Kimberly, who is originally from Rhode Island, began dancing at age 3. She has studied ballet, jazz, tap and modern for 20 years. She was a principal dancer with the Southern Rhode Island Youth Ballet Company. She is a graduate and scholarship awardee of the Dance Teachers Club of Boston. For the past 12 years Kimberly has taught various styles of dance to every age group from young children to adults on both the east and west coast. She began her ballroom and latin training with Randy Deats and almost immediately began competing in International style Latin. She continues to compete in the United States and Europe.
Petr Dubovsky
Originally from Sokolov, Czech Republic, Petr started dancing at age 14. The first seven years he danced Standard and Latin. Eventually, he began to focus on Latin Dance. Petr has competed in competitions all over Europe. Petr was a Czech Latin finalist. While still in Europe, Petr began to teach children and adults throughout the Czech Republic. In 2001, Petr became a professional and moved to America. Since this move, he has competed in Pro-Latin, Pro-Open Cabaret and Pro-Am. Luckily for us, Petr has decided to stay in Massachusetts.
Lisa Thibodeau, M.Ed.
Lisa has studied many forms of dance including Jazz, Modern, Creative Movement for Children, African, Ballet, Contact Improvisation, Gymnastics, and both International and American styles Ballroom/Latin dancing. She studied Ballroom with Kari Hyytinen and Anne Heiermann and has had coaching from Jean-Marc Generoux and Edward Simon. Lisa also studied choreography in Brockport, NY with Garth Fagan. She holds a Masters degree in Dance Education from Lesley University. Throughout her studies she worked with students ages three through adult with a variety of educational needs. If you have the desire to dance, you have the ability.
Lewis Inman
Lewis started dancing in 1987. He loved dancing so much that he studied to become a teacher. Lewis has taught at Arthur Murray studios in San Diego, CA, Chula Vista, CA and Warwick, RI. He eventually opened his own studio, Hollywood Dance Studio, in Rhode Island where he taught for 10 years. He closed the studio in order to spend more time with his wife and sons. We welcome Lewis to the Savaria family
Jan Ondrias
Jan is the newest instructor to join the Savaria Family. He has been a dance teacher since 1998 previously working at Akcent Ostrava, Dance school Rytmik Brno, National Theatre in the Czech Republic and Arthur Murray Dance Studio in the USA. Jan competes throughout Europe and the US. He has been two times Master of Czech Republic in Showdance, 3rd place of Czech professional Latin American Championship and 6th place of World and Europian Championship. Last year he placed 4th place at Arthur Murray Open Professional Smooth. Jan has many interests including tennis, volleyball, swimming, basketball, rock climbing, skiing, and traveling.
