Instructors and Staff

Dwyn Y. Turner has over 55 years of dance experience. Her dance education began at the age of 2. She attended Foster, Melba DeSalle, Leila Haller, and New Orleans Dance Academy. She is a graduate of the prestigious Durden School of Dance. She was a principal dancer at Southern University and a member of the Tulane Green Wave dance team. She was a recipient of the Durden School of Dance scholarship to New York and a dance instructor at Xavier University’s Upward Bound Program and Community Kids Dance Troupe. Madame Dwyn is a graduate of Southern University of Baton Rouge and a licensed guidance counselor.

Wendy Turner Steib began dancing at the age of 9 months and has been performing on stage over 48 years. She is a graduate of the world-renowned New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) and Community Kids Dance Troupe. Madame Wendy is a former member of the LSU Folk Ensemble, LSU Modern Dance Team, and a principal dancer for the Southern University Jazz Ensemble. She was granted a summer dance fellowship to Tulane University and served as a dance instructor at Xavier University’s Upward Bound Program. Her dance travels have taken her from New York to Orlando, Florida. She holds a degree in Manual Communication and is an Interpreter for the Deaf.

Staff

Jerome A. Steib                                                                                Finance/Business Manager

Gwendolyn “MeMe” Turner and Renee Kelly                            Dance/Recital Consultant

Dwyn Turner and Roshonda Peters                                             Office Assistant

Kynisha Christmas and Chelsi Martin                                         Assistants

Alexis Novel, Dwyn Steib, Jordyn Platenburg                           Assistants

Lauren Coleman, Ally Novel, Ashly Novel                                  Assistant Choreographers

Brylyia Baptiste, Carsyn Caldwell, Jourdan Rogers                 Graduate Assistants 

Patrica Petty, Brooklyn Williams, Coren Wilson                       Graduate Assistants

                                                                                                              Graduate Candidates 

                                                                                                              Graduate Candidates

Garrin Lewis, Malan Meade, Nalah Slaughter                            MDSD Jr. Staff 

Dani Stewart, Leah Williams, Zoé Wilright                                  MDSD Jr. Staff                                                                     

Kynisha Christmas and Tracie Ellsworth                                     Stage Directors

Melvin Benoit and Aloyce Novel                                                    Crossing Guards 

MDSD ALUMNI