SUZIE HARDTDancer, Wedding Choreographer, Teacher, Studio Owner, Author,
U.S. Amateur Ballroom & Latin 10 Dance Champion, Performing Artist Suzie Hardt is the founder of Suzie's Studio where she teaches and coaches the basics of partner dancing, salsa, swing, waltz, tango, quickstep, Viennese Waltz, chacha, rumba, samba, paso doble, jive, Lindy Hop, country two step, disco, and improvisation in partnership. She is particularly passionate about working with people who have never danced before and about helping non-dancers gain the skills and confidence to have fun on the dance floor. Suzie also teaches injury prevention, cross-training, performance, and the creative process. She is founder and principal choreographer for The Wedding Choreographer and the producer for A Tall Order Dance Entertainment. |
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Suzie's first book Moving As Two: A Guide for Ballroom Dancers is available on Amazon and second book Social Dance Made Simple is pending publication. Check out also her Instructional Videos available on this web site.
With her husband Todd Marsden, Suzie is a 4 x United States Amateur Ten Dance Champion in the Senior 1 division, representing the United States at the World Championships in Mallorca, Spain in 2010, Toronto, Canada in 2011, and Antwerp, Belgium in 2013.
Suzie and Todd's stage, film, and TV credits include dancing with Grammy Award winning composer and conductor Victor Vanacore and the St. Louis Symphony in his "Swing, Swing, Swing" program, for which she and Tall Todd choreographed and performed ten original pieces and received a standing ovation. They were principal dancers in the PBS swing documentary, "Big Band Magic" and featured dancers for pianist composer Faranak's music video "Spanish Lover." Local stage performances include the Masquers Theater, the Marin Theater Company, Pier 39 Theater and San Francisco Conservatory of Music. They appeared on the New York round of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” Season 8.
The 6' and 6'8" dance duo, also known as A Tall Order, perfom regularly for diverse audiences across the Bay Area , United States, and abroad, and are known for their entertaining dance style and innovative choreography. Satisfied clients include Google +, Kaiser, Intuit, Mercury, Intuit, New Century Orchestra, St. Supery Winery, Robert Mondavi Winery, and Wildcare. In the local ballroom community, Todd and Suzie are known for their comedic dance performances, "The Successful Courtship of Henrietta Fowell (the ChickenTango), their Frankenrumba, and Elvis’ "All Shook Up" . With A Tall Order, audiences expect the unexpected, as Todd and Suzie sing, mix dance styles, or battle it out as Spiderman and the evil thug Tall Man.
Suzie has choreographed a number of modern, tango, and ballroom pieces for the stage including waltzes, foxtrot, mambo, salsa, swing, rumba, cha cha, and Argentine Tango. She was a principal dancer for the movie "Swing," starring Jaqueline Bisset and performed with salsa troupe Tribue Nueva, and has guest performed with a number of dance troupes around the Bay Area.
Suzie and Todd's stage, film, and TV credits include dancing with Grammy Award winning composer and conductor Victor Vanacore and the St. Louis Symphony in his "Swing, Swing, Swing" program, for which she and Tall Todd choreographed and performed ten original pieces and received a standing ovation. They were principal dancers in the PBS swing documentary, "Big Band Magic" and featured dancers for pianist composer Faranak's music video "Spanish Lover." Local stage performances include the Masquers Theater, the Marin Theater Company, Pier 39 Theater and San Francisco Conservatory of Music. They appeared on the New York round of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” Season 8.
The 6' and 6'8" dance duo, also known as A Tall Order, perfom regularly for diverse audiences across the Bay Area , United States, and abroad, and are known for their entertaining dance style and innovative choreography. Satisfied clients include Google +, Kaiser, Intuit, Mercury, Intuit, New Century Orchestra, St. Supery Winery, Robert Mondavi Winery, and Wildcare. In the local ballroom community, Todd and Suzie are known for their comedic dance performances, "The Successful Courtship of Henrietta Fowell (the ChickenTango), their Frankenrumba, and Elvis’ "All Shook Up" . With A Tall Order, audiences expect the unexpected, as Todd and Suzie sing, mix dance styles, or battle it out as Spiderman and the evil thug Tall Man.
Suzie has choreographed a number of modern, tango, and ballroom pieces for the stage including waltzes, foxtrot, mambo, salsa, swing, rumba, cha cha, and Argentine Tango. She was a principal dancer for the movie "Swing," starring Jaqueline Bisset and performed with salsa troupe Tribue Nueva, and has guest performed with a number of dance troupes around the Bay Area.
