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Inferno Dance: A concept developed from a vision-made to forge that dream from a competitive fire.
Who are we?
Inferno Dance is the recent generation that competed in dance, dance/drill team and cheer competitions. Our weeks were filled sweat and tears from practice, dance classes, gymnastics, and competitions. Like that competitive spark, the passions in our hearts will spread to dancers around the world.
What sets us apart?
Anyone can win, but can you win with class? We can provide you the tools that will set you apart from the crowd. We care about how you progress and how you grow. We’re not looking for endorsements, we are looking for champions. At Inferno Dance, we win together.
Why Inferno Dance?
We know about dreams and what it takes to achieve them. We’ve been there. We have experience from all over the globe, ranging from music videos to collegiate championship titles. What can we provide for you? We offer:
- Conventions
- Competitions
- Choreography
- Music mixes
- Apparel
Whether its adrenaline pumping music, that attention grabbing outfit or simply the love for performing, together we’ll put you in the spotlight.
Don’t ask yourself “Why Inferno Dance?” ask yourself “Are you ready?”
Take the journey with us and share our vision.
Laura Blank
Laura Blank, director & master choreographer
Laura Blank is the director and master choreographer of InfernoDance. She has been choreographing professionally for more than 7 years. She is currently one of the coaches and choreographer for the Towson University Dance Team. She has helped this team win 4 out of their 9 National Titles! She has choreographed for many nationally recognized teams such as Penn State Lionettes, Boston University, George Mason Univesity, Linn-Mar High School, Archbishop Spalding High School, Parkland High School, and the list goes on! She has choreographed for UDA providing both high school and elite material. She also choreographs for dance studios all over the country providing anywhere from recital routines to large production competition pieces. She has been trained and now choreographs for jazz, hip hop, pom, kick, modern, prop, musical theatre, lyrical, tap, and ballet styles. Choreographing has been Laura’s passion for many years and she loves bringing her visions to life when working with such wonderful dancers!
For any questions or for more information please contact us now!
Taylor Walker
Taylor Walker has worked with many different dance team/studios up and down the East coast. While training, she attending numerous prestigious dance studio competitions and conventions. She is happy to be helping these studios by bringing them very unique and exciting routines. She then spent 4 years with the 9 time National Champions Towson University Dance Team where she was captain for 2 years and stayed an extra year to assist with choreography. While in Baltimore she performed in the movie ‘Step Up’!! She is currently dancing with the New Jersey Nets Dancers and continues to provide top notch choreography. Taylor specializes in dance team and dance studio styles such as jazz, pom, hip hop, lyrical, and modern.
Contact us for more information about Taylor or to book her now!
Marissa Montanez
Marissa Montanez was trained at several studios in the state of Maryland including Elite Dance and Gymnastics, under the direction of Starpower Competition's Gary Pate, and the award winning Spotlight Studio of Dance, under the direction of Wyndee McGovern. Marissa has also been a member of the Howard County Ballet, a performance group based in Ellicott City Maryland, as well as JazzFusion, a pre-professional dance company. In 2002 Marissa, along with JazzFusion, performed at the prestigious Jazz Dance World Congress. Marissa received her undergraduate degree from Towson University, where she was a member and captain of the nine time National Champion Dance Team. Marissa has been teaching and choreographing for the last 7 years, and has worked with dancers all over the Mid-Atlantic Region. This past year, Marissa was given a position at the country wide "Wild Dance Intensive", along with a star studded faculty of choreographers and dance professionals, to educate young students about their options for a future in dance. Marissa specializes in jazz, tap, ballet, acro, hip hop, lyrical, and modern.
Contact us for more information about Marissa or to book her now!
Michael Gill
MIchael gill, cheerleading choreographer
Our head cheerleading choreographer at Inferno is Michael Gill. He is a former cheerleader and coach from Boise State University as well as a former coach at the University of Nevada in Reno, NV. He has also coached at several high schools in his time in Idaho, Nevada and Colorado, most recently at Boulder High School in Boulder, CO. Michael was also a Head Instructor for UCA’s summer instructional staff, a judge at dozens of UCA events including High School and All-Star Nationals for several years, in total working for the company for 10 years at camps and competitions in 17 different states before moving on. He has acted as a consultant for many high school, college and all-star teams throughout the country and is respected in the cheerleading community for his knowledge of various cheer styles and skills, excelling especially in his knowledge of stunts and pyramids. Michael also cheered professionally for the NBA’s Denver Nuggets Cheer and Stunt Team in 2005 and 2006, being one of the members of the team selected to travel to Mexico in 2006 to represent the NBA and the Nuggets as a performer at an NBA game in Monterrey, Mexico. Michael now lives in the Louisville, KY area where he mixes music for dance and cheer teams all across the country.
Contact us for more information about Michael or to book him now!