Tara-Caprice Broadwater
Owner/Director of Love2Dance All-Stars
Tara is a former Golden State Warrior dancer with over 20 years of Dance and Performance experience. She has trained many award-winning and nationally ranked teams, including the Studio’s own Love2Dance All-Stars. Tara has won many awards for her dancing and choreography. She is very involved in the community and continues to be active in local schools and volunteer work in Novato. Tara encourages positive attitudes and fosters a supportive environment, which promotes increased self-esteem and a feeling of accomplishment. Tara makes every student feel special and welcome. She looks forward to many more years of inspiring Novato dancers both young and old.

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Jen Testa
Jazz Instructor
Jen is a six year veteran member the Golden State Warriors Dance Team and is currently dancing with “La Femme Panache”, a San Francisco based Dance and Talent Company. Jen has been teaching and choreographing for the past 15 years. This is her seventh year teaching at Love2Dance. Her training includes ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, acrobatics and ballroom. Her professional dance career has taken her to many places including China, Las Vegas, Taiwan, the Philippines, and London where she performed in The New Year’s Day Parade. Jen’s constant creativity and fabulous choreography continue to challenge and inspire her students while leaving the audience in awe and the dancers wanting more.

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Eilish Young
Hip-Hop Instructor
Eilish Young’s dance training includes hip-hop, ballet, jazz, and Irish dancing. Eilish was a founding member of the Love2Dance Senior All-Stars. In addition to teaching hip-hop, she currently coaches the Love2Dance All-Stars along with Tara and Jeanne. Her choreography has won many top awards at regional and national competitions from 2007 and on. Her innovative style is both challenging and unique. She continues to push her students to reach new potential by constantly encouraging them to clean the material learned and paying attention to detail.

Aimee Dietrick
Hip-Hop Instructor
Aimee has been dancing for 23 years. She is trained in all dance styles but hip hop is her passion. Aimee’s love for hip hop took her to New York to study. She has been choreographing and collaborating on various shows and productions since she was 15 years old. Aimee has been teaching dance in studios in Oregon and throughout Northern California and teamed with Rauly Duenes as co-director of Fierce Dance Company. Aimee’s latest production project is choreographing for the band, The Fans of Jimmy Century, an independent San Francisco based electronic/alternative dance group. Aimee is excited to join the Love2Dance team.

Dana Soto
Hip-Hop Instructor
Dana has been dancing for 20 years and truly loves to dance. She is one of the original members of the Love2Dance Senior All-Star competitive dance team and in 2004 became assistant coach. She was the co-choreographer for the Feather River College Dance and Cheer Team in 2006 and has instructed classes and workshops throughout Marin and Sonoma County, including Sonoma State University. Her training background includes ballet, jazz, lyrical, hip hop and breaking. Most recently Dana has been training in break dancing with B-Boy Still Roc of Miami, Florida and takes pride in keeping the origin and history of hip hop alive. She teaches dance as an expression of emotion and art. Her hip hop choreography with a B-girl influence showcases each student’s talent. Dana’s teaching philosophy encourages her students to find his/her own style as a dancer and as an individual.

Jeanne Tidwell
Business Manager
Jeanne has been involved in Love2Dance since its inception as camp counselor, recital volunteer and participant. For the past ten years, she has been co-director of the Love2Dance All-Stars. In addition to her involvement in the All-Star program, Jeanne brings her 30 years of experience to the studio as office manager. Jeanne's expertise is a welcome addition to the studio's day to day activities. Her husband Larry and daughters, Jennifer and Jaime, also continue to be important members of the Love2Dance family.

Dawn Gilbert
Dance Fusion/Technique Instructor
Dawn Gilbert's performance repertoire is quite diverse, and includes playing "Connie Wong" in A Chorus Line at the age of 17, levitating as a magician's assistant, soloist in various dance reviews, a Golden State Warrior Girl and being a spokes model and riding an elephant in a long running show.  She has trained and performed all over the world in many facets of dance including ballet, Pointe, classical jazz, hip hop, gymnastics, flamenco, and modern to name a few.  Dawn has produced, directed and choreographed many shows including Miss Nevada 2000 and 2001, which is a preliminary to Miss America and Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen 2006. She has coached many young teens and women to win scholarships in the pageant world. Finally and most recently, she became a judge and dance coach for Women's Gymnastics.

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