About Stephanie

Stephanie Risser Loveira began her dance training at what is now Lancaster School of Ballet in Lancaster, PA.  There she studied the Cecchetti Method of ballet, modern, jazz, and tap.  Stephanie then attended the University of Hartford/School of the Hartford Ballet BFA program, where she had many opportunities to perform, and the chance to work with the Hartford Ballet.  After graduating with a BFA in Dance Pedagogy, she returned to Lancaster where she taught for Lancaster School of Ballet and worked with Ballet Theater of Lancaster.  Stephanie also began studying ballroom dancing.  She continued her ballroom training after she moved to Connecticut to teach at the School of Dance Connecticut.  Along with teaching ballet to ages 3-15, Stephanie was also the children’s rehearsal coordinator for Adam Miller’s production of The Nutcracker.  In 2002, she moved to Philadelphia, where as well as beginning to teach Ballroom and Latin, Stephanie started and directed a ballet program at a ballroom studio.  After a short stint competing in International Latin, she began competing professionally in Hustle.  Stephanie has won numerous Hustle competitions including IHSC, Disco America, MadJam, and World Hustle Championships, and was undefeated in Just Hustles in 2009.  Stephanie has also recently begun competing in West Coast Swing and has worked her way up the ranks to the All-Star level, along the way winning the 2010 AANCE Jack & Jill Championships.