Me in St. Louis". She was also one of the lead vocalists in the jazz-pop band "Black Magic". 

For eight years Ms. Elizabeth trained in the disciplines of Ballet, Pointe, Jazz and Tap at Pat Beard's School of Dance in Florence, Oregon before continuing her this training at the University of Oregon located in Eugene. In the early 1980's she relocated to Alaska which gave her the opportunity to fulfill a dream of hers to open her own dance studio. During the next eleven years Elizabeth taught many a young dancer the disciplines of Ballet and Tap at "Turning Point School Dance", in Glenn Allen, AK.  Currently, Elizabeth lives in Soldotna, AK. with her husband and four children and has been a dance instructor of Vergine's Dance Studio since 1997. Along with her responsibilities as an instructor, and in part as a  result of her degree in "Retail Management" from the Bassist College in Portland, Oregon,  Elizabeth also provides valuable support to the staff  as the Administrative Assistant for the Studio..