Samantha Tino
STUDIO OWNER

Samantha's passion for community, fitness and maintaining joy while dancing is what makes her a top notch studio owner. She loves living in Eagle and feels that the best way to give back to the community is to have a studio where everyone loves to be, with a passionate, knowledgeable teaching staff.

Samantha has over 20 years of corporate experience in sales and marketing, so her professionalism and organization, are loved by all the dance parents who work with her. Samantha has been involved in the dance community as a dance mom for several years. Her approach to owning a studio is refreshing because she keeps family, school and dance life balance at the forefront of her decision making.

Samantha is passionate about fitness, being a mother of 3, cooking, live music and of course MORE2Dance!

Dana Hedrick 
DANCE STUDIO MANAGER 

Dana Hedrick brings joy, kindness, professionalism to MORE2Dance. Her attention to detail, welcoming attitude brings so much warmth to our dancers and our dance families. She is a fantastic communicator and a team player.

Dana was born and raised in the Vail Valley. Dana has a wonderful can do attitude and 15 years of experience in the service industry which is a wonderful asset to MORE2Dance.

Colleen Teska
DIRECTOR OF DANCE

A native of Elkhorn, WI, Colleen was a competitive gymnast for 4 years before beginning her dance training at the age 13 at the Dance Factory with Tina Lendman, where she performed in the yearly Nutcracker and other various shows. She trained in ballet and modern dance at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Dancespace NY on scholarship. Colleen has danced professionally for over 14 years with a variety of companies in Milwaukee, Chicago, and Austin and was a founding member of Nomi Dance Company directed by Laura Kariotis. She continues to work as a guest artist, most recently, performing as the Arabian Queen in The Nutcracker. For over 13 years, Colleen has enjoyed teaching, choreographing, and working as an assistant artistic director at dance studios throughout southeast Wisconsin, Chicago, Austin, and Michigan and is very proud to have had her work presented at the Austin Dance Fest Youth Edition and Chicago Dance Fest. Drawing from her love of medicine and dance she has developed strength and conditioning for injury prevention classes at dance studios throughout the Midwest and Texas.

Colleen is also a doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, a licensed acupuncturist, and an American College of Sports Medicine Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist. She earned her Doctoral degree, with a focus in Integrative Medicine, and master’s degree in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine in Austin, TX. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Strength and Conditioning from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has 10 years of experience working in hospitals and clinics, including the University of Chicago Medicine, as a Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and stress testing specialist.

It has been a lifelong dream of Colleen’s to live in Colorado and she is thrilled to be a part of the MORE2Dance family and is ready to finally call Colorado home as she teaches the next generation of dancers in Eagle!

Shannon Melvin
DANCE INSTRUCTOR/DIRECTOR OF M2D COMPETITION TEAM 

Originally from Clinton, NC Shannon is no stranger to the dance world or competition scene. At the young age of 2, she joined her first dance class and hasn’t look back! She is trained in numerous styles such as Ballet, Lyrical, Contemporary, but Hip Hop and Jazz are her favorite. During her dance career, she won multiple overall group and solo awards and has a few national championships under her belt. After high school, Shannon continued her education at Meredith College where she was a part of the Meredith Jazz and Tap Company. She obtained her degree in Dance Education at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and has been teaching dance ever since! Shannon has been teaching dance for more than 5 years at studios in Fuquay-Variana, Benson, Clayton, and Knightdale. She is super excited to bring her talent all the way to Colorado and share her passion with the student at M2D! 

Claire Ewing 
DANCE INSTRUCTOR 

Claire is a yoga, barre and dance teacher and owneer of Brand & Body Fit, a movement and branding agency based in Vail Valley of Colorado. She believes that moving your body and creating your own personal brand are powerfully connected to your whole-being.

As an E-RYT 500 CorePower Yoga trained instructor, Claire's classes are rooted in strength and storytelling to support women's advancement on and off their mat. Claire's energy-giving classes have been taken by hundreds nationwide, online, and at international retreats. She is excited to bring this energy to M2D and teaching all the love of movement to a young age. 

Grace Dammen
SUMMER DANCE INSTRUCTOR

Grace grew up in Eagle, Colorado and has danced at various dance studios throughout the Vail Valley, including MORE2Dance when she was in middle school. Grace continued her dance training by attending Denver School of the Arts, her freshman and sophomore year of high school. At Denver School of the Arts, Grace specialized in ballet technique, jazz, and modern styles. During these years, she was cast into world-premiere pieces and worked with choreographers and companies such as Miguel Perez, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, The Juilliard School, The Perry Mansfield School of Dance, Breaking Barriers: Hip Hop Company, Davis Contemporary Dance Company, and Davis Dance: Next Generation. During her time in Denver, she was also a student at the Colorado Ballet Academy where she trained alongside Colorado Ballet Company members. Grace traveled to New York City for two summers where she attended the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater summer intensive. She was able to work alongside Broadway directors of Wicked, Cats, world-class instructors, and The Rockettes. For the remainder of Grace’s high school years, she attended Eagle Valley High School and participated on the poms dance team where she was a captain. She is now attending Colorado Mountain College for degrees in Culinary Management and Business Administration.

Grace is passionate about teaching dance to students in the Vail Valley, and is so excited to be part of the M2D team!

Colby Wilson
SUMMER DANCE INSTRUCTOR

Colby begin dancing when she was three years old and grew up attending various studios throughout the Vail Valley. Colby's passion for dance continued into college where, at Elon University, she took ballet classes and joined the excustive board of a club called DanceWorks. Colby began teaching balley as a substitute teacher her sophomore year of high school, had her own classes by senior year, and continued to teach weekly conditioning, ballet, and contemporary classes with DanceWorsk in college. She graduated from Elon in May 2020 and is excited to be back home sharing her passion for dance and to begin teaching at MORE2Dance.

Sydney Dietz
SUMMER DANCE INSTRUCTOR

Sydney’s dance career started at age two in the Vail Valley. She has danced at many of the local studios, including MORE2Dance her senior year of high school! Along with her own dancing, she has taught ballet and contemporary since her freshman year of high school and has since developed a passion for dance education. Sydney graduated from Battle Mountain in 2018 and will be a junior in the fall at Skidmore College where she is double majoring in Dance and Anthropology. In college, Sydney has been lucky to perform works by the dance department faculty, Colby Damon, and Sidra Bell. Additionally, she works with Skidmore’s Dance to Success program which brings dance and movement to elementary schools in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Tracy Hoff 
CONTROLLER 

Tracy has been working in the accounting field for over 20 years. She is an integral part of making sure that MORE2Dance tuition systems are working flawlessly. Tracy loves spending time outdoors taking in our beautiful 6local scenery we call home!