INSTRUCTOR

Penny M. Bovelli (Owner/Director/Founder of The Dance Centre) has been dancing, teaching, and choreographing for more than 40 years. She loves her work and it is apparent in her classes! Her students have received scholarships to attend Chicago Human Rhythm Project and The Chicago Academy of the Arts. Many have taken top honors at various competitions, gone on to dance in college programs, are dancing professionally on NBA dance teams and for professional dance companies, such as Luna Negra. Penny has studied with many wonderful teachers including Lou Conte, Joel Hall, Lane Alexander, Bruce Stegmann, Birute Barodicaite, Kirby Reed, and Claire Bataille, just to name a few. She continues her education through classes, workshops and festivals such as CHRP. She has choreographed many musicals for community theater groups, including Limelight Theatre Company. She has judged many pageants including “Miss Windy City” and “Chicago’s Little Miss”. Penny arranged an International Dance Exchange with twenty Russian dancers. After welcoming them to our country, dancers and students took class, went on field trips and performed together. The Dance Centre received an official invitation to travel to Moscow. Penny also served on the Board of Directors for Chicago Tap Theatre for seven years and continues to be a guest teacher at Iowa State University.