Webby Dance Company

Miss Brooke has been with WEBBY Dance Company for one year as an instructor and office coordinator. She has over 20 years of dance experience as a dancer, instructor, and studio owner. She has a degree in Early Childhood Education from Miami University and has a background in teaching and childcare management.

Miss Colleen, originally from North Royalton, Ohio, is a second year teacher with Webby Dance Company. She graduated from The University of Akron with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance, along with a pre-MBA business minor. Ms. Byrne has taught in Akron and Cleveland, Ohio, in addition to the Greater Cincinnati area. She is a third year member of MamLuft&Co. Dance, a modern dance company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is also one of the company’s educational outreach faculty members.

Born on Christmas day in Cincinnati, Ohio- now age 27- Denise started out her dance experience while cheering at Kings High School, which she graduated from in 2003. After high school Denise went on to study private investigation for 3.5 years as well as medical transcription. She has over 13 years of dance/cheer/tumble experience. Receiving many honors and special nominations in high school from the world re-known UCA, NCA, and Americheer programs, along with being a competitive cheer captain and competing at a national championship in Orlando, she completed 4 years of Varsity and competitive cheer with Kings before moving on to dance semi-pro for and being nominated for teams such as: Cincinnati Marshals, Jungle Kittens, Cincinnati Swarm, Cincinnati Blaze, and the Reds. This year she is aspiring to be a professional Ben-gal cheerleader. Denise’s coaching experience involves competitive cheer, high school cheer, hip-hop, and tumbling where she took first place at nationals 3x as a coach with Cheer America. She has coached for several local high schools such as: Little Miami, Princeton and Kings and at several well-known and highly accredited cheer gyms such as: Kristi’s trampoline and tumbling, TNT, Pride Athletics, Southern Ohio Rebels, WCCA and AMC Cheer and Dance. Her certifications and credentials include: NCA 5-star coaches certifcation, USAG certified, & CPR/First Aid/AED certifications. She has multiple years of experience working with all ages and skill levels of children along with coaching fitness with stretch-n-grow. Other past work experiences with children include being employed as a specialist at Mason Community Center in the Kids Korner, summer camps, and gymnastics programs. She still judges competitive cheer as well as constructs music and choreography for local teams. Denise resides in Maineville with her husband Mike and her 2 cats Boots/Buddy.

Miss Kate has been dancing for 20 years. She studied ballet, tap, and jazz extensively until attending college at Miami University in Oxford. While completing B.A. degrees in Journalism and Biological Anthropology, Kate was an executive board member and choreographer for Vision Dance Company. It was during this time that she began her training in modern, lyrical, and contemporary. After college, Kate began producing TV news for WHIO-TV in Dayton, and continued dancing as an instructor at Arthur Murray. There, she worked extensively on the Foxtrot, Two-Step, Waltz, Tango, Swing, Rumba, Merengue, and Cha Cha. Today, Kate remains involved in the dance community as a teacher for Webby Dance Company, yogahOMe, and Dancing with Parkinson’s programs, and as a founding member of the Greater Cincinnati Dance Alliance. She also works as a Marketing Associate for Doth Brands.

Miss Shannon started dancing at the age of 7, she continued taking classes until she graduated college. She started dancing for her middle school dance team and preformed on a dance team throughout high school where she was captain. Shannon continued her dance experience dancing for Northern Kentucky University Elite Danced Team for 5 yrs. While attending NKU Shannon graduated with a bachelor of liberal studies with areas of concentration in English, History, Physical Eduction/ Recreation Fitness, and dance. Shannon has also been coaching local Kentucky and Indiana middle and high schools for the past 13yrs. She started teaching with Webby in August and is thrilled to continue her dance training with the staff and students.

Miss Traci started dancing at 3 -8 years old doing ballet and tap and then picked it back up at 13-15. She danced on high school drill team and then coached high school drill/ dance teams also. Traci is currently an 8th grade special education teacher in her 17th year of teaching. Traci wanted to get dance to dancing and WEBBY was a great way to do that. It’s so exciting to see smiles and giggles when her dancers are dancing and they are all having fun! Traci has a 19 year old son who’s in college and the Ohio Army National Guard.

Miss Victoria was born in Virginia and studied many different kinds of dance all throughout her childhood. She graduated from Lee University in Tennessee with a degree in English and Creative Writing. Victoria is currently pursuing her Masters of Education in Montessori Education at Xavier University. She is excited to share her passion for dance and movement with children!