Staff

Eileen Porcaro

Ms. Eileen, Director of All That Dance, founded the studio in 1995. She began dancing at the June Rold School of Dance. Eileen received her degree from Knox College where she studied dance and was also a member of their Repertory Theater Company.

Victoria Warren

Victoria, Artistic Director and instructor, is in her 13th year at All That Dance. She started studying dance in her native country England and continued after moving to the United States and settling in the Midwest. Her studies here in the US have included, the University of WI-Milwaukee, The Milwaukee Ballet (apprentice), Danceworks 1661, and Gus Giordano Dance Center (on scholarship). Victoria’s training has been well rounded and varied in the disciplines of ballet, pointe, tap, jazz and contemporary dance. Victoria is currently a Certified Dance Educator (CDE) member of Chicago National Association of Dance Masters and is serving on the board for Dance Masters of Wisconsin. She also has judged, privately coached, and choreographed individuals in talent pageants throughout the Northern IL area and for Miss Illinois preliminaries.
Victoria’s educational pursuits led her to acquire a degree in Sign Language Linguistics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (BS) and Masters in Social Work from Aurora University (MSW). She has worked with school programs offering support to children who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, deaf/blind, and other disabilities.
Victoria lives in the area with her husband and three children.

Shannon Levitt

Shannon Levitt has been a dance instructor with All That Dance since 1999. Shannon is trained in Ballet, Pointe, Jazz, Tap, Modern, Hip-Hop and tumbling. She received her formal dance training at Cindy Evan’s Dance Studio (Omaha, NE), Bataille Academie of the Danse (Barrington, IL), University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign Dance Department, and Joel Hall Dance Center (Chicago, IL). Shannon was a member of the nationally ranked University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign Dance Team and the University of Illinois-Chicago Dance Team. In addition, Shannon has choreographed and coached state championship level Illinois dance teams. Shannon has choreographed and performed with several musical theatre productions and liturgical dance groups. Shannon is a certified member of Chicago National Association of Dance Masters. Currently, Shannon serves as an artist in residence teaching dance workshops for the Meltzer Arts Foundation in Lake Geneva, WI. In addition to her dance career, Shannon taught English at the high school level for ten years, received her B.A. in English/Education and holds a Master’s Degree in Teaching.

Donnalynn Collings

Ms. Donna joined All That Dance in 2002. Donnalynn received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Western Michigan University and her Master of Fine Arts degree in dance from the University of Illinois. Donnalynn’s master’s thesis was on creative movement and cognitive dance in the schools. Her thesis concentrated on the importance of dance to the social, emotional, physical and intellectual growth of children. We are excited to have Donnalynn on staff teaching ballet, tap, jazz and creative movement.

Andy Tomlinson

Mr. Andy joined the All That Dance staff in 2003. Andy has been dancing and performing for over twelve years. He has studied under Lane Alexander, Bruce Stegmann, Idella Reed, and Joel Hall and taken master classes from Savion Glover, Sam Weber, Diane Walker, the Nicholas Brothers, and Lloyd Storey. Andy has performed in tap festivals around the world with such dance notables as the Nicholas Brothers, Gregory Hines, and opened for the Pointer Sisters. Andy lives in Libertyville, IL with his wife Sarah and daughter Charlotte.

Misty Masino Nanna

Misty has been dancing since the age of five and has has trained at such schools as the Edge Performing Arts in Los Angeles, Lou Conte Dance Studio, Joel Hall and the Lisa Boehm School of Ballet. Misty recently performed in the Chicago Dance Fest and as a back-up dancer for the upcoming artist, Sid Maudlin. Misty has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Iowa in education and a minor in dance.  While attending college, she served as a four-year member on the Iowa Dance Team and received the MVP and choreography award for this Big Ten dance team.  Misty was well known for her choreography, which advanced the team to the finals at Nationals in Orlando, Florida.  Misty has been teaching in studios in the area for the past 7 years and loves being a part of other’s dreams.

Laura Tomlinson

Laura Tomlinson studied dance at Northern Dance Theatre of Northern Illinois University and at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago. She graduated in fall, 2005 from Columbia College Chicago with a BA in dance performance. Laura has been teaching in the Chicago land area since 1999 teaching ballet, pointe, jazz, modern, lyrical, tap, and hip hop. She has choreographed professionally for AJ Ensemble and competitive performance groups. Laura began performing professionally in Chicago in 2004. She is a former company member of Chicago Dance Crash and Corpo Dance Company, Inc. and performed with Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre in their 2008-2009 season. In 2009, Laura co-founded Piel Morena Contemporary Dance in Chicago, IL. She is looking forward to Piel Morena Contemporary Dance’s first season.

Lindsey Draves

Started teaching for All That Dance in 2008. She is a former All That Dance student and we’re exited to have her on board.

Mrs. Nichols and Jen

Mrs. Nichols and Jen handle the front desk at All That Dance. Mrs. Nichols has been with us since we opened and Jen’s been here almost as long. If you’re in the studio and have any questions either Mrs. Nichols or Jen will be happy to help you out.