Luann D'Agostino Manley

Owner / Instructor

Take The Lead Dance Studio

Luann has been dancing since childhood with 15 years of classical ballet, tap, and jazz and many years of community theater work.  She started her Ballroom career in 1989 as a student, competitor, and then instructor with the Arthur Murray Studio in Wilmington.  Leaving the Arthur Murray Studio (then Candlelight Dance Studio) in 2006, she opened the original Take The Lead in Wilmington (Pike Creek) in 2006, moving the Studio to it's current Hockessin location in 2009.  She sold TTL in 2014 only to return as the owner in 2024.  With 30 years of ballroom experience, Luann teaches primarily Social Ballroom and Latin Dances sharing her continued passion for dance with all of her students.