Danielle Mayzes
B.S. Ed in Dance Education

Danielle Mayzes is a University of Georgia graduate with a B.S. Ed. in Dance Education.  In her years at UGA, Danielle participated as an active member of the UGA Ballroom Performance Group, serving as both Secretary and Vice President.

A 2003 and 2004 recipient of the Lucy Lampkin Dance Scholarship, Danielle performed and choreographed for many UGA dance department productions. She has been featured as a dancer and choreographer throughout the Southeast, and she can also be found in the feature film Diary of a Mad Black Woman.

Beginning her professional dance career in Georgia, Danielle taught ballet, jazz, ballroom and social dance classes all over the state. She also performed as a member of ballroom and theatre arts company CONTACT Dance Theatre, jazz dance company DanceFX, and musical theatre company SoundFX. Though a lover of all dance genres, Danielle has been best known in Georgia for her salsa skills.

Danielle most recently worked in Dublin as resident teacher for Niall Newman’s Learn to Dance, Ireland’s leading dance company.  Through this company, she appeared as guest teacher, performer, and adjudicator throughout Ireland.  She has also received extensive training in fitness instruction, as well as prop study and aerial dance.

Though Danielle has received much of her ballroom training from Georgia instructors, she also credits much of her education to Brigham Young University's celebrated summer ballroom dance program, where she studied under world-renowned ballroom dance champions Michael Mead and Toni Redpath, Alain Doucet and Anik Jolicoeur, as well as James and Jaana Kunitz. Danielle has experience in a multitude of styles, ranging from smooth and rhythm to social dancing. Instruction experience includes dancers of all ages and levels, so Danielle is sure to help you find the dance experience you seek.