Verity Rose (she/her) started dancing around age 3 when one of her caretakers had  brought her along to her daughter's tap/ballet classes. She immediately loved it, so much so that the first thing she'd ask her mom upon waking up for the next couple weeks was, "Am I going to dance class today?"

She danced tap and ballet for 9 years with Gotta Dance Company, which she performed and competed as part of a team. When she was 17 she was introduced to lindy hop and later picked up Balboa. In 2011 she danced salsa for the first time, and Latin dancing eventually, and totally, captured her heart. In September 2019 at Fuze, her first ever Latin festival, she was introduced to Zouk, and a couple months later at Bailame festival she fell in love with the art. She's studied with Bruno Miranda, Gui Prada, Gabriel de Carvalho, Elijah James, Kuna, and Imaan.

Zouk has impacted her on a head-, heart-, soul- and spirit level; it continues to teach her more about herself and how she connects to others than any other dance has thus far. She hopes to introduce this dance to as many people as possible across the Midwest and beyond. She's incredibly excited to see where this journey takes her.