Miss Buffy-Sue is our owner and main teacher. She has been dancing since she was 18 months old. Her mother used to teach her in the living room. When she was three she started dancing classes at Miss Mamie's Modeling, Twirling, Tumbling, Gymnastics, Dance, Pageant, Cooking, Cheer and Charm School.
She trained in all dance styles, including toe dancing and hula and has performed professionally in many local and state fairs. She is the blue ribbon winner at the Arkansas State Fair for her performance to Turn the Beat Around, a toe dancing/twirling dance. Her fire batons and cartwheels took the audience's breath away.
At the age of 11 she started teaching preschool classes for Miss Mamie and loved it so much, decided at 16 to start her own school in her garage. Her dad painted the cement floors a pretty pink and put mirrors on the wall and that was the beginning of her career as a studio owner.
Mr. Short-T
Mr. Short-T has many years of B-boy and hip hop experience under his short belt. He won the Break Dance Head Spin award for the past 5 years at the US Finals. His flat head has given him this gift and now he wishes to pass his love of these two dance forms onto all ages.
His classes will run at odd hours so we can work around his homework, family dinner and chore schedule.
Mr. Cearnaigh
Mr. Cearnaigh is a former student and lover of Miss Aibhlinn. He has been dancing at events throughout the USA in Riverdance style at weddings, showers, birthday parties and senior centers. He handles the classes for children and especially loves teaching preschool chidlren,
Mr. McAfreak
Mr. McAfreak is a new addition to our staff. He is trained in Highland dance, guitar and is a regular at The Main Street Male Strip Club and is quite a cheeky guy, every Friday night. Ladies, if you are not sure what type of adult classes to take, visit him on Friday nights and that will help you to see what a fine, upstanding, young man he is.
Ms. Flatulenta
Ms. Flatulenta is our newest addition to our fabulous teaching staff. She is teaching belly dance classes for us and has plenty of belly to use to dance. Ladies, this is a great way to get in shape and look just like her sexy-old-self.
Miss Angel Spinner
Our newest staff member will keep you fit and in a spin. Sign up for our couples pole class. Practice for your honeymoon or anniversary!
Miss Fanny Pearbuts and Mrs. Precious Patacake
Our pageant coaches are fabulous with all ages. They still compete in pageants and still win! Here they are at their last pageant for Miss/Mrs. Walnut Festival. Miss Fanny won and Mrs. Patacake was first runner up. Congrats to both! They will teach you, or your child, to be as fabulous as they are and bring home the crowns and sashes!! Miss Fanny's first pageant win, at age 12, was Miss Motorcycle Babe of 1948. Mrs. Patacake's first pageant win was at age 15, was Miss Forest Fire of 1951. Come and take class and bring your false eyelashes and a winning attitude.
Miss Barbie
Miss Barbie is the former National title winner for top cheerleader-twirler. She started training at age 4 and has taught all throughout the mid-west since age 10.
She also started training in ballet at age 21 and now is in charge of our advanced ballet and toe dance classes as well as teaching cheer dance, pageant dance, pom pom, tap, jazz, hip hop and preschool modeling.
She has recently started training in Irish and Hula dance so we that we may start up those classes next fall.
Miss Snowball
A long time veteran of toe tapping, she performed in such prestigious places as the Atlantic City, NJ, boardwalk, Myrtle Beach Boardwalks, and Jose's Beef and Chicken BBQ Shack, in Seaside Heights.
Miss Britney
Miss Britney began dancing at the age of 16 and competed in Nationally Amazing Dance Competitions, winning multiple awards for facial expression, exaggeration,go girl-ness and flexibility. Then she enrolled in a Beginning Ballet class in college,was accepted into a Modern Dance company because her boyfriend ran it,and was hired to teach ballet classes at the local ballet school. Miss Britney says, "I am awewsome! You don't have to be able to dance, you just have to be able to dream! Shortly after I graduated,I was hired on as a faculty member at my university as a ballet teacher. However I'm looking forward to indulging my current interest in teaching dance to young children even though I have no actual dance skill. Or I could teach tumbling, or whatever. Little kids are fun! Let me learn from them! Or, maybe they can learn from me!"
Miss Britney is now the head of our ballet department.
Miss Aibhlinn
Miss Aibhlinn has been dancing along with Riverdance and Lord of the Dance videos since she can remember. She is thrilled to be able to pass along her video training to our male students. The male dancers just love her and it is obvious at how excited they are when they take her class.
Mrs. Majors
Mrs. Majors is our main teacher for exercise, seniorsize and yoga. She started training and certification in fitness at the age of 79 and has been doing it with great success for the past 25 years. We are so thrilled to have her as a member of our staff.
Ms. Flashtail
Our new burlesque classes are in the planning stages and Ms Flashitall comes highly recommended and can't wait to teach the proper technique that is needed in this highly technical form of dance, the crook of the finger or the batt of an eyelid can mean all the difference between success or failure in this fickle art form. Ms Flashitall encourages all of her students to start studying as young as possible, her preschool classes have been a great hit at all of the studio's she's worked previously and has had great success with her routines at certain competitions.
Miss Stikhiny
Miss Stikhiny has many years of experience teaching charm lessons. Her happy-go-lucky, no-nonsense personality, whips everyone into shape with manners and proper etiquette. Sign your children up today and they will always be afraid to not be charming.
Ryo Toomuchso
Ryo is an amazing teacher in Samarai Ballet. His passion gives weight to the classes and you never know when a ballet class can become a real tangle of blood, sweat and tears.