Victoria's School of Dance and Rhythm

Victoria Hughey Brooks MBA, the owner of Victoria’s School of Dance and Rhythm, has been an educator and choreographer for more than 15 years. She has taught creative movement, ballet, tap, and jazz to children ranging in age from 3 to 18. Victoria was also a choreographer for Miss Black Teenage Pageant contestants. She began her dance training at the age of nine at the Selma-Burke Art Center in East Liberty, African American Dance Studio. Victoria took Otis Salid’s master class at 16. She also danced in a class with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City. Victoria was the number one dancer for the “Bye Bye Birdie” – a hit musical for her high school. During one of her undergraduate school years, Victoria received professional instruction from the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh. Victoria also had ballet and jazz lessons from Leaps and Bounds in College Park. Victoria studied pointe and ballet under the direction of Miss Audrey Trojanowski at Graceful Steps Ballet. She was a soloist in many of the studio's productions. For 16 years, Victoria studied tap and jazz under Kimberly Curtin from Wilkins School Community Center. Dena Holland, at Dance Space 304 in East Liberty, has also been teaching her ballet and pointe for seven years. Currently, she studies ballet under Bernadette at WSCC.