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Our Team
Never Enough Ballroom is very proud to have a great
collection of professional hard working dance instructors.
They spend many hours of their own time in the studio
working on improving their dancing so they can continue to
offer you, our students, the highest quality of dance
instruction.
They are all currently getting ready for DVIDA certification
tests. Some are already certified and are getting
ready to test out at a higher level. The certification
process creates instructors that meet a higher standard.
A standard and quality that is also recognized by the
National Dance Council of America. All of us are
dedicated to your dancing. We want you to have the
best instruction available.
  Mikel Feilen has been a professional ballroom dance instructor,
competitor and performer for 25 years. After a knee injury in 1976,
Mikel decided to try ballroom as a form of therapy to repair his
knee. 25 years later the knee is fine and he is still dancing
ballroom. Mikel, trained in American and International ballroom,
Latin, country, social and swing dance, is also trained in theater
arts, ballet, jazz and modern dance. He also performed in the
acrobatic comedy act - "Del Rose Trio" - in Las Vegas and Lake
Tahoe. Mikel danced and taught on Regency cruise ships with his
wife, Suzette. Along with his cruise ship duties, Mikel emceed
cruise ship production shows and was an assistant cruise director.
Mikel now co-owns Never Enough Ballroom School of Dance in Reno
and competes with his students in national pro/am dancesport
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  Suzette Feilen
has been a professional ballroom dance competitor, instructor, and
Las Vegas
show performer since 1978. Along with her ballroom training in both
American and International style, she is also trained in ballet,
jazz, tap and modern. Having danced in Bally’s “Jubilee” and in
“Crazy Girls” at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in
Las Vegas, other credits include performing
with her husband Mikel for two years on Regency Cruise Line Ships.
She has also done much convention work, dance competitions,
commercials, many different types of shows, and group choreography.
In addition, Suzette is a certified fitness instructor through the
IDEA organization. She has passed her level exams in ballroom
through Fred Astaire Studios and also has her associate degree in
international Latin through the Imperial Society. Suzette has
taught competitive ballroom, social, swing, country and Latin dance
for Fred Astaire Dance Studios, Arthur Murray Dance Studios, a
number of independently owned schools, Regency Cruise Lines, UNLV,
Fallon Naval Air Base, TMCC, and Ballantines Studio in Reno,
Nevada. She has been teaching ballroom dance at UNR in
Reno
since 2000, and has been a featured choreographer in the UNR dance
concerts. Suzette co-owns Never Enough Ballroom School of Dance
with her husband and Patricia Ehlers. She particularly enjoys
formation team choreography and directs the 7 performance dance
teams at N.E.B. |
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  Patricia Ehlers has been involved with the Movie, Television and Recording
industry most of her life. Growing up in Hollywood with Parents who's
business was involved in advertising for all the big studios, gave her a
love of music and dance and even a part in a movie. She began her life as a
dancer in January of 2002. She joined with her instructors, Mikel & Suzette
Feilen, to open Never Enough Ballroom where she is the business manager for
the studio. |
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 Irene Robles Irene began dancing jazz and ballet at
age 13 in her hometown of
Marion, Kansas. She started teaching ballroom at the
age of 17 at Starlite Ballroom in Sunnyvale, Calif.
