Welcome to my wonderful world of DANCE!
Hello! I’m Erin, the founder of Erin Parsley Dance, steps to love + Purple Parsleys.
I am a performing dance artist, choreographer, coach, and dance educator.
I have an extensive professional background in many forms of dance, movement and fitness (ballet, modern and contemporary dance,hip hop, jazz dance, ballroom, swing dance, social partner dance, dance fitness, Zumba, yoga, pilates, children and senior dance, flash mobs and choreography). I have been teaching dance and fitness for over 2 decades. I trained at top level schools, as well as performed professionally as a dancer for 3 decades. I have been choreographing for groups, solos and duets for over 2 decades. I have a huge passion and enthusiasm for dance, and I love sharing it with my students.
I offer private and group instruction for children, adults and seniors in dance styles including swing dance, ballroom dance, ballet, hip hop, contemporary, jazz, dance fitness and line dancing. I can create exciting choreography tailored to your level (beginners through advanced) for individuals or groups. I create customized dances for weddings (both for the married couple, father/daughter, mother/son and for the wedding party), surprise dance flash mobs for various events, and over 50 works for professional dance companies, festivals and performance venues as well as elite level dance training programs.
I also provide professional dance entertainment tailored to your specific event, whether you need flappers performing a Charleston dance for your 1920's theme party, country western dancers doing the 2-step along with line dancing instruction for your barn dance, or 1940's style swing dancers doing the lindy-hop and jitterbug. Adding this kind of live entertainment to your event will make it exciting, engaging for guests and unforgettable!!
I love to dance and to inspire the inner dancer that lives in every person. I am totally joyful when dancing, and it is my greatest pleasure to spark that joy in others.
I also love seeing the positive transformation that occurs in my clients by working with me. Their confidence, energy and happiness soars. And couples find that their ability to connect and create intimacy and romance blossom by dancing together. It's AWESOME!
I am passionate about sharing the gift of movement through my upbeat, encouraging and fun teaching style.
I want you to have a total blast while learning to dance. YES, YOU CAN DANCE!!
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BIO - Erin Parsley has danced professionally for ballet, modern, and jazz companies across the country, including Labayen Dance/SF, Ballet Chicago and the Chicago Ballet, and for choreographers such as Yannis Adoniou, Robert Sund and Brian Carey Chung. She trained at prestigious schools including the San Francisco, Boston, Houston and Joffrey Ballets and LINES Ballet School, and Broadway Dance Center in NYC. She is an award winning dancer receiving honors from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts and the Annies Arts Award for Outstanding Dance Performance, and has performed internationally. She has choreographed over 100 works in diverse styles that have been shown around the country and in Canada, with mentions in the Chicago Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle. and was awarded a CAAP Grant for Choreography from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. She is a featured educator at various dance academies across the nation, including the ODC School, Rhythm and Motion and the Ruth Page Dance Center. She mentors aspiring professionals dancers, whom have been accepted to prestigious schools across North America. As director of Erin Parsley Dance, Steps to Love + Purple Parsleys, she is in an in-demand instructor and performer, sharing her passion for dance though 1600+ private lessons and 1000’s of group classes, wedding dance coaching and event entertainment. She has been a featured speaker and performer, leading flash mobs and entire rooms of people in powerful group dance experiences, in the worldwide movement "One Billion Rising”, and in online summits such as the Hivery.
“I can’t say enough great things about Erin! She’s an incredibly experienced dancer with a strong ability to teach all different types of dance students.
From ballet to two-stepping to swing to hip hop to choreographing couples’ first dances for their wedding... she’s versatile and can do it all extremely well. For over 6 months, I’ve been learning many different types of dance from Erin during our one-on-one private dance sessions, and I plan to continue learning from her with no end in sight.
She is an upbeat, kind, and genuine person and makes every lesson as fun as it is instructive. If you want private dance lessons, look no further - Erin’s your gal!”
HERE I AM LEADING A FLASH MOB
(IN A MALL) FOR THE ONE BILLION RISING MOVEMENT
KIDS + ADULTS … WE ALL DANCED TOGETHER TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN + GIRLS
“Erin is an incredible teacher, who approaches her students with a true desire to help them achieve their goals. Whether you’re trying to learn swing dance or social dance, elements of Latin dance and beyond (all of which my wife and I have been working on with her for nearly a year now and will continue to do for as long as she’ll have us!), Erin has it covered.
She infuses her knowledge as a professional dancer into each lesson. Her enthusiasm goes hand in hand with her encouragement, and both add to the fun she will lead you through. I can’t recommend her highly enough!”
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