Shannon McClure

Alicia teaches lyrical classes at the Chandler studio.  She has been teaching at Jeanne's since 2006.

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Amy Grover
Director,
Chandler Powerforce Dance Company

Teaches: 
Company Tap

Amy is the Director of the Powerforce Dance Company at Jeanne's Chandler Studio.

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Jessica Blandin

Teaches: 
Tumbling and Tumbletyme

Jessica has been teaching at Jeanne's since 2004.

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Jory Nance

Jory teaches combo classes at the Chandler studio.  She has been teaching at Jeanne's since 2007.

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Kaley Farnsworth

Kaley has been taking dance at Jeanne's School of Dance since she was 2 years old. She was a member of the Power Force Dance Company, as well as the Spiritline captain during school. At the age of 15, Kaley began teaching tumbling and hip hop. She continued teaching dance at Jeanne's through high school. After graduating from high school, Kaley went on to Brigham Young University where she studied Elementary Education. During the summers, Kaley would come home to do what she loves most, teaching dance! During college, Kaley was a member of the Advance Tap Company where she performed at Homecoming Spectacular, World of Dance, and Christmas Around the World. She has since graduated from college, been married for over a year, started teaching 5th grade, as well as classes at two of Jeanne's dance studios. Kaley loves all her students and wishes them the best of luck.

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Kisha Campbell

Teaches: 
Hip Hop

Kisha was born and raised in Mesa. Her first class at the age of three was a combo class taught by Jeanne Wright. At the age of five she began dancing at Stars Dance Studio and had the opportunity to perform in Australia at the World's Expo. She has performed at many Sun's half-time shows, the East/West Shrine Bowl, and marched in Washington D.C.'s Independence Day Parade. In high school she received the award of Senior Division Champion for her solo and speech. Kisha was on the varsity Spiritline and performed in the Dance Company at Mesa High. Her teaching career began when she was in high school. She attended Rick's College in Idaho where she was a member of the Viking Line. Kisha owes much thanks to the Stars and her mother, who was here teacher and mentor. After college, she came home to be assistant director of Stars Dance Team until it's close in 2002. Kisha has been teaching company jazz, jazz and lyrical at Jeanne's for five years. Kisha loves the girls and what they bring into her life. She says, "There are so many talented dancers here and I am thankful to be part of the team." Kisha and her husband have a son.

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Megan Elliot

Teaches: 
Hip Hop, Jazz, Tap and Clogging

Megan has been teaching dance at Jeanne's since 2004. She trained at Jeanne's for 11 years and danced at Hamilton High School in Chandler, Arizona. She won a First Place Grand Champion Trophy in Las Vegas, Nevada for clogging.

She is currently teaching jazz, hip hop, tap and clogging classes at the Chandler studio.

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Miguel Garcia

Miguel teaches ballet classes at the Chandler studio.  Miguel began his training at the Ballet Academy of Rego Park, New York. A scholarship to study at the School of the American Ballet Theatre, resulted in membership with the junior touring Company of American Ballet Theatre. He then joined the National Ballet of Canada as a corps de ballet member and was later promoted to the rank of soloist dancer. During his tenure with the National Ballet he worked with Rudolph Nureyev, and then performing with "Nureyev and Friends" in Paris, France, and in the presence of Princess Margaret in London, England and was featured on the cover of Dance Magazine in July 1985. Mr. Garcia has danced with Ballet West in Salt Lake City, Utah. Performing at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. In 1991 he joined Ballet Arizona as a soloist dancer and was moved to the ranks of principal dancer the following season. Mr. Garcia has also performed with the Milwaukee Ballet and the Colorado Ballet.

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Miranda Felice

Teaches: 
Hip Hop

Miranda began taking dance lessons at Jeanne Wright’s when she was three years old. She was a member of the Powerforce Dance Company and enjoyed performing at Disneyland, the Arizona State Fair, Jeanne's Recitals and various dance competitions. She danced with Danceworkes (Gilbert High School's dance company) during her sophomore, junior and senior years of high school. In addition, she has been a part of Ballet Etudes, which has provided her with many performing opportunities, since she was 10. Some of her roles with Ballet Etudes have included have been Chinese, Court Fairy, and Dew Drop Fairy in the Nutcracker.  She was a Mermaid and a Pirate in Peter Pan, choreographed by Justin Moore; and Fairy Godmother and a Step-Sister in Cinderella.  Miranda has also danced annually with the Metropolitan Youth Symphony (MYS) at the Mesa Amphitheater. Some of her favorite pieces with MYS include Can-Can, The Toy Shoppe, and Blue Tango.

In addition to her study at Jeanne Wright’s Dance Academy, Miranda has studied during the summer at American Ballet Theatre and Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet. She was most inspired by her time at LINES Ballet in San Francisco where she was thrilled to study with Alonzo King, Maurya Kerr and Yannis Adoniou.

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Molly Ahler

Teaches: 
Ballet

Molly teaches ballet classes at the Chandler studio.  She has been teaching at Jeanne's since 2006.

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Nadja Langenhorst

Natalie Willis

Natalie teaches ballet classes at the Chandler studio.  She has been teaching at Jeanne's since 2005.

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Jack McNeil 

Jack teaches hip hop classes at the Chandler.  

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Tabitha Despain

Tabitha teaches Company Jazz and Company Lyrical classes at the Chandler studio.  She has been teaching at Jeanne's since 2006.

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Whitney Deering Vance

Teaches: 
Combo

Whitney has been performing in singing and dancing for as long as she can remember. Her dancing career began at the age of 3 and, of course, at Jeanne's. Whitney soon after found her love for music and singing. She began taking vocal lessons and was in musical performance groups. She has been singing for 15 years and loves every minute of it. Whitney has performed in several musical productions such as Newsies, Pirates of Penzance, and had the leading role in Bye Bye Birdie. Whitney also assists in musical theater classes called "That's Entertainment." She loves nothing more than spreading the joy of music and dance to children of all ages. She loves the children she teaches and appreciates the happiness they bring into her life.   

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