Tina ShelleyTCRGADCRG
The Shelley School of Irish Dance operates under the direction of Tina Shelley, T.C.R.G., A.D.C.R.G. Tina is an adjudicator certified by the Irish Dance Commission of Dublin, Ireland. Tina Shelley studied since the age of 6 with the Deely School of Irish Dance in Northern California. By the age of 10, she was competing on a championship level and placed in the top three at the Western Regional Championships for 4 years, which qualified her to compete at the World Championships. Tina moved on to compete at the North American Championships (Nationals) where she placed in the top tier. Since becoming a cerified teacher, Tina has trained some of the top championship Irish dancers in Utah to reach recognition on a regional, national, and world level. In addition to years of Irish step dance, Tina studied extensively under the Royal Academy method of ballet up to the pre-professional level. Tina has been a featured soloist with the Brigham Young University Folkdance Ensemble which travels worldwide and has choreographed several pieces for their repertoire while serving as a faculty member in the BYU Dance Department. It was at BYU where Tina developed the Irish dance program and taught from 1994 to 2003. Tina graduated from BYU with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Dance Theater and has performed with the Young Ambassadors in China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Midwest of the United States. In addition to running the Shelley School of Irish Dance, Tina is the co-Artistic Director for Shelley Irish Dance Company which encompasses the largest and highest levels of Irish Step Dancers in the State of Utah. Other credits include choreography for the TV Disney movie "The Luck of the Irish" (which aired March 2001), choreography for Utah's professional dance company "Odyssey", and guest teaching at the North American Celtic Arts Festival 2000. Tina is in good standing with the Irish Dance Teachers Association of North America and the Western Region. Fun stuff you may not know about Miss Tina: Tina studied ballet, tap, jazz and modern dance from the age of 7 until she graduated college. She studied extensively under the Royal Academy method of ballet up to the pre-professional level. While living in the Bay Area, CA, Tina performed as a singer/dancer with the Contra Costa Musical Theater: Fiddler on the Roof, No No Nanette, Mame, George M!, and Camelot. She played Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street and blind Susie Hendrix in Wait Until Dark. At BYU she performed in Rags and Anything Goes. During summer break while still attending BYU, Tina choreographed West Side Story for the Jewish Community Youth Theater in CA as well as the Oakland California Temple Pageant (co-choreographed with her sister Johanna) in 1998. Tina served a full time LDS mission in Rostov na Donu, Russia from 96-98. Tina is the proud mother of her 4 children! Johanna LambertTCRGADCRG
Johanna Edlinger Lambert has been Irish dancing since she was four years old. As a student with the Deely school of Irish Dance in Oakland, California, she was a prodigious competitor, and by age 8 she was already competing on an open championship level. She qualified for the World Championships at the age of ten. Johanna also has extensive training in classical ballet. She studied at the pre-professional Contra Costa Ballet School, and in 1996, was invited to join the Contra Costa Ballet Company. As a freshman on scholarship to the dance department at Brigham Young University, she choreographed the ground-breaking Cry of the Celts for the International Folk Dance Ensemble, performing as soloist. As a student, she also taught classes in Irish step dancing at BYU. She then continued on to perform and tour with the premiere Performing Arts Company. After leaving BYU, she was invited back to co-choreograph and teach Keltattack in conjunction with Tina Shelley. Other credits include guest teaching at the North American Celtic Arts Festival 2000. Johanna transferred to Barnard College at Columbia University in New York City where she graduated Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa with her degree in Mathematics in May 2001. In January 2002, she received her TCRG certification with the Irish Dance Commission in Dublin, Ireland. Johanna then opened her own dance school, the Lambert School of Dance, near Washington, D.C. Johanna has been teaching with the Shelley School of Irish Dance since the fall of 2007, and currently serves as co-Artistic Director of the Shelley Irish Dance Company. In September 2010, Johanna passed her Adjudicators exam (ADCRG) on her first attempt, which allows her to adjudicate Irish step dancing on any competitive level throughout the world. Fun stuff you may not know about Miss Jo: Johanna's musical theater background is also very extensive. She studied ballet, tap, jazz, and modern dance from the age of six. She performed the leads in the following musicals: Annie Get Your Gun (Annie Oakley), Fiddler on the Roof (Chava), Once Upon a Mattress (Princess Winnifred), Hello, Dolly! (Irene Malloy). She danced in Bay Area Regional productions of 42nd Street and Crazy For You. She was a Jet in West Side Story (that Tina choreographed!). During her ballet years, she performed the Arabian soloist in the Nutcracker, Balanchine's Serenade, among others. And last but not least, she is the proud and happy mother of her five children!
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