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As DanceMasters, dance teachers Ron Counts, Kit Galvin and Anne Traver provide dance lessons, dance seminars and private dance instruction for beginner through intermediate dance in and around Colorado Springs, Colorado.
DanceMasters teach and call square dancing as well as instruct classes in Country Western Dance, Country Line Dance, English Country, Contra Dance, Social Dance, Mixers and Ballroom Dance.
DanceMasters perform a variety of interactive dance services in Colorado Springs and the surrounding Pikes Peak region, including weekly Hoedowns, Ballroom classes, American Folk Dances, and dance events at The Carriage Stop south of Old Colorado City in Colorado Springs.
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DanceMasters will also arrange and perform party dances for all your very special events!
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These events can include weddings, church parties, family reunions, fund raisers, camp meetings or scout jamborees; from birthday party dances for fun and games to corporate team building dances, where project teams interact and learn the importance of teamwork.
Whatever your event may be, DanceMasters will arrange your unique dance party program and provide your guests a most wonderful party dance experience while featuring professional, state of the art sound equipment.
Anne Traver was recently asked to join DanceMasters to team up with Ron Counts and Kit Galvin in order to incorporate ballroom dancing into the programs presented by this group at the Carriage Stop in Colorado Springs.
She brings a wealth of dance knowledge to this group.
Learn about our country western dance parties!
Learn about our ballroom dances!
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About Ron Counts |
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Kit earned her B.A. and M.A. in French at the University of California, Davis, and speaks fluent French, Spanish, Italian, and English. Kit lived in Europe 23 years, spending 7 of those years studying classical piano at the Conservatory of Music in Madrid, Spain. Kit now teaches piano, instructing approximately 45 piano students in their homes in the Rockrimmon, Mountain Shadows and Peregrine area of Colorado Springs. Kit is also a graduate of the Heart of Dixie Callers College in Birmingham, Alabama. Kit is a competent square dance caller who specializes in line dance lessons, mixers and children's play party dances.
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Ron earned his B.S. in Agriculture Economics at Virginia Tech and his M.S. in Business Administration at Boston University. Ron retired from the U.S. Army and a sales career. Ron instructs square dance call and is a graduate of the Bill Peters Callers College. Ron is a member of CALLERLAB where he serves as Chairman of the Education Committee. Ron's specialty is calling modern western and traditional square dance as well as contras. He is adept at using a wide variety of square dance formations without needing to increase the number of calls used, thereby promoting an easy entry into square dancing and country western dancing. Ron believes in providing dance variety by changing formations, adding lines, contras and easy round dances to dance lessons and dance programs. |
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Anne is a native of Colorado who attended Colorado College as an Arts Major and later Corcoran Fine Arts School in Washington, DC. While there she joined the Arthur Murray Dance Studios as a dance teacher. In a dance competition, Anne and her partner were the final winners of the bronze, silver and gold awards. As a result, they were hired under contract to CBS Dancing for 36 color TV shows and other performances in the Washington, DC area. Anne became Dance Director with Arthur Murray Studios where her responsibility was to train dance teachers in the Arthur Murray style of instructions in Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale areas. She produced Arthur Murray Nights as a theme at major hotels and held classes at the Indian River and Bahia Mar resorts and was featured on area television. Upon her return to the Washington, DC area she went into retail and became the assistant buyer for the Spring Valley Julius Garfinkle Stores until she married and moved to Detroit, Michigan. While raising five children, she continued teaching private dance classes in the Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills area. She was the choreographer for "The Boyfriend" and the "Bloomingham Newcomers", where she introduced folk dancing to young girls who performed in various churches and at civic functions. Later, Anne formed a performance group of adults called the "Cavalcade Dancers" for the purpose of performing at musical shows she directed and choreographed to include fashion shows with singers and dancers and other multi-talented performers. Anne returned to Colorado Springs in 1983 and formed a new group of "Cavalcade Dancers" who performed many functions and dances in all the parades in Colorado Springs. They were winners in the "Parade of Lights" parade in 1986. Later she taught ballroom dancing thru the Parks and Recreation Department for Manitou Springs. She has choreographed the Olio at the Iron Springs Chateau. In 1997 she moved to British Columbia and taught International Ballroom Dancing until 1999. She returned to Colorado Springs and decided to get back into folk dancing and in June of 2005 started taking Modern Western square dance lessons. |
DanceMasters Ron Counts and Kit Galvin are insured and are licensed by ASCAP/BMI and SESAC as performers and event promoters.