She passed her American Bronze exams in smooth and Latin thru
Starlite Ballroom. Having trained with Jeffrey Lynn, Ronnie Montez,
Jenell Maranto, Stephan Krauel, and Julia Gorchakova, Irene quickly
developed a love for salsa and has made that her specialty. She has
since trained with Michelle Castro, Ricardo Sanchez and Francisco
Vasquez to further her knowledge in
Los Angeles
style salsa. Currently, Irene teaches for Never Enough Ballroom
and has passed her D.V.I.D.A. American Bronze exams with honors
in smooth and Latin. She has competed with her students in the
pro-am events of the San Francisco Open and the Las Vegas
Holiday classic. Throughout the 5 years Irene has been teaching
at Never Enough Ballroom, she has also moved into the area of
staff management. |
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 Edward Stutesman
Ed began his dance career at age 4 with tap, jazz, and ballet at Susan’s
School of Dance in Excelsor, Mo., and later added modern, break dance
and competitive gymnastics. As a young adult he also studied the Lung
Fu Do form of martial arts. He taught ballroom dance for Arthur
Murray’s Dance School in
Lenexa,
Kansas, and passed his American
Bronze exams in smooth and Latin through Arthur Murray’s. Ed
has also competed at the pro-am levels at Arthur Murray Dance
competitions. He has done much independent convention work as a
dancer. Now, Ed teaches for Never Enough Ballroom. He has also
developed an interest in teaching ballroom dance to children and
currently teaches a youth class in addition to his adult
classes. |
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 Barbara Prukker
Barbara began her dance career at 8 years in her hometown of
Budapest,
Hungary with the
study of ballet. At this time she also studied rhythmic gymnastics
with Ritmus Sport’s Club with Auer Pal and participated in a group
competition, placing second. At age 16, while still in Hungary, Barbara began dancing
international Latin and standard. She now teaches at Never Enough
Ballroom and studies the DIVIDA syllabus in American style. She
has performed in N.E.B. showcases and on all the N.E.B. performance
dance teams, as well as the UNR performance dance team. Barbara has a
special love for American tango and both international and American
Rumba. |
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  Michael &
Patricia
Schultz Having performed for many clubs and organizations
throughout Minnesota, Las Vegas, and
Reno,
Nevada, Mike and Pat Schultz boast
a wide and varied dance history. They danced with the “Nevada State
Troupers” tap dance team, the “Silver Star Strutters” country line and
clogging team, and the “Backstage Review” dancers doing ballroom,
country, variety and comedy. They have done numerous commercials and
cable TV work. In addition, Pat also danced in
Las Vegas with
the “Encore Dancers”, a chorus line of ladies age 60 and older who made
the Guinness World Book for the longest chorus line ever (225 ladies)!
Pat has also competed in various beauty pageants, and was the third
runner up in the Senior Sweetheart of America pageant in Massachusetts in
1997. Mike and Pat were competitive dance roller skaters for many
years, having competed in both team and solo categories. Since 1990,
they have qualified for the U.S. National Roller Skating Competition
nine times. Mike was the Men’s Regional Figure Skating champion for California in 2001. Now
Mike and Pat study ballroom dance at Never Enough Ballroom and are the
Country Dance Consultants for the instructors at N.E.B. Their many
years of country line and couples dance teaching experience is put to
good use at N.E.B. They also compete at various nationally recognized
N.D.C.A. competitions, and in 1997 were gold medalists in the ballroom
dance category in the Senior Olympics. They dance on all the Never
Enough Ballroom performance teams, as well as entertain for many local
fundraisers, shows, and benefits in
Reno. They are very active in the senior dance
community and perform and teach regularly within that capacity. Their
variety shows are a favorite throughout Reno with comedy numbers such as
the “Coconut Sisters” (Mike is ravishing in his hula skirt), “Who’s
Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf’”, “Elvis” and “Marilyn”, as well as many
country, ballroom and soft-shoe dance routines. |
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 Georgia Joy Wright
At the age of 6 Georgia
started taking ballet, jazz and tap lessons at Pinkerton’s Dance Academy
in Carson City, NV. By age 10 she was
studying dance at the Western Nevada
Performing
Arts
Center, as well as performing with Western Nevada Community College
in various musical theater productions. Later,
Georgia
attended Point
Park
University in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
and earned a B.A. in dance. While in college, she performed with the
Pittsburgh Playhouse Children’s Theater. In addition,
Georgia
danced in Paris, France with the jazz company Studio
Harmonic. Presently, she teaches jazz, tap and ballet at Western Nevada
Performing Arts Center and also studies and teaches ballroom dance at
Never Enough Ballroom. |
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 Andy Schulewitch
Andy started dancing jazz as a child with the Sunshine Generation, and
continued at age 13 with the Stars Gymnastic Studio in
Reno,
Nevada. She also competed
with her high school dance team in the Nevada State Dance Championship
under the direction of Stacy Roybal. In addition, Andy learned
aerial silks – a circus acrobatic skill – while in high school.
Other credits include jazz training at UNR with Christopher Wrede and
Katherine Eardley, ballroom training at UNR with Suzette Feilen, and
ballet training at UNR with Eve Allen. She is now teaching
ballroom at Never Enough Ballroom and is preparing for her D.I.V.I.D.A.
exams in American smooth, Latin, and rhythm. Andy has also
performed with the N.E.B. country, swing and jazz teams. Her favorite
dances are cha cha and tango. |
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 Ray Bouas Ray
was initially trained as a musician, and plays saxophone and percussion
– both Latin drums and drum sets. He was also trained as a vocalist and
sang in Honor and All State Choirs, ranking seventh in the state out of
5000 baritones in 2003. He has since been teaching at Never Enough
Ballroom, and particularly enjoys the Latin and rhythm dances, his
favorites being cha cha, salsa, rumba, and samba. He has also performed
on the N.E.B. country and swing teams. Ray is currently studying
American smooth, rhythm and Latin bronze level dance and is preparing to
take his D.I.V.I.D.A. exams for professional certification.
