ROYAL DANCE WORKS
STAFF PROFILE

Dana Metz

What school did you go to?
Arizona School For The Arts

What town did you grow up in?
Phoenix, AZ

What is your favorite recent movie? Favorite movie of all time?
My favorite movie from the last few years is “Inception” and my all time favorite movie is “Little Miss Sunshine”

What type of music do you like to listen to? Favorite song?
I like to listen to any type of music except for country. My favorite song is "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman

What are some of your favorite books?
A Million Little Pieces, Running with Scissors

What department store is your favorite? Or boutique?
Urban Outfitters

What are a few of your favorite tv shows?
Friends, Office, Dexter, CSI

How old were you when you took your first dance class?
I was two

What is your biggest dance memory?
When I was 17 I took a class from Mia Michaels and it was the first time I did actual contemporary dancing, I was so inspired by her class I went home and choreographed my own solo and have been choreographing since.

What is your favorite dance movie?
Chicago

What is your favorite dance routine?
My Favorite dance that I was in was a dance to Footloose choreographed by Mandy Moore

What are your hobbies, or like to do when not dancing?
Swimming, Hiking, Writing

Do you have any brothers or sisters? Any children?
3 younger sisters

What are a few of your favorite restaurants?
P.F Changs, Oreganos, CPK

Anything else you’d like to share?
I'll just put this because all the little kids laughed when I told them, but even though I am really bad at Hip Hop the first classes I taught were Beginning Hip Hop.