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Winning attitude: Denise Wall turns dancers into champions through pure energy.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-JAN-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Winning attitude: Denise Wall turns dancers into champions through pure energy.(TEACH-LEARN CONNECTION)

Article Excerpt
In a paneled studio with a drop ceiling, fluorescent lights, and a shelf lined with gleaming trophies, Denise Wall strides among her jazz students as they cross the floor in a pirouette combination. Some surprise themselves, turning three or four times. Some struggle--"Fight for it!" she exhorts. They sweat and turn again and again. "Ms. Denise! Look how square I am!" says one student, preparing to pirouette. "Just stay there, then. Enjoy it!" responds Wall.

Denise Wall's Dance Energy, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, does not boast large studios or vast numbers of students. But Wall has gained a name as a coach of champion dancers, including two of her five sons, former ABT and Complexions dancer Danny Tidwell, and Travis Wall of So You Think You Can Dance fame. The secret of Wall's success has little to do with resources and everything to do with a passion for dance and...

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