Back to Home Page Our Staff ~ Laurence Miller ~ Justin Stebbins ~ Margo Sullivan ~ Barbara Kenney Read more about our teachers below. Laurence Miller, ISTD Studio@gottadance2.com (if you have been using - Laurence @ gottadance2 . com, please change your address book to the above email address to contact me.) Laurence Miller, artistic director and president of Gotta Dance 2, Inc., holds a degree from the Imperial Society of  Teachers of Dance in Latin American and Modern Ballroom. He teaches social and competitive ballroom dancing in both American style and International style. Laurence also teaches other styles of social dance such as Argentine Tango, turn of the century social dance and the history of social dance in America. Laurence earned, with his professional dancesport partner, Gail Rundlett, the title of New England Latin American Dance Champion, North American Rising Star Standard, along with other USA and North American titles. Laurence's professional performance history begins in 1982 as guest performer with the cast of 'Four Kicks' at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theater in Washington DC two years running, 'Le Bourgeouis Gentilehomme' at Boston Symphony Hall with the Handle-Haydn Society directed by Christopher Hogwood, 'A Chorus Line' with the Seacoast Repertory Theater Co. directed by James Beaumont, just to list a few. And his choreographic credits include 'Modern Love' and 'Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt' for Studebaker Movement Theater Company, 'Into the Woods' for Portland Players, Broderson Awards opening number at Merrill Auditorium and many more. He is the ballroom dance teacher for the Bates Ballroom Society, Bowdoin Ballroom Club and Colby Ballroom. Laurence is the Dancesport coach for Bates, Bowdoin and Colby Dancesport teams as well. He lectures and teaches dance workshops throughout the New England area in schools and colleges, introducing the youth of America to the artistry and athletics of dance in a healthy environment fostering smoke and chemical free events. Laurence has been at Bates College and Bowdoin College for more than a decade adding Colby to the line up of college classes in the past few years. He is the program designer for 'DancE=MC2 - Einstein's Dance' TM* and 'Physics, Metaphysics and Dance - The Power of Dance' TM*. He was a facilitator for 'Physics: Inside and Out', a program designed to integrate art and science in education for middle school children. Laurence teaches and lectures in Lewiston, Brunswick, Portland Metropolitan area and Boston Metropolitan area. He is available for lecture and discourse, workshops and choreography along the Eastern Seaboard. *TM represents trade mark Justin Stebbins, BA Studio@gottadance2.com Justin Stebbins, full-time staff member, holds a Bachelors of Arts from Bates College in Interdisciplinary Studies, Dance and Education with an emphasis on the mechanics partner dancing, dance choreography, and performance/competitive analysis. He continues his education by training with master dancers to obtain further degrees and certifications through the ISTD and other dance education organizations. Justin teaches social and competitive dancing in both American and International style dance. He also teaches performance based classes, musical staging for competitive dancing, as well as theater movement for the stage.  He is currently the coach for the Colby Dance Team, assistant coach at his alma mater, and choreographer for the Bowdoin Performance Team. Justin's joy of dance, he shares with kids at local elementary schools. He feels it is very important to give children the opportunity to dance as part of a well 'balanced' curriculum, providing both activity for the body and mind. At the age of 5, Justin made his first stage appearance as the 'lead parrot' in the kindergarten pageant. After which, there was no getting him off the stage. By the age of 12, Justin auditioned for and was offered the role of Flute in 'A Midsummer's Night Dream', by William Shakespeare. After 6 years, many plays and musicals, both local touring and home-based, Justin was asked to play Puck in 'A Midsummer's Night Dream' as his last production before going to Bates College. While involved with theater, Justin was the drum major for the marching band, played the tuba for concert band, began taking ballroom dance lessons and theater jazz classes. Once at Bates College, Justin was accepted into the Modern Dance Company. His focus was redirected into dance allowing him to accomplish the strength in dance that equals, if not exceeds, his acting ability. Justin studied everything from stage lighting to history of Modern Dance, movement education to sports medicine, and modern dance to dancesport. After his years at Bates in 'academia', along with his vast background in theater, Justin has developed and continues to fine tune 'Modern Fusion*TM (Dec. 2001). This style of dance movement is an integration of theater, modern, and classic ballroom partnering. Along with this program, he continues to train with Laurence Miller as his coach, and other trainers from NYC, Washington, DC, and Florida. Justin is teaching full-time at Gotta Dance 2 in Westbrook, Me. He is available for teaching workshops, choreography and private coaching for singles, couples, groups, and corporations. Margo Sullivan Studio@gottadance2.com Margo joins the Gotta Dance 2 staff having a flair for dance and education. Her talents not only include Ballroom and Latin American dancing but Flamenco as well.  Along with finding Margo teaching group classes, she is available for private lessons. To book a private lesson with Margo, contact the studio by clicking the email address under her name or feel free to call the studio. More about Margo to come!