"Hi I am Amos Mack and I learned some ballroom dance from Jacqueline back in 2000. She was a lot of fun to learn salsa with. She always made me work hard without it feeling like work. I loved to make her laugh she has the best laugh. So beautiful she turned me down with a lot of class . Jacqi just picked me up looked me in the eye and shook me till poop came out. And that was it I still miss those classes." (May 2010)

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"Christina has been one of the best dance teachers I’ve ever had in a very long series of dance teachers starting out with ballet and tap lessons in elementary school. 

Ballroom dancing is a peculiar fish in that learning how to follow involves not only learning the steps of the particular form but also learning how to pick up subtle physical signals from another person whose individual form and style you have little control over.  And Christina is splendid at that.

 

I suppose you could say that she has taught me how to be a compliant woman rather than always trying to wear the pants in the family – in a manner of speaking.  Would I rather lead in ballroom dancing?  Nah.  It’s too hard. 

 

Her skills in teaching both how to follow and how to lead are wonderful and her knowledge of the many forms ballroom dancing takes are truly amazing.  She’s a dance genius in her own right.

 

Thanks, Christina!

Kristin Gabrielson" (May 2010)