Thirteen900 Dance Street
Inspiring lives one dancer at a time.
STAFF
Tameko Goodwin- Founder & CEO
Born and raised in Sherman Oaks, California, Tameko began teaching dance at the age of fifteen. In 2008, she found a home at the International Academy of Smyrna as a physical education teacher. Her love for fitness and dance led her to teach after-school dance and fitness classes. By popular demand, her dance class enrollment grew and so did Tameko's impact. Thirteen900 Dance Street was later organically born in 2007​. "My job is to make children's dance dreams come true. I want to make sure every child receives excellent dance education while developing confidence, discipline, and creativity. Most importantly, I want children to feel the joy of dancing." - Tameko
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Morgan Carlisle- Company choreographer, Ballet Technique
Morgan Carlisle is a choreographer, dancer and dance educator with a BA in Dance from Kennesaw State University. Along with dancing for T. Lang Dance, Morgan is the Director of Youth at The SPACE Aerial and Movement Arts Studio, a Board Member and Chair of the Performance Committee at Eyedrum Art and Music Gallery and a Committee Member for the MAD (Modern Atlanta Dance) Festival. You can see Morgan's upcoming dance theater work "Terabyter" which merges performance with technology in September 2015. Morgan is a loved alumni instructor for Thirteen900 Dance Street, and loves to watch the confidence and joy dance brings to students.
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Julie Segal - Tap
Julie began dancing at the age of four, and has fond memories of her teacher, Kip Watson, Banging on the floor with his cane to keep time with the live piano music. Julie's dance education focused on ballet, point, tap and jazz. She was a member of the Delores Werner Dance Company through he teens. While there, she competed at dance masters of America and Dance Educators of America in addition to attending numerous dance conventions. She connects as a teacher with all ages, including adults. She has been teaching for many decades and will continue to teach as long as she can! Julie has been teaching with Thirteen900 Dance Street Dance Company for 6 years.
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Patrice Moore- Hip-Hop
Born and raised in New York, Patrice has over 10 years experience as a child educator. With 5 years of extensive training in step and cheer-leading competitions with ages K-8, Patrice is known for her high energy and free style hip-hop classes. She is currently a teacher at the International Academy of Smryna and a loved alumni instructor of Thirteen900 Dance Street. When she is not teaching, you can find her spending time with her husband and 4 beautiful children.
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