Tap Workshop with Kristie Betz
Saturday, November 22 3 – 4:30 pm
Advanced registration price: $15.
Price goes up to $20 day of the workshop.
Discounts are available for college students, senior citizens, and military.

As a seasoned Entertainer, Kristie Betz has performed for many years in the U.S. and abroad delighting audiences with her expressive style and warmth.  She has toured with numerous Production Companies, dancing in such venues as the Hollywood Bowl, has performed with the Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus and spent many years dancing for Princess Cruises.  She was given the opportunity to solo in the 2010/2011 International Tour of “Caution Men at Work – Tap” where she also performed alongside such tap greats as Bob Carroll & Hiroshi Hamanishi.  She has been blessed, as well, to share the stage with Channing Cook Holmes in a Tap Overload Production of “Office Beat” and most recently can be seen as a guest performer on a Tap Instructional DVD where she performs alongside her mentor, Denise Scheerer.

Living in Los Angeles, Kristie has had the opportunity to study with & be influenced by such tap teachers as Steve Zee, Sarah Reich, Channing Cook Holmes, Denise Scheerer, Chance Taylor & Bob Carroll to name a few.  She also enjoys teaching and sharing her love & passion of Tap dance with students of all ages.  Kristie has taught Tap classes at various Dance Studios in and around the Los Angeles area for over 20 years.  She is currently on staff at the Dance Arts Academy in Los Angeles & is on the rotating teachers list at the Performing Arts Center in Van Nuys.  She also substitute teaches at the Debbie Reynolds Studio as well as the Millennium Dance Complex.