Rebecca Bean

Rebecca began her dance training at the age of three with Dorothy Taylor at Ballet Westside in Rogers, AR. She began teaching dance at GDDS in 2007. Her training includes classes in ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, hip hop, and musical theater with such accomplished teachers as Joe Tremaine, Doug Caudwell, Darryl Retter, Barry YoungBlood, Mishay Petronelli, Noel Bajandas, Anthony Morigerato, Denise Wall, Stacey Tookey, Doug Shankman, Patricia Dickinson and more. In 2015 she attended the Oklahoma City University Teacher Training Seminar under the direction of Jo Rowan. She is a certified Progressing Ballet Technique instructor. Rebecca has trained at Broadway Dance Center and Steps in New York City. Rebecca is a graduate of UAFS with a Bachelor of Business in Administration-Marketing and was a member of the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith Pom Squad for four years. Rebecca became the owner of GDDS in the summer of 2018. Rebecca regularly attends studio owner and professional workshops with industry experts such as Julie Kay Stallcup, Becca Retter, Teri Mangiaratti, Erin Burd and Stacey Morgan. She will be attending the Dance Educators Collective in Nashville, TN this August. Rebecca is also working towards a certification as a Tap Roots instructor, which is a foundational curriculum for tap training.