Lizabeth Rice comes to us from the Central Florida area (Orlando, Fl.) where she was the Director of Marketing for the Arthur Murray Dance Studios, Winter Park/Casselberry  under Mr. Lukasz Rogowski, the International, Polish 10 dance Champion whom has participated in over 300 dance competitions throughout the world and a successful business owner and leader in the dance industry – where Ms. Rice  developed and implemented all advertising, marketing and business development campaigns for the studios student body as well as the staff. Helping to grow the studio from a 3,500 square foot studio to now the 8,000 square foot mega studio, consistently in the top 20 studios of all Arthur Murray Dance Studios, Worldwide.

Ms. Rice has been in the Ballroom Dance Industry for several years starting with Fred Astaire Studios, St. Louis, Mo. then to the central/west coast of Florida under the direction of Oscar and Joy Palacios. Ms. Rice went on to own and operate two of her own studios in Central Florida (Ocala, Ormond Beach, Florida).

"With Ms. Rice at the helm of our Marketing and New Student Development Department at La Danse Cleveland, we will expand our staff and develop more jobs within the Arts and Cultural Atmospheres that Greater Cleveland  is well known for.." says Tim Brown and Esther Rehm Cohen,  owners of La Danse Cleveland.

"I want to bring to Cleveland an understanding sense that we at La Danse Cleveland want to make it possible for every person, lifestyle and age group to enjoy all the benefits that dance has to offer. " said Ms. Rice.

We will be holding auditions for new instructors/dance specialists, for the upcoming training classes that will be held at our 4,000 square foot facility located in the Cleveland suburb of Beachwood.

With 20 years of marketing and advertising experience from all walks of the globe, Ms. Rice will be utilizing this experience to help Cleveland realize where they should be dancing tonight.