Our Teachers
Marcia McHugh
Founder and Co-Owner of Dance Concepts Studio
Founder and Co-Owner of Dance Concepts Studio
Ashley McHugh Shinholster, Co-Owner and Instructor, has been teaching at Dance Concepts Studio since 2000. She danced under the direction of her mother, Marcia McHugh, her whole life, and many other instructors and choreographers including Janice Barringer, Darryl Retter, Becca Retter, and Barry Youngblood. She also fulfilled a lifelong dream of dancing with the Radio City Rockettes in NYC at Radio City Music Hall. She wants to share her Rockette precision and tradition with her students.
Ashley holds a Bachelor's degree in Arts from the University of Cincinnati. She is also a certified Zumba instructor, a fitness enthusiast, and has found passion in teaching dance on mission trips across the globe. |
Heather Pineda, Instructor, grew up dancing at Dance Concepts Studio, where she studied ballet, tap, jazz, clogging, hip hop, pointe, and cheer. As she pursued her degree in Ballet and Modern Dance, she had the opportunity to learn from accomplished instructors and dancers at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Hillsborough Community College, University of South Florida, and Cincinnati Ballet, as well as take part in dance conventions and masterclasses.
Heather loves being back at her home studio, teaching and sharing her love of dance with her students. |
Emily Woebkenberg, Instructor, has been teaching and assistant dance team coaching at Dance Concepts Studio since 2016. She has been dancing since she was 4 years old under the instruction of Marcia McHugh and Ashley McHugh Shinholster. She has also studied modern and contemporary dance from numerous choreographers at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She specializes in teaching ballet, tap, jazz / hip hop, and lyrical.
Emily holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Cincinnati, and also teaches special education at a local school for students on the autism spectrum. She wants to share her passion for dance with her students and loves seeing them fall in love with it! |
We just participated in our first Dance Concepts recital and it was the highlight of my daughter’s year. She adores dance class with Miss Marcia and was thrilled to be a star for a day! If you enjoy teachers whose hearts are for the children they teach, age appropriate dances and costumes and a beautifully orchestrated dance recital, this is the place for you.
-Lisa V.