Our Instructors

Chris Schultz

Chris is from the snowy state of Michigan, where he graduated from high school and joined the United States Marine Corps.  After his military career, he moved to the sandy beaches of Ft. Walton Beach, Florida where he decided to purse a career that would allow his artistic talents to shine.  In 2005, he joined the top studio in the state and has been non stop ever since.  He is ranked as one of the Top male Instructors in the state of Florida in 2007, 2008, and 2009.

While his week is full of teaching, his practice time is spent with the some of the best, such as Bruno Collins, Makism Chmerkovskiy, and Jonathan Roberts to improve his performances.   In 2010 he Transferred to Panama City for a management position to help build the best studio in the world.

Accomplishments to Date:
2006 Regional Novice Champion
2007  Regional Pre-Champ Champion
2007,2008, 2009 Top Teacher Freddy Award Recipient
2008  National Smooth Finalist
2008 National Rising Star Finalist
2007, 2008, 2009 Desire Street Show / Charity Event / Performer
2006 Guest Director, Fort Walton Beach
2010 Manager, Panama City

 

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Stephanie Parker

Stephanie was born and raised in Houston, Texas where she studied violin, journalism, and art before obtaining her Bachelor of Fine Art Photography from Louisiana Tech University. Afterward she moved to Destin, Florida and worked as a wedding photographer as she studied ballroom dancing. It took her another two years to realize she wanted to spend the rest of her life on the dance floor and she's been teaching others the joys of ballroom ever since. Stephanie has received training from some of the top dancers in the world including Maksim Chmerikovskiy, Jonathan Roberts, Tony Dovolani and Bruno Collins.

Accomplishments to Date:
2008 Freddy Ball Dance Championships Open Smooth Finalist
2008 & 2009 Desire Street Show Charity Event Performer
2008 National Smooth Finalist
2008 National Rising Star Finalist
2009 Magnolia Dancesport Championship Open Smooth Champion
2009 Sarasota Dancesport Triple Crown Open Smooth Finalist

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Jonathan Evans

Jonathan was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He and his family moved to Fountain, Fl. when he was 18 months old. He lived there until he was 18 years old and then moved to Panama City. He acquired many skills in his life such as welding and auto mechanics. After tiring of manual labor, he decided to pursue a new interest of teaching dance. In the period that Jonathan has been teaching and dancing, he has acquired many awards and achievements.

Achievements to Date:

2007 National Mixed Novice Finalist
2007 Regional Novice Champion
2008 Regional Closed Rhythm Finalist
2008 Regional Closed Smooth Finalist
2008 Regional Open Rhythm Finalist
2009 Regional Closed Rhythm Finalist
2009 Regional Open Rhythm Finalist
2009 National Rising Star Finalist
2009 Regional Open Cabaret Finalist
2009 2nd place Freddy Award Recipient for NW Florida
2009 Freddy Award Recipient Most Enrollments NW Florida

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Chance Skaggs

Chance was raised in Dyersburg, Tennessee were he was an accomplished athlete. He excelled in both basketball and football receiving numerous athletic scholarships, which he turned down to pursue a career with Fred Astaire Dance Studio. Chance found instant success taking third place at the Nationals in his very first competition. Since then he has continued to perfect and polish his skills and is considered one of the top competitors in the business. He credits his success to hard work, passion, and a pursuit of perfection. He has studied with some of the best coaches in the United States and his attention to detail speaks for itself.

Accomplishments to date:

2008 National Dance Championship Third Place Cabaret
2009 Biloxi Dance Championship Second Place Cabaret
2009 Biloxi Dance Championship Second Place Open Rhythm
2009 Dancing with Desire Performance
2010 United States Dance Championship Fourth Place U. S. Theater Arts
2010 United States Dance Championship Fifth Place World Cabaret
2010 National Dance Championship Third Place Cabaret

 

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