Tanya L. McKay

Since the age of eight years old, Tanya has been captured by the spirit of dance and for over forty years has trained, rehearsed and performed. Although her dance training began with classical ballet, and continued with such institutions as the Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Long Beach State University, and Orange Coast Community College, she has also trained with many renowned west coast jazz instructors such as Joe Tremaine, Doug Caldwell, Carol Connors & Claude Thompson. Tanya has been among featured dancers in video presentations produced for industrial use, such as IBM Corporation, as well as appearing in print work, including the cover of San Diego's local information magazine, North County Pages. However, the past twenty-five years have focused on business management including dance management.

Along with her title as mom to four adult children and grandmother to two, Tanya teaches North County DanceArts' pre-school students, co-teaches with her husband, Louis McKay in many of the Jazz levels, provides private tutoring and coaching in both jazz and ballet, as well as choreographs for independent projects.