Margaret Grachek  President, Director and Instructor for IDC.

Margaret has 25 years of training in aerobic dance, aqua exercise, country/ballroom, ballet, jazz/lyrical and tap.  She has been fortunate to train with some of the world’s highly respected artists such as Al Gilbert and Kathy Roe; also with master instructors for Star of the Northland, Manhattan Dance Project, Dance Olympus, LADF, Show Stoppers and JUMP/Break The Floor.  Margaret works hard to provide the northland with the most technical and up to date dance information and choreography.  She and her husband (Mark) have successfully competed in country dance.  She is excited to share all her knowledge and training with her students; to make them better dancers.  Margaret appreciates the area’s strong support for the arts.

Nancy Ramsay has been involved in many forms of the arts for the past 10 years (painting, sculpture, pottery and dance.  She has 19 years of experience working with young children.  As a volunteer, she has brought pottery classes to the elementary schools in the area.  Nancy teaches the Creative Movement/Pre-Ballet and the Pre-Ballet/Tiny Tap classes while taking tap with the adults.  Nancy loves working with small children, as she brings their creative, energetic spirit alive.

Becky Bogaczyk loves to dance.  She brings a wide variety of dance experience and enthusiasm to the class room.  Starting with baton and hula lessons, as a youngster Becky continued to dance; on dance teams, as a cheerleader, in musicals and as a University of Wisconsin pom pom girl (choreographer and captain).  She has taken belly dancing lessons, taught aerobic classes and now is an instructor for the Adult Tap II class.  She is a dancer with the Claudettes. 

Cheyenne O'Brien will be attending Gogebic Community College this fall in their nursing program.  She has been with the Ironwood Dance Company for the past twelve years. Dancing in Ballet, Pointe, Lyrical, Jazz, and also Tap.  Cheyenne has participated in many dance competitions along with being active in pageants across the United States such as Minnesota, California, Tennesse, and Detroit, Michigan.  She is proud to say that she has had great success.  She is very excited to be teaching for IDC this coming season for the Lyrical III and Lyrical IV classes.

Anna Schroeter graduated from the Northwoods Christian Acadamy in Hurley, Wi. last fall.  Anna has been with IDC for 5 years and now teaches a Jazz and Lyrical class.  Anna is attending Gogebic Community College in cosmetology.  Attending numerous workshops over the years as a dancer to better her career in dance which she feels will always be a part of her life.  She feels she has lots of great ideas to offer her dancers, and not only in the dance field.  Anna recognizes how grateful she is to God for His relationship with her and the gifts He has given her.  She is so excited to be teaching for IDC and the chance to work with all the dancers.