Tkea LeGrande

Owner/Artistic Director

T'Kea is a Philadelphia PA native.  Starting as a student in a local studio and studied with the original philadanco school, T'Kea always new she was meant to be on stage.  While in high school she trained at Touch of Class in west Chester PA under the Expertise of Mrs. Debbie Apalucci and The 76ers Dance Team.  After High School she relocated to Orlando FL where she received her degree in performing arts from Valencia Community College.  At Valencia she studied and performed many forms of dance under the teachings of popular dance companies such as Limon and Ailey II.  As a member of Valencia Dance program.  T'Kea promoted the program on TV commercials, radio, and billboards all over central Florida.

     During her Time in Florida T'Kea has performed and Choreographed for the popular girl band, Cassiopeia.  After college T'Kea relocated to her home town where she accepted a position as the artistic director of the dance program at the Crozer Keystone Healthplex.  There she taught Ballet, Hip-Hop, Caribbean cardio, and Modern dance to all ages.  During her time in Philadelphia she also trained and took classes with the Modern dance Company, Koresh.  After a few years she met her husband and moved to Orlando to start a family and open her own Dance Studio, AVALON DANCE.

Jessica Borowicz

Dance Instructor

Jessica Borowicz grew up in South Florida and started dancing at the age of 3.  She has been dancing for over 15 years, and competing in dance competitions all over Florida since the age of 7.  She attended Simply Dance in Port St. Lucie, Florida where she received training in almost every style of dance including tap, jazz, lyrical, modern, contemporary, hip-hop, Latin-jazz, Broadway/character, and was also  extensively trained in the Cecchetti method of ballet.
 
Throughout high school, she not only taught and danced with the competition team at Simply Dance, but also participated in the high school dance team, Drumline, and Symphonic band.   After high school, Jessica went to Florida State University where she studied music.  Currently, she is attending University of Central Florida in pursuit of her Masters degree in Elementary Education with minors in both music and dance.  Her biggest passion is educating students and she is incredibly enthused to be teaching one of her other passions, dance, to young children.  She hopes to inspire all of the children she teaches to be creative and passionate about what they do.  Also, she works hard to ensure that all of her students feel happiness while dancing and also improve social skills and self-confidence.  She absolutely adores all of the students she works with as well as the wonderful teachers she works alongside.

Taylor Kerr 

Dance Instructor

 Taylor Kerr was born and raised in Orlando, Florida. She has been dancing for over 15 years and competed for ten years. Taylor has trained in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Modern, Contemporary, Acrobatics, and Hip-Hop. In her years of dance Taylor has learned Cuban, Cecchetti, and Royal methods of Ballet. Taylor has won numerous awards throughout her dance career. The two most prestigious awards she received were the Body Wrappers Excellence in Showmanship and the FDC Scholarship. She is now attending the University of Central Florida and majoring in Health Sciences in pursuit of becoming a Pediatric Neurologist. Taylor is so honored to be a part of the Avalon Dance Family. She is excited to share her passion of dance with her students!

Michelle Martinez 

Dance Instructor

Originally born and raised in Los Angles, California, Michelle has come to us having experienced all types of competitive and performance styles of dance. After having taken her first ballet class at the age of 3, Michelle progressively delved into different genres through the years. With a forte in jazz and hip-hop, she has traveled all throughout southern California sharing her talents with the public. After several years throughout elementary school, middle school and high school of Drill Team, Cheer and Show Choir in addition to dance, her technique has strengthened into what it is today. And with a Cuban heritage, Latin styles of dance, such as Salsa, Mambo, and more, come naturally to her.

After high school, Michelle attended Valencia Community College here in Orlando, where she experienced the art of Belly Dancing for the first time. Now after years of attending the University of Central Florida where she earned her Bachelors in English: Creative Writing and a minor in Art, her teaching career is quickly taking off.

Having performed as an entertainer at both Walt Disney World and Universal Studios Orlando for the last 4 years, she has gained professional dance experience through parades and stage shows of varying styles. She has worked with industry names such as Dancer/Choreographer Debbie Ryan and several musical artists, like Mariah Carey, on the Magic Kingdom castle stage as well. Her biggest passion is to educate and promote the arts in all shapes and forms, and dance is the art of the mind, body, heart and soul after all.