Our Instructors

Sheila Shovlin, TCRG
Sheila@ShovlinAcademy.com
Sheila is a certified instructor of stepdancing, as sanctioned by An Coimisiun le Rince Gaelacha, The Irish Dancing Commission, based in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. She is former champion dancer who began dancing at the age of 4. She has won numerous awards at the highest levels of competition and has distinguished herself nationally and internationally during her fourteen-year competitive career, including the Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne, World Championships of Irish Dance, held annually in Ireland.

 

Elizabeth Shovlin Grinko, TMRF
Liz@ShovlinAcademy.com
Liz is a certified céili dance instructor, as sanctioned by An Coimisiun le Rince Gaelacha, The Irish Dancing Commission, based in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Also a former step dancer, Liz spent nine years as a teacher's assistant and performance moderator for the Burke Irish Centre Dancers in Pittsburgh. In addition to teaching with the Shovlin Academy, Liz is currently a céili and set-dancing instructor for the Pittsburgh Céili Club.

 

Peter Shovlin, Jr., TCRG
Peter is a certified instructor of stepdancing, also sanctioned by An Coimisiun. A former champion Irish stepdancer, Peter competed for ten years. He is also a former professional ballet dancer, having worked as a student-apprentice with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre under the direction of Ms. Patricia Wilde, and as a company member of Ballet Metropolitan, Columbus, Ohio, and the Irish National Ballet Company, Cork City, Ireland. In 1990, he founded the Pittsburgh Céili Club, a membership organization that continues to promote traditional Irish céili and set dancing in the greater Pittsburgh area.

 

John Shovlin
John is a former champion dancer who began dancing and competing at the age of 5. He has won numerous awards at the highest levels of competition during his eighteen-year competitive career, including being the first Pittsburgh native to compete in the Regional/National US Championships, as well the Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne, World Championships of Irish Dance, held annually in Ireland. John is also a past president of the Irish Centre of Pittsburgh and a player for the Pittsburgh Celtics Gaelic football team.

We are pleased to have the following Teacher Assistants working on our staff:

Ms. Caroline Byrne

Ms. Teresa Grinko

Ms. Megan Hixon

Ms. Jordan Long

Ms. Shea Shovlin