Instructors

Merrie Williams

Raised in the fabulous Las Vegas Nevada, Merrie has spent 29 years studying movement arts and entertainment. Her parents say she would dance to Madonna records as a toddler until she passed out. so they enrolled her in ballet and arco at age 3 at the Glenda Moss Academy of Dance in Lake Charles Louisiana. Later she would study RAD ballet, tap, jazz, and modern at the Kravenko Dance Academy in Las Vegas with her three younger sisters. She was accepted into and graduated from the Las Vegas Academy of Performing Arts, an eclectic dance program with a focus on contemporary techniques like Graham and Horton. After high school, she stumbled into the world of Hip Hop and was drawn to funk styles like break dancing and house. The blend of styles lead her to be cast as a principal dancer in Circo Robert's "Retro" Circus 2015 she would travel to various parts of Mexico performing. During this time she began to strengthen her connection to Latin partner dances, yoga, and circus arts. She would also go on to perform magic in Shanghai with magician Joaquin Ayala, and Ariel in the iconic Margaritaville Volcano Show and at EDC Las Vegas 2022-2023 along with a unique 'one woman, 8 parrots' show at White Post Farms in Long Island. In 2018 she decided to drive dive deep into yoga and completed TruFusions 200YTT under Mark BT. Her most current adventures include performing as a Dancing DJ on the Fremont Street Experience and Polynesian at Luaus across the valley. Merrie is a forever student of music and movement that feels very blessed to share with you what she's learned thus far on her journey!