Miss Jodi's Dance

I have been dancing since the age of 4 and have participated in many dance performances and dance shows in the area. I started assistant teaching under my dance teacher Athalie Clark. I was 17 years old when Athalie retired, she gave me 7 of her students and I have been teaching ever since. I started Miss Jodi's Dance to teach kids that dance is fun! I teach all kinds of dance tap, ballet, jazz, hip hop & I am a certified Zumba instructor. I love teaching dance and love to see the kids really having fun with dance!

I have been dancing with Miss Jodi since the age of 3, along with my 2 sisters! I started as Miss Jodi's assistant before I left for college. When I came back home I resumed teaching. I teach various classes here at Miss Jodi's Dance and I am a certified Zumba instructor. I love kids and have been helping Miss Jodi with dance recitals and parades since my junior year in high school.

I have been teaching ballroom in the Grand Rapids and Holland area for over four years. I work full time for Herman Miller, Inc. and enjoy spending my free time sharing my passion for dance. I enjoy teaching lessons in West Coast Swing, East Coast Swing, Detroit Hustle, ChaCha, Salsa, Rumba, Night Club 2 Step, Waltz, Foxtrot. Levels at begineer to intermediate. I also book wedding couples and wedding parties.

I have been belly dancing for about 8 years and I have been teaching at Miss Jodi's Dance for the last 5 years. I have preformed for parties, weddings,dance recitals & teaching dances for parties like ladies night out! I have recenty been studying special belly dancing classes in Chicago & Detroit.

I began teaching dance when I was just 14 years old at a studio in Kalamazoo, Michigan. My emphasis was on ballet pointe and lyrical and I played the role of Clara in The Nutcracker twice for my studio. As the path many dancers follow as they grow older, I have fallen in love with Pilates and a barre workout that is intense and challenging yet simple to follow for people of all levels of fitness. Soon I will be fully certified in mat as well as equipment Pilates using the classic reformer.

My dancing background consists of tap, jazz, modern, liturgical/ lyrical, ballet, hip-hop, celtic and belly dancing. I started dancing when I was 5 years old at Miss Jodi’s Studio. When I was in middle school, I was involved in liturgical/ lyrical dancing at my church. M friend and I headed the group throughout their middle and partway through our high school careers. I was then introduced to celtic dancing while I was in high school. I danced celtic for 4 years before leaving for college. After college, I got back into Miss Jodi’s Dance and have participated in many of her classes.