Full Name Chauna Lynn Gildersleeve (Williams)
Nicknames QCDO calls me “Cha Cha”, my hubby calls me “Beeper”
I am… Determined, Compassionate, Adventurous, Versatile
Favorite Quotes “Thoughts become things, choose the good ones.” ~Mike Dooley & “You must BE the change you wish to see in the world.” ~Ghandi
Question What is your “real job”?
Answer I own Gildersleeve Creative (Jan.’03 – current), where I am a Creative Director—Designer, with my husband Mark. Together we design Themed Entertainment Environments, Theme Parks, Restaurants, Retail, etc. We are also awesome at Brand and Product Development, Graphics, Signs, Hand Sketching, 3D modeling, Brainstorming, etc. Please visit: www.gildersleevecreative.com for more info and our portfolio. Seriously, go see!
Question When & where were you born, and where do you live now?
Answer November 1, 1974 in Rochester, NY — Grew up in Kings Mountain & Shelby, NC — I now live in Mint Hill, NC.
Question Where did you go to school, & what did you study?
Answer UNC Greensboro (BS – Interior Architecture, w/ minor in Business Admin) — ‘94-’98, University of Oulu, Finland (Nordic Architecture) — ‘97, Cleveland Community College — ‘92-’94,Crest High School — ‘92
Question Who is someone that inspires you?
Answer A confident, yet humble, person inspires me.
Question What has been your most memorable QCDO experience?
Answer The big, scary audition process to become a QCDO instructor, then being selected, training, and finally being announced as an official instructor!
Question Who inspired you to become an instructor?
Answer Participants in the classes I took encouraged me to go for it.
Question What does being an instructor mean to you?
Answer Means I’m having FUN getting to meet some of the most amazing people ever… and I’m always challenging myself to be better today than I was yesterday, everyday.
Question What have you learned by being on the QCDO team?
Answer Confidence in myself, how to have fun… and how to make my body do things I never imagined I could do through dance.
Question What style of dance do you love the most?
Answer I’m drawn to Hip Hop/Reggaeton first, then African-inspired, then Belly Dance, Bollywood, and Bhangra.
Question If you could take dance lessons in any style, what style would you choose?
Answer Hip Hop, Ballroom, Belly Dance, Contemporary
Question What other types of exercise & activities do you enjoy besides dance-fitness?
Answer Biking, Turbo Kick, PiYo, Hiking/Exploring, Flower Gardening and Yard Work (yes, ‘yard work’).
Question What are your favorite dance moments from movies, TV, and/or stage?
Answer Anything from Dirty Dancing… Alex Wong and Twitch dancing the “Outta Your Mind” routine, or Mark and Courtney dancing “The Garden” routine, both from SYTYCD…
Question If you could go anywhere for vacation, where would you go?
Answer Europe, Scandinavia, all over the US (anywhere we can take our bikes and ride).
Question What is your all-time food weakness?
Answer Haha, there’s not just one… PB&J, pizza, mac-n-cheese, cookies, cake/cheesecake, milkshakes, Mexican, creamy pasta sauses, CHEESE, cereal, spin-arti-parm dip, crab dip, cheese dip … Gosh I could keep going… What I don’t like?… most veggies, meat that looks like the animal it was, oatmeal, meatloaf… GROSS!
… and so I dance!!!
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