Rachel Speck
Owner and Artistic Director
Rachel Speck was born in Carlisle, PA where she started dancing ballet at 3 years old at one of the best ballet schools in the world, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. At the young age of 15, she moved to Miami all by herself to dance and train at Miami City Ballet. Rachel performed an abundance of classical works and Balanchine ballets throughout her schooling and professional career. Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet is one of the only ballet schools in the world with the rights to perform George Balanchine’s works. Rachel has had the opportunity to perform Balanchine’s Nutcracker every year from the time she was 5, and has danced almost every role from an Angel to the Sugar Plum Fairy and everything in between.
Other Balanchine works she’s performed include, Diamonds, Walpurgisnacht, La Valse, Raymonda Variations, Seranade, Who Cares, Allegro Brilliant, Concerto Barocco, A Midsummers Night’s Dream, Don Quixote, and Divertamento to name a few. She has also had the opportunity to perform many Marius Petipa works which include the Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Paquita, one of the 3 slave girls in Le Corsaire, Giselle, Coppelia, and more. Rachel was put on pointe at only 7 years old which normally isn’t recommended, but she was extremely strong and ready. A lot of these roles she performed at only 9 years old on pointe.
After Rachel retired from dancing professionally, her biggest fear was becoming out of shape and losing her ballerina strength and tone. She quickly got into the fitness word and became a certified personal trainer and continued her certifications with Pilates, group fitness, and nutrition. Rachel taught and trained at numerous gyms in Miami which include Crunch, Ironflower, Equinox, Sobe Fit Body, and Ultimate Sports Institute to name a few. In the midst of teaching at different studios, Rachel decided to start her own fitness company, Speck Fitness, in 2011. In the beginning, it was just a private personal training company, but over the years it’s evolved into so much more. From private training, to bootcamps, to classes, to ballet classes and private lessons, to dance conditioning, to a fitness brand with apparel, equipment, and three DVDs, to now having a permanent home in Weston inside Ultimate Sports Institute as a professional ballet school and fitness studio.
Rachel is also the creator of the world-famous workout, Tendu Toning. When she retired from dancing and got into the fitness world, she realized that strength training actually made her a stronger dancer. Her whole life though she was taught that weights and working out was bad for dancers, so this was something she needed to share with other dancers. She began creating a workout blending ballet moves with fitness moves to help dancers get stronger in the things they do every day, but without bulking the wrong muscles. She also noticed that all of the exercises helped her fitness clients achieve long, lean muscles like a dancer. She named the workout, Tendu Toning to show the fusion of ballet and fitness since tendu is one of the most basic ballet steps you can do. There are now three Tendu Toning DVDs/videos available, a certification program, equipment, apparel, and of course classes and private classes for adults and dancers of all ages. Rachel is the real deal when it comes to ballet and real ballet training.
Bradley Dunlap
Ballet Teacher
Bradley Dunlap grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and began training at Cleveland City Dance with Paul Wilson, Linda Adolphi and Sarah Savelli, and continued at Cleveland School of Dance with Gladisa Guadalupe. He attended summer programs with full scholarships at Blue Lakes Fine Arts Camp with Jefferson Baum, The Rock School, Pacific Northwest Ballet School and the School of American Ballet.
During his training, Dunlap toured Germany and France with the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp International Ballet Ensemble at age 14.
He was accepted to Miami City Ballet School with a full scholarship in 2004 and became a student apprentice in 2005, a company apprentice in 2006 and was promoted to the company in 2008.
In 2011, he was a dancer in PBS’s Great Performances “Dance in America: Miami City Ballet Dances Balanchine and Tharp.”
Dunlap has performed around the world including at the Koch Theater at Lincoln Center and New York City Center (NYC), Kennedy Center (DC), The Music Center (LA), and Théatre du Châtelet (Paris).
Dunlap served as Company Representative for 4 seasons, starting in 2017. He also served on the Re-Entry Task Force for MCB and Dance/USA during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dunlap choreographed “Everybody Step,” for MCB’s “To Miami, With Love,” in 2021 and “Rondo alla Turca,” in 2023.
Emily Bromberg
Ballet Instructor
Emily Bromberg grew up in Orlando, FL dancing at Rolann’s School of the Dance and Orlando Ballet. At 14 years old Emily boarded at Kirov Academy of Ballet (Universal Ballet) for their academic year and summer on scholarship.
