Top Shelf Dance

Specialties

Proudly offering the best in Ballroom dance lessons in the metro Atlanta area since 1997! Ballroom dancing brings joy and excitement to life. Top Shelf Dance is a diverse, modern ballroom dance school with a warm and friendly atmosphere that appeals to beginners as well as advanced dancers. Whether you are single or you have a partner, you will enjoy your dance lessons in a supportive, growing community. You can learn salsa, swing, tango, waltz, foxtrot, cha cha and many more dances as you improve your health and meet wonderful people. Our extensive program of private lessons and group classes offers something for every budget and busy schedule.

With Top Shelf Dance’s solid method of dance instruction you can mark your progress and recognize your accomplishments from beginner through advanced levels of dance. We invite you to join us in the elegant and exciting world of dance.

History

Established in 2006.

Tanya Arnhold moved to Atlanta and began teaching partnership dance in 1997. After 4 years of working for a local Fred Astaire franchise she opened her own studio with a number of other dance enthusiasts. Allegro Dance Studio was well known and loved for 5 years. Upon dissolving Allegro, Tanya started Top Shelf Dance Studio as the sole proprietor. Now, 7 years later, Tanya enjoys being a motivating instructor committed to her students’ goals as she teaches both social and competitive dance. Students can rely on her expertise and patience in assisting them to achieve their aspirations. She passionately leads «Team Tanya», an amateur performance group that performs for the public, as well as, volunteers for «Dance for the Children» of Egleston’s Hospital. Tanya has 19 years of dance and teaching experience. She holds top level certifications from several organizations including Dance Vision International Dance Association and Fred Astaire Dance Studios.

Meet the Business Owner

Tanya A.

Business Owner

Tanya was an IT professional with degrees in Computer Programming, Operations, and Electronics. She began dancing in Las Vegas in 1994. After four years of training she decided that her personality was more suited to teaching and performing and relocated to Atlanta where in another four years she went from being a teacher to becoming a manager and partner in one of the city’s most reputable dance studios. Many of Atlanta’s best instructors were first taught to dance and then how to teach dancing by Tanya in her big studio days. When the partnership broke up she decided to focus more on her personal development and opened a much smaller studio of her own where she could give every student individual attention as well as having time to continue her professional development. ~ «I love sharing dance and the art of movement. It is very fulfilling to help individuals transform themselves and be comfortable in their bodies as they move in sync with another person to the beat of the music.”~