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About Us
Eric & Deborah Gillitzer
ERIC AND DEBORAH GILLITZER are the owners of Dance on Air, a locally owned business in Madison, WI, since 2001. They are the only USISTD and ISTD Certified Dance Instructors and Trainers in Madison, WI, and Deborah is the first person in the United States who is certified in the Viennese Waltz with the ISTD. As competing Professionals in American Smooth, Eric and Deborah also compete in many other styles (Rhythm, Standard, etc.) as Pro/Am with their students at ballroom dance competitions all over the nation. Though they have extensive training and have been teaching for over 13 years, they continue to work with the best dance coaches in the United States to improve their knowledge, technique, and competition style as they introduce new students to the romance and appeal of dance. Both of them perform regulary for professional showcases, charities and other events on a regular basis around Wisconsin, and had starred together in a local music video produced by John Urban and recorded by Mark Croft in 2010. You can see this on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBpsEon9fWo.
ERIC GILLITZER, an NDCA Professional, is certified as Highly Commended by the United States Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (USISTD) in American Smooth Style Ballroom Dance and by the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) in International Standard Style Ballroom Dance. He recently received his Licentiate Degree and is now a USISTD Trainer for teachers who are pursuing their American Smooth USISTD certifications. Eric also has a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. He has been teaching ballroom dance professionally for twelve years and is competing as a Pro/Am teacher with his students in all styles of dance as well as competing professionally in American Smooth with his wife, Deborah.
DEBORAH GILLITZER, also an NDCA Professional, is certified as Highly Commended by the United States Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing in American Rhythm and American Smooth Style Ballroom Dance and by the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) in International Standard Style Ballroom Dance. She also recently received two Licentiate Degrees and is now a USISTD Trainer for teachers who are pursuing their American Smooth USISTD certifications and an ISTD Trainer for teachers who are pursuing their International Ballroom Dance ISTD certifications. She is also a certified Zumba instructor and a certified PiYo instructor, two classes she enjoys sharing with her students as part of her favorite workouts.
Deborah has a Bachelor’s Degree in Voice Performance from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire and has performed professionally in the Midwest as well as New York City. She has had dance training throughout her life in Green Bay, Eau Claire, Minneapolis, New York, Milwaukee, and all over the US. She co-founded the UW-Eau Claire Concert Dance Company and has experience performing and choreographing a large variety of dances (including Modern, Musical Theatre, Ballet, Tap, Stomp, African Dancing, and Hip Hop). She has performed in dance, theatre, musical theatre, opera, and has choreographed musicals as well as been in commercials and modeled. She has been teaching ballroom dance professionally for thirteen years and is competing as a Pro/Am teacher with her students in all styles of dance as well as competing professionally with her husband, Eric Gillitzer.
Because of her love for music, Deborah has also composed two songs: Unspoken Words and To My Love (written for her husband, Eric).