Meet the Founder/Artistic Director

Diane always loved to dance!  She is featured in two books “Minneapolis Negro Profile” at the age of 10 dancing at The Way Community Center; and “Step Right Up and Lead”, a book about how Diane fought a lot until dance redirected her focus on bettering herself.

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Diane began her dance technical training at the age of 13 when she received a scholarship to attend training at Children’s Theater. A year later she received a scholarship to attend The Minnesota Dance Theater. She later received a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Minnesota where she also studied modern dance, ballet, and jazz.

 

Diane started teaching dance and choreographing at 18 years of age at The Metropolitan Arts Cultural Art Center. She established Hollywood Studio of Dance in 1991. She has taught dance at a number of local schools, namely: Fair School, Wise Performing Arts, and Harvest Preparatory. She is currently teaching dance at Friendship Academy of the Arts and is a recurring teacher at Camp Capri, located within The Capri Theater. In addition, Diane provides dance and motor skill development at Seed Academy, Atrebla Early Learning Center, and School Readiness Learning Academy. While maintaining her duties (or responsibilities) as Director and Dance teacher at Hollywood Studio of Dance. She has also taught at Summit Early Learning Center, Star Child Development Center, and Northside Child Development.