Megan Tames
Miss Megan, a native of Waukesha, Wisconsin, began dancing at the early age of three and has been trained in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Contemporary, Modern, and Pointe. Training at Accent on Dance in Wisconsin, she has traveled the country competing at both the regional and national level where she earned several National Championships.
She attended Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia, on a dance scholarship, where she earned her BFA in Dance, graduating Summa Cum Laude. While at Valdosta State she had the opportunity to perform in the Modern Atlanta Dance Festival and the American College Dance Association. She has spent the last few summers training with the Radio City Rockettes through their intensive and performing professionally with Peach State Summer Theater- Most recent credits include: Disney’s Newsies and Hello Dolly!
In addition to teaching at the studio, Megan choreographs for studios around the country and judges regional dance competitions for Boogie Fever and Dance Machine. She is also a certified Barre and Progressing Ballet Technique Instructor.
We are excited to welcome Miss Megan back for her sixth season. She will be teaching baby Ballet, Lyrical, Jazz, Musical Theatre, and Tap, as well as technique based classes like Stretch/Flex & Leaps/Turns and Progressing Ballet Technique. Miss Megan will be choreographing for the Sapphires performing group again this season, and she is also the Executive Admin for Sawnee Ballet Theatre.