Lee Beitzel

Dance Instructor​

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Lee trained in multiple styles of dance at the Tuscarawas Dance Arts Center for 15 years.  She then continued her training at Youngstown State University where she graduated with a B.A. in Dance Management. At YSU, she was the President of the YSU Dance Ensemble and was awarded the Marilyn Kozinski award for creativity in dance. For the past 14 years, Lee has attended the All Ohio Dance Festival with TDAC to showcase her choreography and teach master classes in hip hop.  Lee was also a member of a hip hop crew from Cleveland, OH called Pro2Jay where she later danced in a music video for Cleveland recording artist Cali Miles.  Over the years, Lee has taught at multiple studios in Youngstown and Columbus, Ohio as well as Pennsylvania. Lee has passed her Grade V Cecchetti exam and her Grade I Cecchetti teacher exam. Currently, she runs the jazz/hip hop and modern programs at TDAC, teaches for Momentum, a non-profit organization that teaches dance in the Columbus City Schools, and teaches at Dublin Dance Academy in Dublin, OH where she is the Reperatory Company Director.