Dancin J's Studio

Miss Jen

Miss Jen began dancing at the age of 8 at a local studio. By age 11, she was chosen to be part of the competition team. She attended many dance competitions in places such as Charleston, WV, Columbus, Myrtle Beach, and Orlando, winning many awards over the years. By the age of 16, Miss Jen began teaching. She has taught ages ranging from 20 months to 86 years. She has also choreographed for Greensburg Civic Theatre, Norwin Chorus, Norwin Middle School East Theatre Club, and Norwin High School Show Choir.

Miss Jen is a Norwin Show Choir and Chorus Alum. Yes, she can sing too! As a Norwin Show Choir member, she performed and/or competed in Canada, Cedar Point, the Harrisburg Capital Building, and at the Washington Monument. She also participated in County Chorus, District Chorus, & the Choir of Cultural Diversity during high school. Her musical credits include Anything Goes (Purity), Crazy for You (Louise), and Bye Bye Birdie (Kim). She was also a member of Steel City Angels dance troupe for a year.

Performing arts has always been her passion with dance being her 1st love. She has obtained Cecchetti 1 & 2 certification and has participated in many local dance conventions as well as Dance Teacher Workshops in New York City. She has taken classes from such well known choreographers as Bob Rizzo, Brian Freidman, Desmond Richardson,Ian Eastwood, and Pittsburgh native Jeff Shade, to name a few. Miss Jen has also judged for the Yough Dance Team auditions. In 2010 she was part of the Gotta Dance Hip Hop Team on board the Monarch of the Seas.

Miss Jen is also well-educated in group fitness, & in the summer of 2012, she became a certified LaBlast instructor by 3-time World Latin Ballroom Champ, Louis Van Amstel, & currently teaches this class at Anytime Fitness in Irwin. In April of 2015, she also became a Pound Pro, teaching the latest Rock-Out Workout at DJS. She is also a former Zumba instructor.

Miss Jen has recently completed all of her CLI Studio certifications in Preschool Dance, Injury Prevention, & Choreography Composition. She has also obtained advanced leap/jump teaching certifications through Dance Labs, as well as mUvmethod’s Stretch Solution Certification. Miss Jen is also a certified dance educator through Dance Educators of America.

Prior to opening her own studio in 2003, Miss Jen taught at another studio for 6 years. With much hard work and determination, at the age of 22, Miss Jen was able to achieve her ultimate goal and follow her dreams...

In August 2003, Dancin J's Studio was born!

Miss Mia

Miss Mia began her dancing career at the young age of 5. It was love at first step. When she was 8 she was chosen to be on a competition line. She has competed all over the country including; Las Vegas, Florida, New Jersey and Myrtle Beach. Miss Mia has won many awards while competing including a First Place Overall for her jazz solo. In 2007 Miss Mia was chosen to perform on a National Performance Team in Wildwood, NJ for their National Competition. Aside from the studio dancing Miss Mia was a member of her college dance team. She was on of the founding members and also Captain while on the La Roche Competition Team. While on the team Miss Mia and the team won many awards including State Championships for Jazz and Hip Hop. Miss Mia continues her passion for dance at Dancin J's and hopes to inspire and teach new dancers at Dancin J's for many years to come.

Miss Kylee

Miss Kylee began dancing at the age of 4. A few years later she became one of Miss Jen's students. During her years as a student, Miss Kylee trained in jazz, tap, ballet, pointe, hip hip, acro, and gymnastics. Under Miss Jen's instruction, she soon began competing. She attended competitions in the Pittsburgh area as well as in Charleston, WV.
Miss Kylee attended college at The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown where she was a member of the UPJ Dance Ensemble. 
Miss Kylee has attended the 2015 Pulse Workshop for teachers in New York City. She has taken classes in person and online through Broadway Dance Center in New York. She has been instructed by several well-known choreographers, including Deborah Wilson, Sheila Barker, Chris Judd, and Dave Scott, to name a few. She has also proudly obtained certifications from CLI Studios and Dance Labs.
Miss Kylee has choreographed multiple award winning routines, achieving awards such as top scoring duet/trio, top scoring group numbers, & several outstanding choreography awards. 
Miss Kylee loves dancing and is glad to be a member of Dancin' J's family!

Miss Sammi

Miss Sammi started dancing at the age of 5. Miss Jen held a ‘Dancer for a Day' class during her first season and Miss Sammi had her first “solo”! Since that day, Miss Sammi’s love of dance has grown everyday. She soon started competing in solos, duets, and group dances on the regional and national levels. She has won multiple judges awards and overalls. In 2008, Miss Sammi was picked to be part of Sophisticated Productions Dance Competition’s performance team at the Wildwood, NJ National Competition. There, she learned dances to perform before and after competition, and even got to perform on the boardwalk.

In addition to dancing, Miss Sammi was part of Norwin’s Colorguard. She got to travel and compete against groups from all over the country. With colorguard, her knowledge of movement and different styles of dance grew. During Miss Sammi’s junior year, Miss Jen asked her to be a student teacher, and she grew a new love of dance while student teaching. Watching the students fall in love with dance like she did at their age made her so happy. After Miss Sammi graduated high school, she was offered a teaching position and the rest is history!

Miss Sammi is very excited to teach another year. She can not wait to meet your kids and teach them all about dance!

Miss Mollie

Miss Mollie started dancing at the age of 1 and 1/2. She watched her older sister perform and that is when she started to love dance. In 2011, at the age of 7, Miss Mollie was asked to be on the competition team for jazz, where she performed “Hair Looks Fierce”. This dance won her the first of many awards. She went on to be on the competition team for 11 years, where she won many different awards for different dances. Miss Mollie was one of our student teachers helping a variety of teachers with classes, but now that she has graduated, she's ready to take the jump and have her own classes. #slaythestage

Miss Nicole

Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, Nicole Jones has a diverse dance background in ballet, jazz, modern, and Broadway styles. She first experienced dance with the Sacred Heart Junior Tamburitzans and transitioned into formal ballet training with companies including Pittsburgh Ballet Theater and American Ballet Theater. Nicole holds two Bachelor of Arts degrees in both Dance and in History from Point Park University.

Nicole instructs all ages in ballet, modern, jazz, and Broadway styles. She has taught for numerous dance schools and programs, including the Kelly Strayhorn Theater (PGH), Peridance Capezio Center (NYC), Mile Square Theatre (NYC) and American Dance Training Camps (US).

Professional dance credits include working with Vertigo Dance Company’s international program (Israel), August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble (PGH), DanceAction (NYC), Shana Simmons Dance (PGH) and performing the works of Noa Wertheim, Ohad Naharin, Martha Graham, Christopher Huggins, Gerald Arpino, Douglas Bentz, and Patrick Franz among others. Professional theater credits include SWING! (Norwegian Cruise Line – West Coast Feature), Legally Blonde the Musical (2019 Nat’l Tour – Chutney/Dance Captain), An American in Paris (2020, 2022 Nat’l Tours – Female Swing/Lise u/s/Dance Captain), Mamma Mia! (Apple Hill/Theatre Factory - Dance Ensemble), South Pacific (2022 Nat’l Tour – Ensign Janet/ on-stage swing/Dance Captain), Rock of Ages (Split Stage Productions – Ensemble).

Miss Sunni

Miss Sunni has been dancing for over 10 years at Dancin J’s Studio. She started at age 3 and has had a passion for it ever since. Sunni has finished multiple CLI certifications and plans on furthering her dance career at Seton Hill University.