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After appearing on the British television show 'Strictly Dance Fever,' Adam Spencer was awarded a scholarship to attend the prestigious 'London Studio Center' where he gained his honours degree in Theater Dance. 

After touring with the studio's jazz company in the UK and working for Disney's 'High School Musical' in Europe he continued to train in Latin and Ballroom dancing. Adam belonged to 'Encore' Latin formation team and placed first at Blackpool at Nationals, the team then went on to compete at the World championships in Germany that same year.​ Adam then assisted choreography for Dreamworks, dance captained for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and Carnival Cruise Lines and then began training in the American styles of dance and this is where his passion lies.​ 

With Adam's breadth of skill and multidisciplinary insight to many genres of dance he has an unique perspective on how to teach and make you the best dancer you can be. Using the discipline of ballet, musicality of jazz, the depth of modern and the performance of musical theater he can assist you in learning the skill and art of ballroom dance.

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• Founding Director and President, Studio 878 Trust, a non-profit organization whose mission includes providing funding for young dance and theater students

• Co-founder of Chance to Dance Scholarship program for young ballroom dancers

• Co-director, Tides Dance Collaborative

• President, Chatham Candy Manor

• Founding President, Chatham Orpheum Theater

Naomi has been affiliated with many theater and dance organizations including Cape Rep, Chatham Drama Guild, Monomoy Theatre,  Delray Beach Playhouse, and Turtle Lane Playhouse. A long-time supporter of the Cape Cod Theatre Company, Naomi began her association with the theatre working with Nina Schuessler on the development of Wrinkles, the Musical.   Her teaching credits include Wellesley College, the Jeannette Neill Dance Studio, Boston, the Academy of Performing Arts as well as San Carlos School of Dance, Brazil.

Naomi recently received two proclamations from the Massachusetts House of Representatives, the first for “Woman of the Year” 2014 award from the Lower Cape Business and Professional Women’s organization, the second as recipient of “Leadership in the Arts Award” from the Arts foundation of Cape Cod for her work in creating the Chatham Orpheum Theater. She also received Congressional Recognition by the U.S. House of Representatives and was honored as Grand Marshall of the Chatham Independence Day Parade in 2015.

With a strong commitment to social justice, Naomi has collaborated on many arts projects addressing social issues and has been recognized in that regard by the Mass Cultural Council in 2010 and by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. Her work, which addresses such issues as racism, oppression, human trafficking, physical challenge, and the environment, has been performed in schools, churches, and theaters throughout the Cape. 

Naomi has been teaching for nearly 50 years, is a pioneer in combining social justice work with the arts, and has recently, at age 69, become an avid ballroom dance competitor. She lives in Chatham with her husband, David Veach, and their two French bulldogs, Isaac Bad-Boy and Inspector Clouseau.

After studying ballet at North Carolina School of the Arts, doing summer stock at the Merry Go Round Playhouse in Auburn, NY, then studying music, film, and theater performance with scholarships to Boston Conservatory, Berklee and NYU, Dana McCoy gigged everywhere from CBGB’s to The Ritz to Lincoln Center, toured US, UK and Europe topping the charts with hits performed by Inner City, Degrees of Motion, Left Field, and herself, at which point she composed, produced and performed a solo CD, “Taking Shape,” selected by Billboard as one of the year’s best albums. 

McCoy’s work on stage continued with her original rock musical “Prom Queens” workshopped at the Westbeth with Arnold Englemen, and Don Hill’s famed rock club, after which she went on to perform regularly at Joe McGinty’s infamous Loser’s Lounge sharing the stage with celebrities from Fred Armisen to Justin Vivian Bond, was a staple in New York’s Ukulele Cabaret and as founder and host of Life Cafe’s NAKED Music Series which provided over 300 gigs for musicians in NYC from first timers to Grammy winners.

Norah Dale Allen began her early ballet training in Cambridge, England and Ottawa, Canada. Upon moving to the U.S., she continued her training and performing at Boston area studios but eventually moved to Cape Cod. 

On the Cape she established her own dance studio in Pocasset and performed as a principal dancer for several years with the original Cape Cod Ballet Company under the direction of founder, Barry Edson. In 1994 she began teaching at Dance Designs in Hyannis and still continues to teach advanced ballet and adult classes at their Centerville location. 

Norah began ballroom dancing in the early 1990s and in1996 established the Cape & Islands chapter (now Cape Cod Ballroom Dancers — CCBD) of the United States Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association (now USA Dance). In January 2016 she was elected to the presidency of this organization. She has also competed with Adam Spencer (Adam in Chatham) in Boston area ballroom competitions and is a member of his newly established Cape Cod Tide Collaborative and his About Time outreach performance company. 

Leda Muhana is a Brazilian choreographer, presently living in Brewster, Ma, after retiring from 35 years of teaching at the Dance School of the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. She holds a Master degree in Dance Kinesiology and a Doctor of Education in the teaching of Choreography. She has choreographed for professional dance groups since 1980.

She has most recently directed “Movimento I” and “Movimento II” , two dance concerts created for and performed at the Wellfleet Preservation Hall in 2015 and 2016, as well as offering an Artistic Residence and Cultural Exchange at The Barn in Brewster, promoting dialogue and collaborations between American and Brazilian dance professionals, which resulted in the performance of Café Performance I and II (2016).

Originally from Toronto, Antonia Stephens has been living and dancing on Cape Cod since late 2001. She has a B.A. in choreography and improvisation from Bennington College and has taught modern classes on the Cape for Studio 878, the Academy of Performing Arts, the Cape Cod Conservatory and the Cape Cod Dance Center.

For several years, she was co-director of the TIDES Dance Company in Chatham, along with mentor and friend, Naomi Turner, and has danced as part of several collaboratives, including D.I.R.T.T. and Movimento/The Barn. Ms. Stephens is the Director of the Cotuit Library, and she and her husband (and fellow dancer),  JC Stahl are parents to three-year-old Becket.