ROXANAS DANCE EXPRESSIONS
Making a Positive Difference in Children’s Lives for over 30 years
Meet The Teachers
2022-2023
Roxana Chambers
Owner/Director
Roxana is a graduate of Dance Masters of America Teacher Training Program. She is certified to teach Ballet, Tap and Jazz. She is an active member of the Cecchetti Council of America and Dance Masters of America. She is certified through CCA at both the student and teacher levels. Ms. Roxana has attended numerous dance workshops in the past 30 years which have focused on all genres of dance. She specializes in teaching dance to children of all ages and levels. Her love and vast knowledge of dance enables her to provide the best dance training in a positive, fun, family atmosphere for each student. Roxana has been a successful dance studio owner in the Clarkston community for over 30 years. Her studio has been voted the "Best Studio in Clarkston".
Shelby Franklin
Domonique Chambers
Domonique began dancing at 3 years old at Roxana’s Dance Expressions, located in Clarkston, Michigan. She danced competitively and received training in Cecchetti Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Modern, Jazz, Hip Hop, and Contemporary under Studio Director Roxana Chambers. She also had the privilege of being captain of the Lake Orion Varsity Dance Team which she was a member of from 2011- 2015 performing competitively with Pom and Jazz routines. Domonique was accepted into Grand Valley State University as a double major in Dance and Psychology. She was Captain of the National Champion Laker Dance Team during her Sophomore year and had the privilege of being cast and working with guest artists like Brian Enos, Natasha Davis, Simon Thomas Train, Zhelma Badu-Younge and Jessica Pittman. She has been trained and performed in Modern, Ballet, Jazz, Afro-Fusion, and Brazilian technique. Domonique also had the privilege to choreograph works showcased at GVSU Spring Dance Concert, workshops and competitions around the Michigan area. She graduated in April 2019 with her Bachelors of Arts and Sciences. She plans to pursue her Doctorate of Occupational Therapy to help create a more inclusive and independent environment.
Shelby Franklin began her dance training at the age of 3 at Roxana's Dance Expressions in Clarkston, Michigan where she was able to study a wide variety of dance techniques for 14 years. In combination with this, she was able to get other technical and performance opportunities as a member of the Lake Orion Varsity Dance Team and Detroit Shockwave Crew. Shelby then continued at Grand Valley where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in both Allied Health and Dance. She had many opportunities at Grand Valley including performing in many faculty, student and guest artist works, being part of Move 2 The Beat Dance Crew, captain of the Laker Dance Team, and a teacher choreographer and competition judge around the Grand Rapids area. Going forward, Shelby will continue to find new positions in the dance world while using her Doctorate of Physical Therapy in order to better serve the dance community in a new way.
Carly is an alumni of RDE. She started dancing at RDE when she was 4. She graduated in July 2021 from Western Michigan University with a PHD in Behavioral Science. She was a member of the Western Michigan University Dance Team. She choreographs for the RDE competition team. She enjoys traveling to far away places and has visited Thailand, Ireland, Netherlands Scotland and England. Carly works in the Kalamazoo Public Schools with young adults and children of all ages and is passionate about making a difference in their lives. Carly has a dog David and two cats.
Carly Schroeder
Ms. Sue was born in Dearborn Heights, Mi. She is married to Randy and has three children, all of them having danced at RDE. She has been dancing since the age of 8 and continues to have tremendous respect for her childhood dance instructors. She, like her teachers, has always wanted to introduce children to the love of dance. She wants her students to know that she loves what she does and she wants them to be successful and give back to their communities. She has won an Outstanding Talent Award as a dancer, she has coached for a National Pompon Championship Dance Team who placed first at the Universal Dance Association finals on ESPN in 1992. She is currently director of the Pom program at RDE. As a teacher, she has choreographed dances which have won Most Entertaining, Outstanding Choreography, Showmanship, Overalls in their catagory and Overall Soloist Awards at various competitions. Her solo and group dances have been featured in the Hall of Fame World Series Competitions at the national level as well as the ENERGY National Dance Challenge finals GROOVE finals. Most recently, her dance was featured on the KAR website as Dance of the week. She has attended the Rhee Gold Teachers Convention in Scottsdale, AZ and plans to return.
Sue Schroeder
Ms. Carrie has been dancing since the age of three and working at Roxana's since the age of 16. She chose to be a dance instructor because she loves dance and working with children. She doesn't ever see dance not being a part of her life. She is also a kindergarten teacher at North Sashabaw Elementary School in Clarkston. She is married to Chris and they have a daughter named Samantha, a son named Cooper and her newest addition Maggie born in 2016. Ms Carrie graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a BS in Elementary Education and from Oakland University with a Masters of Arts in Teaching with and Endorsement in Early Childhood. She attended Dance Masters of America's Teacher Training School at Kent State University for three years where she became certified to teach ballet, tap and jazz. She is a member of Dance Masters of Michigan and Dance Masters of America. During the summer months, she studies through the Dance Masters Teachers Program at the University of Buffalo, New York. As a teacher, she has choreographed routines which have received Choreographers Award, Overall Best Performance Award, Entertainment Award and several Showmanship Awards at various competitions. She wants her students to remember that she taught them how to dance from the heart, how to be disciplined but have fun at the same time, to never give up, always believe in themselves, dream big and always reach for the stars.