Platinum Dance Academy, East Lansing

Ever since her university days, Shelley Thomas's competitive dancing skills and passion have afforded her a multitude of opportunities in the world of dance. Shelley two-steps kids and adults through tap, ballet, and jazz fundamentals during group, private, and semiprivate lessons at her Platinum Dance Academy. Shelley also trains adults in ballroom and Latin, incorporates salsa and belly-dance moves into Zumba fitness sessions, and teaches couples wedding dance routines that don't involve pirouetting into the cake. Alternatively, kids can celebrate birthdays with dance lessons from the academy's resident ballerina princess or cowgirl.