Tamara Begley

Tamara Begley is an active modern dance teacher, dancer and choreographer in Louisville, Kentucky. She earned an MFA in Dance from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, and she holds a BFA in Choreography and Performance from the University of North Carolina Greensboro.  A Louisville native, Tamara is both a graduate of the Youth Performing Arts School and the Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts. Tamara also holds a K-12 teaching certificate in dance, and she is the dance instructor at Western Middle School for the Arts. She has presented at the National Dance Education Organization’s National Conference in 2011, 2015 and 2017. Her choreography has been featured in performances by Moving Collective, The University of Kentucky Dance Ensemble and the Louisville Ballet Youth Ensemble. Tamara’s performance experience includes John Gamble Dance Theater in North Carolina, Amir Kolben and Jessica Marchant in Washington, D.C., and Louisville’s jan street dance theatre, Art! Art! Barking Dog Dance Company, Beth Rodriguez Dance Projects and Moving Collective. Tamara was awarded an internship in Washington, D.C. at Dance Place, one of the nation’s most prolific presenters of dance.