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Instructors - Never Enough Ballroom

 

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 - Owner / Studio Manager/Instructor 

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Suzette Feilen - Owner/Performance Team Director/Instructor

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Pat Ehlers - Owner / Business Manager

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Irene  Robles - Assistant Manager / Instructor read more
Edward Stutesman - Instructor read more
Barbara Prukker - Instructor read more
Michael & Patricia Schultz - Country Dance Consultants read more
Georgia Joy Wright - Instructor read more
Andy Schulewitch - Instructor read more
Ray Bouas - Instructor read more
Veto Ramirez- Instructor read more
Nick Rael - Instructor read more
Jeffrey Munson - Instructor read more
Shannon Shaffer - Instructor read more
Jeffrey Lynn - Instructor read more

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 competitions.
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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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