Stacey Huston

Instructor & Choreographer/Director

After graduating from UT with a Business degree, Stacey moved to the Los Angeles area to pursue her love for dance and musical theater. She attended The University of California at Irvine and graduated Cum Laude with a degree in Dance, Theater and open-by-audition-only Choreography program. At UC Irvine and an away-program in NYC, she studied dance, voice and acting under such renowned greats as Susan Stroman, Uta Hagen, Donald McKayle and Harry Garland to name only a few.

It was while she was in school that Stacey "stumbled" on to a Ballroom Dance studio and joined their training program. She fell in love with the style and has been involved in partner dancing in one way or another since. She is certified through American Style Gold levels and competed heavily in International Latin for 3 years. Her rankings include top six placements in Rising Star events in many national competitions like California, Nevada, Washington, Virginia, and Florida. Upon completion of her competing career in 1996, she was ranked 7th in the U.S. and 13th in the World in Rising Star Latin and Jive styles. Among her internationally known coaches were Ron Montez, Liz Curtis, Marylyn Benitez, Jean Marc Genereaux, Chris Morris, Mellissa Dexter and the incredible Rick Valenzuela.

She continued training in, performing, choreographing and instructing her partnering, Jazz and Musical Theater dance for years to come. Her vast experience includes feature films, television appearances, commercials, special gala events, and stage productions. Her most recent work involved 5 years with stage show productions in theaters and hotels in California, New York, Philadelphia, and finally overseas on cruise ships. She has quite literally been around the world and back.

Stacey was thrilled to merge Footworks Dance Center with Austin Uptown Dance in 2007. She continues to support Uptown in our ultimate goal of offering quality partner dancing to adults and youth.