ABOUT US
Located just on the edge of the Greater Portland area, Collaborative Ballroom is a unique, locally owned studio, focused on providing a sense of community and connection within the competitive and social dancing worlds. Our goal is to share our love of dance with our students, while allowing access to the most current techniques and theories available.
Our instructors are passionate, versatile, and dedicated to providing the most dynamic and enjoyable experience around. With backgrounds including, but not limited to, Ballroom/Latin, Hip Hop, Jazz, Tap, Ballet etc. We pride ourselves on offering a well rounded collaborative approach to your education in Ballroom dancing.
John Nolan, owner
John fell in love with dancing at the age of 15, placing 1st in each style at his first competition. John found dancing through his mother and aunt, who both took lessons for fun. John has spent the better part of his career focusing on furthering his understanding of physical and rhythmic education and repertoire through training and competing. John has competed in Professional American Rhythm, and is currently training to compete in Professional Latin.
Professionally trained by Diana McDonald and Daryll & Gunnar Sverrisson, John holds exceptional knowledge of all four styles, specializing in Latin. More recently John has trained with Ching Kao and Andre Strinadko of FireBeat in Winchester, Ma.
Emily Ross, instructor
Emily has been described as always frolicking and bringing sunshine. Their bubbly personality, paired with a strong background in a variety of dance styles (including burlesque, musical theatre, Latin aerobic, and Renaissance), has resulted in a unique and extremely versatile teaching style.
Having only been dancing seriously for a few years, Emily is a living example that passion and dedication result in success. Dancing has proven to be a gateway to an active, healthy, and confident lifestyle full of self-expression.
When not dancing, Emily studies botany and pursues beekeeping.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellation Policy: We require at least 24 hours notice of cancelled lesson. If less than 24 hours notice is given, Collaborative Ballroom and it’s staff, reserves the right to charge 100% of the original lesson fee.
Refund Policy: Any and all payments are fully refundable within the first 6 months after payment. We will refund only what has not already been used, ie. If you have a 10 lesson package and have used 3 lessons, we will refund you for the remaining 7. After the initial 6 months, we do not refund any amount, however, we will honor it as credit ie, Gift Certificate. There are no exceptions to this policy.