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Tina ShelleyTCRGADCRGThe Shelley School of Irish Dance operates under the direction of Tina Shelley, T.C.R.G., A.D.C.R.G. Tina is the first and only adjudicator in Utah certified by the Irish Dance Commission of Dublin, Ireland. Tina Shelley studied since the age of 6 with the Deely School of Irish Dance in Northern California. By the age of 10, she was competing on a championship level and placed in the top three at the Western Regional Championships for 4 years, which qualified her to compete at the World Championships. Tina moved on to compete at the North American Championships (Nationals) where she placed in the top tier. Since becoming a cerified teacher, Tina has trained some of the top championship Irish dancers in Utah to reach recognition on a regional, national, and world level. In addition to years of Irish step dance, Tina studied extensively under the Royal Academy method of ballet up to the pre-professional level. |
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Tina has been a featured soloist with the Brigham Young University Folkdance Ensemble which travels worldwide and has choreographed several pieces for their repertoire while serving as a faculty member in the BYU Dance Department. It was at BYU where Tina developed the Irish dance program and taught from 1994 to 2003. Tina graduated from BYU with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Dance Theater and has performed with the Young Ambassadors in China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Midwest of the United States. In addition to running the Shelley School of Irish Dance, Tina is the co-Artistic Director for Shelley Irish Dance Dance Company which encompasses the largest and highest levels of Irish Step Dancers in the State of Utah. Other credits include choreography for the TV Disney movie "The Luck of the Irish" (which aired March 2001), choreography for Utah's professional dance company "Odyssey", and guest teaching at the North American Celtic Arts Festival 2000. Tina is in good standing with the Irish Dance Teachers Association of North America and the Western Region. |
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Johanna LambertTCRG
Johanna Lambert has been Irish dancing since she was four years old. As a student with the Deely School of Irish Dance in Oakland California, she was a prodigious competitor, and by age eight, she was already competing on an Open Championship Level. She qualified for the World championships at age ten. Johanna also has extensive training in classical ballet. She studied at the pre-professional Contra Costa Ballet School, and in 1996, she was invited to join the Contra Costa Ballet Company. As a freshman on scholarship to the dance department at Brigham Young University, she choreographed the groundbreaking “Cry of the Celts” for the International Folk Dance Ensemble, performing as soloist. As a student, she also taught a class in Irish Step Dancing at BYU. She then continued on to perform and tour with the premiere Performing Arts Company. Johanna transferred to Barnard College at Columbia University in New York City where she earned her degree in Mathematics. In 2001, she received her T.C.R.G. certification with the Irish Dance Commission in Dublin, Ireland. For the last five years, she has been conducting her own dance school, The Lambert School of Dance, near Washington, D.C. She is now delighted to be adding her experience and expertise to the Shelley School of Irish Dance. |