She finished up her training at Boston Ballet School where she danced in Giselle, Sleeping Beauty and several years of The Nutcracker with Boston Ballet company as a member of the corps de ballet. After receiving her Bachelor’s in Psychology in Providence and dancing principal roles with Festival Ballet Providence (under the direction of Mihailo Djuric) and Colorado Ballet, she moved to Miami where she spent the past 11 years with Miami City Ballet as a Principal Soloist.
Emily just completed a season in Europe dancing principal roles with the Slovak National Theatre and is now dancing with Dimensions Dance Theater of Miami. While away in Europe, she served as ballet mistress for Ballet de Barcelona in Spain and has taught at Europa Ballett (Austria), Joffrey Ballet School, Unblanche Ballet (Japan), Next Generation Ballet, Tuscaloosa Community Dancers, Rolann’s School of Dance, Miami City Ballet, Southern New Hampshire Ballet School, Miami Dance Collective.
Renato Penteado
Ballet Teacher
Renato Penteado was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he began his dance training at the age of 7.
In 1998, he competed in the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi, where he was invited by Miami City Ballet Founder and then Artistic Director Edward Villella to join the company, where he was promoted Principal in 2004.
Throughout his career, Mr. Penteado has danced nationally and internationally in numerous classical, neoclassical, contemporary and modern works by world renowned choreographers, such as George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp, Alexei Ratmansky, Paul Taylor, Christopher Wheeldon, John Cranko, Justin Peck, Edward Villella, Liam Scarlett, Sir Frederick Ashton and many others.
In 2016, Mr. Penteado was nominated and voted the winner of Dance Magazine’s Readers Choice Awards for Best Male Performance.
In addition to his performing career, Mr. Penteado has taught extensively as a faculty member of Summer Dance Programs throughout the United States and was until recently part of the faculty of Central Pennsylvania Ballet under the direction of Darla Hoover.
Victoria Landrón
Jazz and Contemporary Teacher
Victoria Landrón began her dance training at Dance Arts by Maria, Inc. in Naples, FL where she trained in the styles of jazz, contemporary, ballet, modern and hip hop. During her time at Dance Arts by Maria, Inc., she competed at various regional competitions like Starquest, Bravo!, Applause Talent and Shake the Ground. In 2016, Victoria then attended Florida State University where she became a member of Seminole Dance Force, a student-run competitive dance team. In her 4 years on the team, she served as co-captain for 2 consecutive years and was a part of their nationally ranking teams that placed in the top 10 and top 5 in D1A Jazz and Hip Hop at NDA College Nationals in Daytona Beach, FL. She also helped choreograph various team routines that were performed at campus wide events at the university.
Since graduation in 2020, Victoria has taught at various studios and choreographed a variety of group routines and solos. Her routines have won multiple choreography awards throughout the years. In 2022, Victoria moved to Miami, FL where she was a Miami Dolphins Cheerleader for 2 seasons performing for thousands of fans at Hard Rock Stadium and dancing with artists like Rick Ross, Uncle Luke and JHAYCO. After finishing her 2nd NFL season in 2024, Victoria wanted to continue pursuing her passion for teaching and choreographing. She now trains aspiring Pro dancers as a Prepmaster for Pro Dance Prep, and continues to grow her skills as a choreographer and teacher to young dancers.
Beth Nunez
Tendu Toning Instructor
Beth’s background in dance and cheer led her to enjoy group fitness classes. Twenty-two years ago, her instructors encouraged Beth to become an instructor and the rest is history. She finds it very rewarding to help others overcome injuries and reach their goals while enjoying fun yet intensive workout programs.
Certifications and workshops:
AFAA Primary Fitness Instructor
AFAA Personal Trainer
AFAA Kickboxing
YMCA Aquatic Fitness
YMCA Aquatic Safety Assistant
Indoor Cycling
Mat Science I & II
Group Resistance Training
Practical Yoga Instructor Training
FuzeCraze
Tendu Toning
TRX Group Fitness Training
Silver Sneakers
Instructor Training Performance Pilates
Fitlife Reebok Core Pilates
“If you expend your energy, it comes back to you in abundance.”
“No one was ever upset that they went to the gym.”
“Work hard, play hard.”
Isabelle Vasquez
Tendu Toning Instructor
Isabelle Vasquez has been dancing since she was 3 1/2. She did ballet for 12 years and contemporary for five. In 2023 she became certified in Tendu Toning and has been teaching both our Youth and Adult Tendu Toning classes. She has also been our Level 1 instructor since 2024, and continues to succeed at following our syllabus and making it fun for the kids at the same time!
