Faculty

ASSISTANT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

EVONNE LINDOW is the Assistant Artistic Director at the studio and specializes in teaching tap and jazz technique.  She has taught both for sixteen years at Meg Segreto’s Dance Centre, where she rounds out her offerings as a teacher with ballet/tap combination classes, acrobatics, and hip-hop.  Recognition for Evonne’s choreography and teaching expertise has come from Florida Dance Masters – a statewide organization at whose conventions Evonne has been honored to work at and serve as one of their invited jazz dance teachers.  She tested and received her teaching certifications in tap and jazz from Florida Dance Masters in 1994, and she continues her education and hones her skills through their renowned Intensive Teacher Training program. Evonne has also been given the opportunity to be a guest jazz teacher at ArtServe, which serves the needs of artists and nonprofit cultural organizations in Broward County.  Evonne has performed onstage with Wayne Newton as a June Taylor dancer in a tribute to Jackie Gleason; she has performed with and has been a member of the board for the TranZenDance Company.  Producing performances is important for Evonne.  Her production credits include the Fort Lauderdale-Hyatt’s Pier 66 for Fort Lauderdale’s annual Woman of the Distinction event benefiting the March of Dimes, Disney World’s Tomorrowland stage and Young at Art, while assisting Meg with benefit concerts for Gilda’s Club of Fort Lauderdale, and Joe DiMaggio’s Children’s Hospital, among many others.  Evonne has been with the studio for over twenty years, and she is honored to be Assistant Director of Meg Segreto’s Dance Centre.

Director of Education

LINDSEY-LEE JOLLY trained under Meg and her staff for 14 years, eventually becoming a member of Perpetual Motion Dance Company and an assistant teacher.  She was also a member of the Florida Dance Masters performing group “Main Attraction” and has received various scholarships and titles from the organization, including Florida’s Rising Star and Miss Dance of Florida.  The Miami Herald has presented her with an Honorable Mention Silver Knights Award from the Miami Herald for her work in the performing arts and its influence on the community.  Lindsey-Lee has studied at Jacob’s Pillow, North Carolina School of the Arts, Miami City Ballet, and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance.  She spent her first two years of college at the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase before transferring to the New World School of the Arts/University of Florida, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance.  In 2004, she was selected to perform on stage with Mikhail Baryshnikov for his Solo Tour.  Lindsey-Lee is a member and certified teacher of Florida Dance Masters and has taught master classes for the organization and currently serves as ambassador.  Teaching ballet, tap, jazz, modern, acrobatics, and hip-hop of all ages at MSDC, she oversees structuring and updating of the various curriculums at the studio, prepares advanced students for auditions, and choreographs concert pieces for PMDC.  Lindsey-Lee feels blessed to be a part of the MSDC family.

TEACHING STAFF

GERMAN DAGER ‘s studies in classical ballet, jazz and modern dance were completed at Les Grands Ballet Canadiense, Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal and in York University in Toronto, Ontario. He also trained on full scholarship at Miami Conservatory, Magda Aunon School of Classical Ballet in Ft. Lauderdale, The North Carolina School of the Arts, Pennsylvania Ballet and the Boston Ballet. German danced principal roles in Don Quixote, Les Sylphides, Coppelia, Corsair, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker and Romeo and Juliet. In 1985, at the Southeastern Regional Ballet Festival, he was honored with a Dance Magazine scholarship and sent to New York to train with the best teachers in the United States. German danced professionally with Boston Ballet II, Ballet de Montreal under the artistic direction of Eddy Toussaint, Ballet Florida and was a guest dancer with Compania Colombiana de Ballet. German has been teaching since 1986. In November 2005, he was a guest teacher and judge for the Dance Masters of America, Pennsylvania Chapter in Pittsburg. He is a certified classical ballet teacher by examination, an active member of Florida Dance Masters and in the U.S.; he holds the equivalent of a Bachelor of Science in Education degree with a major in Teaching Dance.

EDWIN HOLLAND has studied ballet, tap, and jazz dancing since the age of eight.  Under the tutelage of his long-time teacher, Judi Nelson, he eventually developed a passion for tap.  In 1984, Dance Masters of America awarded him the title of Mr. Dance of Florida.  As a graduate of Florida State University, with a B.S. in Accounting, and after working as a CPA for an accounting firm for three years, Edwin decided to open his own dance studio.  He became the owner of the school that he studied at as a child.  For 23 years, he and his wife, Gaile, owned and operated the Edwin Holland School of Dance in North Miami.  In addition to having his own studio, Edwin has performed in various shows and dance concerts across the state.  He was also a featured performer with the Cotton Club Revue that traveled to Madrid and Barcelona in 2003.  Edwin and Gaile have 3 children - Courtney (20), Christine (17), and Curtis (14), and of course...they all dance.

KRISTEN HUIZENGA began her training at Meg Segreto's Dance Centre at the age of 11.  She quickly became a member of the Perpetual Motion Dance Company and remained a member untion she graduated from high school.  While in PMDC, she participated in many benefit concerts, including those for Gilda's Club of South Florida, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, and Hospice.  She has also performed for the Carbonell Awards.  Kristen is a certified teacher and member of Florida Dance Masters.  She has attended many dance workshops offered by FDM to study with various teachers from around the country, and has competed and received scholarships from their annual scholarship auditions.  She is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree at Florida Atlantic University for Elementary Education, and she is very excited about teaching at MSDC again this year.

SHARI LITTLE was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma where she began her training in Ballet with Evonne Chouteau.  Ms. Little studied Ballet at the School of American Ballet and American Ballet Theatre School in New York for many summers as a young adult.  Ms. Little performed as a Principal Dancer with Ballet Oklahoma, Ohio Ballet, Dallas Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and Miami City Ballet.  After retiring from performing, Ms. Little taught extensively for Miami City Ballet as well as directed their education program for the Public Schools of South Florida. While teaching for Miami City Ballet, Ms. Little attended Educating Hands School of Massage.  Shari Little is currently teaching for Peaches School of Dance as well as Meg Segreto’s Dance Centre.  She is practicing massage at Florida International University and University of Miami's wellness center.  The most challenging but fulfilling job is raising her six year old son, Nathan.