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 Veto Ramirez Veto
learned to sew at a young age and has much experience in advanced
theatrical costuming and design, having created exotic dance and evening
wear for professional performers. He also has acting and theatrical
training. Now Veto studies and teaches ballroom dance at Never Enough
Ballroom, and particularly enjoys the Latin and rhythm dances –
especially swing and cha cha. He has performed on the N.E.B. country
and swing performance teams. Veto is currently studying for his
D.I.V.I.D.A. exam in American smooth, rhythm, and Latin. |
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 Nick Rael Nicolas
began his dance career at 18 with the Fred Astaire Dance studio in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. There, he passed his bronze American
smooth and Latin tests, as well as country western dance. He was a
novice finalist in the Fred Astaire National Dance competition in 2001
and 2002, and also competed in salsa at many independent competitions.
Through the Fred Astaire organization, he has also danced in many
showcases, and has performed in the Fire and Ice Ball for the American
Heart Association, as well as much local independent work. In
addition, Nick directed and danced with Tophat Entertainment in Albuquerque, New
Mexico, as well as the Ballet Theater of New
Mexico in the Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, and Southwest Folk Tales.
He studied ballet and jazz in New Mexico,
and also with Amanda Coleson at Dancin Studio in Reno, Nevada, and also
taught ballroom for Starlite Dance School in
California. He also placed 3rd in the Jack and
Jill category at the2006 Reno Dance Sensation competition. His trainers
include Jennifer McCalla, Sher Rutherford, Forest Vance, Bob Powers,
Julia Gorchakova, and Jeffrey Lynn. |
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 Jeffrey
Munson has been dancing for over 29 years. For
over 20 of those years, Jeffrey has focused on Ballroom and Latin
(mostly Ballroom). Jeffrey has danced competitively and has been a
Dance Sport Finalist in several Championships. He has performed
shows for audiences from Los Angeles to Sacramento. Jeffrey
teaches and studies American Smooth and International Standard Ballroom
styles. He studies with some of the top Ballroom dance coaches in
the United States and Europe, receiving weekly training to better his
dancing and teaching techniques. The payoff of all his hard work
is seeing his students excel and grow as dancers and people.
Jeffrey teaches all levels, from beginning to advanced.
The past several years Jeffrey has turned to a new style of dance,
West Coast Swing! Although he danced it for several years in the
Ballroom world, he discovered a whole new street style out there and
fell in love with it. Jeffrey has been lucky enough to learn from
some of the best in the U.S. and now wants to pass along that dance
knowledge and excitement to you! He currently competes on the west
coast swing dance circuit and is quickly rising to the top.
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 Shannon
Shaffer Shannon started
dancing at 8 years old with the Ken Malone Studio in
Reno, studying jazz, and performing at this young
age with NV Opera Productions. At the age of 13, she studied
ballet, hip hop, tap, and jazz with Dance Spot Dance Studio in Reno under Darla Curry, and performed in
“Tosca”, “Annie Get Your Gun” and “Mame” – all NV. Opera Productions.
Shannon also toured Europe with “Skyfire” performance show choir based
out of Sparks
High School.
Beginning her professional dance and singing career at age 18, Shannon
performed in “Hollywood Magic” in Korea, “Splash” at the Reno Hilton, “Dick Clark’s
American Bandstand” at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe, “Carnival of Wonders” at the
Reno Hilton, and “Rockin Blues Revue” at Harvey’s
Lake Tahoe. Her first love is hip hop,
and she currently teaches hip hop and jazz at Jill Mattson Dance Studio
in Reno.
Shannon is expanding her dance knowledge and is studying and
teaching ballroom dance at Never Enough Ballroom. |
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 Jeffrey Lynn is a dance champion in many dance disciplines and
has been teaching dance for over 30 years. Starting out as a figure
skater when she was young, she set out to discover a way to make dancing
feel as if she was gliding on ice. Studying from world champion dancers
she learned how the Natural Laws of Motion work within the body to make
dancing as second nature as breathing. She has trained many champion
dancers with her unique methods |
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