Holly Derville-Teer

Holly Derville-Teer's background includes dancing professionally at The Sands Hotel in Puerto Rico, Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and Hotel Shikanoyu in Sapporo, Japan. In 1991, she was awarded a Lifetime Scholarship at Steps on Broadway, a prestigious studio for professional dancers in New York City.

Her style has been influenced enormously by Suzi Taylor and Doug Caldwell. She has taught Jazz and Lyrical in the greater Portland area for the past fourteen years. She owned her own studio for eleven years. In addition to studio work, she taught Jazz at CS Lewis Middle School and was the Assistant Coach of the Newberg High School Dance Team for several years and is certified to coach by the state of Oregon.

Committed to continuing her dance education, she has attended seven national dance teacher conferences including "Dance Life" in Arizona this past summer. Her dances have received notable awards including The Choreography Award at Thunderstruck Dance, Most Outstanding Concept at Onstage New York, and Most Outstanding Concept at New York City Dance Alliance.

Miss Holly holds a B.A. in Education and a B.A. in Language Arts and was awarded the Education Department's Award of Excellence upon graduation. In addition to teaching, she is also an aspiring writer and has recently had two articles published in Dancelife Magazine. This will be her first year teaching at Innovative Dance.