Valerie Simmons is an accomplished dancer, teacher and choreographer and has been teaching and choreographing for 27 years.  She has trained in many styles of dance in the USA and the UK and was mentored in tap by the legendary, late Al Gilbert.  Valerie has choreographed and performed in numerous musicals across Texas and was a scholarship recipient to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC.  She has received many choreography awards and her students have received many awards at the Regional and National levels.