| Dubuque Dance Studio and Gymnastics Club was founded in 1953 , by Carolu Digman Welbes and her husband James Welbes. The business transferred ownership in 1996 to Deanne and David Hohmann. |
| Deanne M Hohmann (owner and director) has been a member at the Dubuque Dance Studio and Gymnastics Club since the age of three. Graduate of Hempstead High School in Dubuque, attended the University of Iowa and is now an adjunct Professor of Physical Education at the University of Dubuque. She has been a professional instructor since 1980 in all disciplines; tap, ballet, jazz, pointe, tumbling, gymnastics, musical theater as well as choreography for many musical and stage productions around the area. Many of her students not only continue through the college level pursuing their dance, but have professional dance careers. |
| David Hohmann has been coaching gymnastics since 1996. He is a graduate of Hempstead High School in Dubuque. He is certified as a skill evaluator with USA Gymnastics, Safety Certified, and KAT Certified. He was nominated Nationally for Coach of the Year with AAU/USTA, has several National, 1st Place Tumbling Champions and several first place contenders in Gymnastics under USA Gymnastics. David has also worked along side Internationally known Bela Karolyi, attending his summer camps and worked with his coaches. |
| David and Deanne have been married since 1986, have three children; Alicia, Austin, and AJ. Alicia toured nationally with Dance Caravan USA in 2004 and won National Awards, and was awarded Miss Dance Caravan Kid at the close of the tour. Austin and AJ are former State Tumbling Champions. The Hohmann Family welcomes you and your child(ren) into their Studio Family. |
| Austin Hohmann is a graduate of Senior High School in Dubuque. He is a former State Tumbling Champion, and also has a dance back- ground. He attended NICC and has transferring to Iowa State University for Chemical Engineering. Austin coaches from preschool - competition. He is also a certified gymnastics team coach and tumbling team coach. He is safety certified, 1st aid and CPR certified and a skill evaluator. Austin also works in the office. |
| Alicia was a Dance Caravan Kid in the summer of 2004. At the end of this national tour she received the “Miss DCK” for overall performance, talent, dedication and positive attitude. While a Junior on the Dance Company, she received the Junior version of the “Most Promising Talent”, the “Junior Danny and Betty Hoctor Award” at Dance Caravan, as well as a full PDTA scholarship. She was a Cheerleader at Dubuque Senior High School, a volunteer choreographer for the Central High School Hip Hop Club. Alicia has performed at the Orange Bowl, Disney World, on the Royal Caribbean Cruise, and in June 2006 will be performing at Pearl Harbor and on the Norwegian Cruise Line - Pride of Hawaii. Alicia graduated from Senior High School and attended NICC. She was employed with Dance Caravan the summer of 2006. She has received many choreography awards and scholarships. Alicia is our Competitive Dance Coach and Choreographer, she is our instructor for Galena and Maquoketa. |
| Jessica Penn has taught gymnastics is Pekin, IL for over 6 years. She has a back ground in both tumbling and gymnastics, is safety certified and currently teaches Monday - Thursday's at our Dubuque Location, some Saturday's and subs in Maquoketa for Mr. D. |
| Rebekah Harvey assists with pointe training as well as solo classes. She also fills in for the office, dance and gymnastics classes. She is a member of the Untouchables National 1st Place National Dance Team. She is a student of Senior High School and Captain of her Cheer Squad. |
| Megan Braodbent is a former Gymnastics Team Member and is currently on our Tumbling Team. Megan teaches gymnastics and tumbling and assists with our gymnastics and tumbling team. |
| Abby Felderman has grown up with our dance studio, is a member of our Dance Company and the Untouchables 1st Place National Team. Abby teaches preschool dance and gymnastics. She is also a sub for gymnastics, tumbling and all dance classes. |
| Kristi Considine will be graduating from the University of Dubuque with a BS in Elementary Education, has a background in Tumbling and Gymnastics with the Gymnastics Academy of Rockford, as well as coaching certifications. Kristi coaches everything from tot through team. |
The dancer on the left in the photo is Jenna Freiburger. She has received many first place awards,
is on our company, on our competition team, and works with the Pre / K Company
is on our company, on our competition team, and works with the Pre / K Company
