Greg Gale
Competitor with many years of experience. Greg is a master choreographer. He has extensive background in American Latin & Smooth dancing.
Greg began his dance career studying ballet and jazz. He danced in High School productions and community theatre. He started his professional career working for Fred Astaire Studios in Niles, where he quickly became the Dance Director. Greg moved on to own two of his own studios, Let's Dance in Worth Illinois and Allegro Dance Center in Downers Grove, Illinois.
Greg organized and ran the Illinois State Dance Competition for 15 years, as well as the Chicago Harvest Moon Ball for several years and the Chicago Challenge. He is the former President of the Chicago Professional Dance Teachers Association.
Greg danced professionally in shows and competitions all over the United States and in Europe and has won many awards including a Gold Medal in the United States Championships and the top choreographer of 1997 in the United States Scholarship Championships.
His theatre credits include playing Herr Drosselmeyer in The Nutcracker for 6 years for Ballet Le Gere. Greg is the featured instructor on the video series "Bring Back The Romance of Dance". He has studied dance at the Dance Center of Columbia College and Gus Giordanos and has studied with many Ballroom coaches from the United States and England.
His dance company, Stormdance Productions, was formed in 1991. This community based dance company performed at the Willowbrook Ballroom. Greg, along with his dance company raised over $50,000 for the Du Page County AIDS Program. He is now a resident teacher at Ballroom City in Villa Park, Il.
