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Welcome and thank you for your interest in Ultimate Dance Center (UDC). UDC offers a standard of excellence in dance education not yet seen in Polk County. UDC offers a diverse array of dance styles under one roof. Our state of the art dance studios and our location in the heart of the Lakeland and Central Florida area make us the ultimate destination for dancers around the U.S. and the world.
The Ultimate Dance Center is the brainchild of 3 individuals who decided that Polk County needed a dance studio that could bring together people from various backgrounds to do one thing: Enjoy Dance! |
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Ferdinand (Freddie) DeJesus
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Freddie has been involved with dance since he was 6 years old. He has been involved with various successful dance productions and is passionate about exposing all persons to the world of dance. Freddie Dejesus: Artistic Director for Florida Dance Theater & Principal owner for Just Fierce Productions. Freddie has studied at prestigious companies such as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center and Dance Theater of Harlem. His performance credits include work with such companies as Philadanco, New World Dance Company, Joyce Trisler Dance Company, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Rebecca Kelly Ballet, Annabella Gonzales Dance Theater, Dance Compass, Donald Byrd The Group, DANCESAIS, Bruce Wood Dance Company and Florida Dance Theater. With a dance career spanning more than 20 years, De Jesus has had the honor of working with many well-known and widely acclaimed choreographers and company directors. He is currently the Resident Choreographer and Associate Artistic Director of Florida Dance Theater. He is also a Jazz Dance Professor at Florida Southern College and Resident Life Assistant and faculty member in the Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts SUMMER INTENSIVE (EMIA).
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Jennifer Davis
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Jennifer was born and raised in Lakeland, Florida. She has been dancing since the age of 2. She attended Lakeland Senior High School where she was an Anchorette Dancer for 3 years. She also attended Harrison School for the Performing Arts for 2 years under the direction of Laurel Renfro. She was a resident choreographer at Carol Grayson School of Dance from 2000 to 2007. She had a great opportunity of owning her own dance studio “Art In Motion Academy of Dance” from 2008 to 2014 where she along with a qualified staff, trained students of all ages in the styles of ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, and hip hop. She has performed with the Lakeland Raiders as a “Lady Raider”, Rocky Horror Picture Show, With Love Productions, and Just Fierce Productions.
She has studied under legendary choreographers such as Mia Michaels, Tyce Diyorio, Tabitha and Napoleon D’umo, Choniquej Sneed, Jamal Sims, Kevin Maher, Tony Testa, and many more. She brings with her the experience and knowledge of being a dance studio owner for 6 years. She has a passion for creating a Dance Competition Team that would be able to compete on the national stage. Her undying passion for dance is what brought her back to become an owner in UDC. She wants to ensure that her vision for teaching dance will be fully realized and she is excited about her new collaboration with a new dance studio and new partners. |
Jennifer Nixon
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Jennifer is a parent who loves to dance. As a child she studied Ballet for 7 years and she studied Jazz for 3 years. Although her educational background directed her in the field of medicine, she tried to “stay in touch” with dance by taking it as an elective while in college. As a parent, she realized that there was an unmet need for a comprehensive dance studio in Polk County. After talking with her 2 partners she decided that she wanted to help promote this new and exciting dance studio.
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UDC offers a wide variety of dance instruction from the standard ballet classes to the more esoteric clogging classes. Our classes deliver the best all around dance experience for students by offering classes at all levels. There will be opportunities for those dancers who want to be professional dancers to perfect their current skills and acquire new ones. The "professional track" of dance classes offered at UDC, provide highest quality dance instruction in Polk County. Please look under the tab: Classes to see exactly what we offer.
