Eddie Bonnell, Artistic Director

For Eddie Bonnell, a love of and talent for ballroom dancing came as something of a surprise. After a lifetime of pursuing other interests in music and martial arts, he started dancing with a beginning ballroom class at UGA. He was hooked. And, because of his ability to learn intricate movements and musical patterns quickly, he was almost imme-diately recruited to the University of Georgia Ballroom Performance Group. He danced with BPG as a student for three years, performing, teaching and choreographing nu-merous performance pieces.

During his membership, he served as Treasurer and President and performed at the famed Cloister Hotel on Sea Island. After graduating from UGA in 2004 with a Bachelor of Business Administration, Eddie continued working with BPG through guest performances and choreography rehearsals. He also continued teaching ballroom through the UGA Center for Continuing Education, the UGA Department of Recreational Sports, and the UGA Ballroom Dance Club. Currently, in his non-dancing time, he is the Operations Manager for Europa Securities LLC in Atlanta, where he resides.

Eddie is pleased to accept the position of Director of BPG and looks forward to working with the student officers to create one of the most dynamic and well-trained groups to date.