Teachers & Staff
Mrs. Tania
Director
Tania Long is a native of Baltimore, MD. She has been dancing since the age of 3; while beginning her formal dance training with Towson’s Children’s Dance Division at the age of 11. She joined Namyanka Performing Arts where she danced for the Lord and quickly became captain as she served there for eight years. She graduated from University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) with a BA in Dance in 2010. While there, she also had the opportunity to perform with Baltimore Dance Project, which is the resident company of UMBC, under the direction of Carol Hess and Doug Hamby.
Mrs. Long has had the pleasure of traveling to Canada for Ballet Creole’s Summer Dance Intensive; working with Patrick Parsons, Gabby Kamino, Debbie Wilson and Milton Myers. In 2009, Mrs. Long performed at the Kennedy Center with Shange Dance Productions. She has taught and danced throughout the state of Maryland through “Project REACH”, the outreach program of Baltimore Dance Project. She also started a dance program inside of Furley Recreation Center, Divine Dance Expressions, which over the years has grown from nine students to thirty-six. She operated there from 2009-2016. She recently received her MBA in Business Administration from North Central University.
From her dance experience, Mrs. Long has learned lessons that have molded her into the teacher, Director and studio owner that she is today. Her goal and passion is to be able to change children's lives through the art of dance. She empowers and encourages all who she comes in contact with. When she is not at the studio, she is loving life with her husband and two children.
Ms. Jackie
Teacher
Hello, I’m Jackie and I have been with Dimensions Dance Center for 6 years now but if we’re counting the beginning it’s been a long time working a long side Ms. Tania. I have been a cheerleaders since I was 5 then went into dance with my cheerleading group at the age of 13. I then graduated high school and went onto college to study business and dance in 2013 and that’s when Ms. Tania took me under her wing and welcomed me into her dance studio. I have always worked with kids growing up and I love teaching.
Ms. Anne
Teacher
Ms. Anne was born in Bel Air, Maryland. She started dancing at age 4 and danced at the Maryland School of Ballet and Modern Dance for about 12 years. Ms. Anne performed in about 18 shows along with 2 nights of performing at a fundraiser for the Center for the Arts. She was even a featured dancer on the studios website. She then got into the marching band and dance at C. Milton Wright High School. Ms. Anne will be attending Towson University in the fall to major in Forensic Chemistry and continue dancing in their dance programs in the near future. Ms. Anne has been teaching at Dimensions Dance Center for a year starting in September and in her own words, "I wouldn't change that for the world. When I am not dancing I am either taking pictures, baking, or playing with my puppy".
Ms. Nasia
Teacher
Nasia Creamer, a Raleigh, NC native, is pleased to consider herself a Harford County resident for the last three years. SInce the age of 4, dance has been her passion and lifelong dream. She began her dance training at Christina Cultural Arts Center in Wilmington, Delaware and continued in various studios while her family moved to 7 different states throughout her childhood ending with CC & Company Dance Studio in Raleigh, NC. As a proud graduate of Howard University, Nasia is currently using her major study of Audio Production as a producer for 91.1 WHFC-FM Harford Community College radio station and uses her minor study of Theater Arts and Dance to fulfill her passion of teaching dance to children of all ages. She has taught in the genres of hip hop, jazz, creative movement, lyrical and liturgical throughout her career. Nasia’s highlights as a dance teacher are creating an award-winning competition dance team and coaching them to 3 national competitions and pioneering an after-school dance program at a behavioral management school, which cultivated a positive learning environment for students and promoted resilience through the art of dance…proving that dance is both a sport and a form of art. Nasia hopes to instill a love and passion for dance into her students just as her instructors did for her. She is a firm believer that “dance is a way to express your emotions when words don’t do them justice.” Nasia is super excited to be part of the DDC family and is ecstatic bring her energetic personality and creative choreography to the dance floor!