WV DANCE, INC., (304-984-1939)

     About WV Dance

     WV Dance offers the finest in private and group ballroom dancing lessons and ballroom dance deejaying in West Virginia.  

     WV Dance's mission is to promote ballroom dancing, and forms of dance associated with ballroom dancing, throughout West Virginia for the benefit and enjoyment of all of West Virginia's citizens.  Some of the locations at which we have taught include Charleston, Hurricane, Glenville, Parkersburg, Summersville, Spencer, and Winfield, West Virginia. 

     Instruction is given in the ballad, bolero, cha cha, foxtrot, hustle, mambo, merengue, nightclub 2 step, polka, rhumba, salsa, samba, four count swing, six count swing, american tango, american waltz, and west coast swing.  Deejaying services are provided in all of these dances, plus argentine tango, quickstep, viennese waltz, and country two step.   

     About WV Dance's Instructors

Craig Giffin is an accomplished dancer in both smooth and Latin forms of dance and has trained regionally, nationally, and internationally for over eight years in ballroom dancing.  When he's not dancing, Craig also practices law.  Craig has received instruction in both the Fred Astaire and Arthur Murray styles of dance.  Internationally, Craig has taken dancing instruction in such far flung places as Buenos Aires, Argentina, Cairo, Egypt, and Melbourne Australia.  Some of the dancing events and training sessions that Craig has attended include the 2002 CITA Argentine Tango Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina and also the 2005 Corn Palace Polka Festival in Mitchell, South Dakota.  In 2005 Craig also joined and began his participation in Dancers at Sea -- an organization that teaches ballroom dancing on cruise ships worldwide.  Craig recently returned from his second Dancers at Sea cruise--a January 2007 trip to the Caribbean islands of Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Martin, and Grand Turk.  Locally, Craig is a member of USA Dance, the Passepied Club, the Academy Club, and the Latin Club.

Julia McCormick graciously volunteers her time to WV Dance.  Julia has danced for over twenty years and has successfully competed in and received awards from her participation in various ballroom dancing competitions, including the Heritage Classic Dancesport Championships, held annually at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina, the Atlanta Ballroom Classic in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Epcot Center World Showcase held at the Buena Vista Palace in Walt Disney World.  Julia is a member of many of the dance clubs in Charleston including the Passepied, University, Academy, Latin, Quadrille, and Cotillian Clubs.