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Greg Kurth, studio owner,
began his professional career in the ballroom dance industry in 1993 with The
Fred Astaire Dance Studios located in Naples, FL.
He received his training under the guidance of James & Tammy Clemens,
Regional and National champions in American Smooth and Latin Dancing. After completing his training, Greg continued
to work as an instructor in ballroom dance with James and Tammy and The Fred
Astaire Studio network until 1996.
Because of his expertise in
dancing, Greg was recruited by an independent school in Fort
Myers, FL. where he remained for eight years, both as
studio manager and senior instructor. It was during this period of time that
Greg opted to enter the competitive circuit in American rhythm with his
professional partner, Kim Roberts. They traveled extensively throughout Florida
and various other areas of the country, competing in the Rising Star Open
Rhythm division. After competing for a number of years, Greg and Kim decided to
resume their own personal training in order to further develop and expand upon
their professional skills in other areas of dance. Greg began to train
extensively with specialists in all categories of ballroom dance such as
Forrest Vance - 8 time undefeated Rhythm Champion, Chantal LeClerc - 7 time undefeated Canadian
10 Dance Champion, James Willard - 2006 International Standard Champion and Tommy
DiTomasso & Lynn Kowamotto - 2006 Rising Star Rhythm Champions.
From the onset of his career,
Greg always knew that he would eventually realize his dream of establishing his
own studio where he would be able to apply his own, unique style to the art of
ballroom dance and apply a methodology that inspires students to explore and
learn far beyond what they envision for themselves. Rhythm In Motion is the actualization
of Greg’s dream.
It has always been Greg’s belief that anyone
can learn to dance. As he so aptly puts
it, “the hardest step any person will ever take is walking into a ballroom
dance studio for the first time”.
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Deb Darnell-Rebennack, instructor and out-reach coordinator, may
look familiar to those of you who have already taken ballroom dance lessons at
your community clubhouse or you may have even seen her on T.V.! Deb comes to
Rhythm In Motion with many years of professional expertise in the field of
ballroom dancing. She began as an instructor in Lincoln,
Nebraska and, since the time of her initial training,
has added many credits to her extensive list of accomplishments.
Deb has competed professionally in
Miami, New
Orleans, and Las Vegas, as well as many other venues.
She has reached the finals in American Smooth and Rhythm at Ohio Star Ball,
and also has won the professional Country Western Division in Atlantic
City. Deb has not limited herself to appearances just
in the United States
and was invited By Vicky Venka to perform in Norway.
With extensive training and
coaching by professionals such as Vicky Venka, Patrick Johnson, Bob Powers, Julia
Gorchakova, Ron Montez, and Rick Velanzuela, Deb can surely have you dancing in
what seems like minutes. Her goal is to keep you focused, motivated, and to continually
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