Ballroom Dance

Ballroom Dance

We’re pleased to announce that Paper Moon Dance Center is now offering ballroom dance classes at Kathy Blake Dance Studios. For more information on the schedule and how to register please visit Paper Moon Dance Center

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MariaMaria Brown began ballroom dancing in 1995. While majoring in Drama at New York University, she became Captain of the NYU Ballroom Dance Team, where she studied under Richard and Bonnie Diaz. She moved to New England in 1998, where she has studied with Natasha Thayer, Inez Sahlin, Russell Jackson and Suzanne Hamby. She first taught ballroom at DNE School of Dance in Chelmsford, MA and then went on to teach from her own Studio 44 in Auburn, NH. In 2005 she was a finalist at both the Yankee Classic and North American DanceSport Championships in the Professional Rising Star American Rhythm category, after only 10 weeks of training with her partner.  Maria opened Paper Moon Dance Center in June of 2003. Ray was one of the first teachers to join the staff. They began training together in American Smooth in January of 2009 under the coaching of Larinda McRaven and were Professional Rising Star finalists at competitions throughout the Northeast.

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