GULF SHORES, AL - The Gulf Coast Arts Alliance Art Gallery will begin a series of dance lessons in the South Gallery beginning in September. 

Classes will be every Tuesday night beginning Sept. 2. Dances being taught are East Coast Swing, Foxtrot, Merengue, Mambo, Cha Cha, Rumba, Shag, Hustle, Waltz and Tango. 

Singles are welcome as are beginners, intermediate and advanced students. The cost is $12 per person for this family friendly event.

Instructors for Dance Night at the Gallery are Jason and Eliza Huskey of the Gulf Coast Ballroom Dance Club.

Jason Huskey, a native of Tennessee, received his early classic ballroom training through the nationally acclaimed Fred Astaire Ballroom Dance curriculum. After receiving numerous certificates, he began teaching professionally at the Fred Astaire Franchise Dance Studio in Mobile.

Eliza Huskey, a native of Alabama, is a life long, second-generation ballroom dancer. She received early training from her parents who have a combined training of nearly 30 years in the Arthur Murray and DanceSport curriculums. Eliza began teaching professionally in the 1990’s at the David Minor DanceSport Ballroom in Mobile.

Jason and Eliza have been dancing together and teaching ballroom for more than 14 years. Together, they have received years of world-class international ballroom style competitive training from Icelandic coaches and World DanceSport Federation adjudicators, Niels Einarsson and Rakel Gudmundsdottir.

With their years of diverse training and their love of dance, Jason and Eliza continue to share the magic of ballroom through teaching others across the Gulf Coast area.

To register for Dance Night at the Gallery, email gulfcoastartsalliance@gmail.com, visit gulfcoastartsalliance.com or telephone 251-948-2627. 

The Gulf Coast Arts Alliance is a non-profit organization with offices and Art Gallery at 225 East 24th Avenue in the Waterway Village of Gulf Shores.