Owner/Instructor & Accountant- Team Choreo & Technique
Jessie has been dancing for over 20 years and has been teaching for the past 17. She was a member of the Cyprus High School Dance Company, where she received the “Best Dancer Award”. Jessie also served as Vice President and President of their Drill Team, the Spinnakers, which were named Region Champs her senior year.
In 2002, Jessie performed in the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Closing Ceremonies under the direction of Grammy Award Winner choreographer Kenny Ortega, famous for "High School Musical". She has traveled to Hawaii, Las Vegas & New York to perform and train under the top choreographers in the business- Tyce Diorio, Dave Scott, Stacey Tookey, Wade Robson & Mia Michaels just to name a few.
Jessie is trained in Tap, Jazz, Contemporary, Lyrical & Hip Hop. She is all about keeping up on the newest styles of dance and always creating new ideas to keep her students interested. Jessie is very fun, spunky, organized, compassionate, dependable and loving. Students of all ages seem to relate and are drawn to her.
Jessie’s passion for dance and love for having a positive influence on young people lead her to open Just Dance Studio in 2006 along with Celeste Maughan. The studio is going into it's 10th year and Jessie couldn't be prouder of how quickly it is growing and thriving! Jessie’s goal is to not only build beautiful, skilled dancers, but individuals with a strong mind and sense of success in every aspect of life. Be the best you can be, not what anyone else thinks you should be! "Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance." ~Dave Barry
Owner/Instructor- Creative Movement & Team Choreo
Team Choreo & Skills
Moana has been teaching dance for over 15 years. She has been consistently training in all styles of dance since she was a toddler. She specializes in urban movement, jazz, and contemporary. She has choreographed for studios, schools, companies, music and concept videos, and festivals throughout the state of Utah. She is currently a member of the professional dance company Underground Crew and is a co-director of the all styles crew NuTribe. She loves to fuse different styles together and is known for her innovative choreography. Moana's goal as a teacher is to help her students grow as dancers and individuals. She believes that through the art of dance a person develops a strong sense of self and a good work ethic. She is very passionate about what she teaches and loves her Just Dance family!
Moana Aiono has been a part of the JDS family since 2013. She is a choreographer for the competition teams and also teaches the skills classes.
Moana has been teaching dance for over 15 years. She has been consistently training in all styles of dance since she was a toddler. She specializes in urban movement, jazz, and contemporary. She has choreographed for studios, schools, companies, music and concept videos, and festivals throughout the state of Utah. She is currently a member of the professional dance company Underground Crew and is a co-director of the all styles crew NuTribe. She loves to fuse different styles together and is known for her innovative choreography. Moana's goal as a teacher is to help her students grow as dancers and individuals. She believes that through the art of dance a person develops a strong sense of self and a good work ethic. She is very passionate about what she teaches and loves her Just Dance family!
Combo, Hop/Hop Jazz, Ballet, Jazz Technique, Team Choreo
Lacie started dancing at the age of four and teaching at the age of sixteen. She has been trained extensively in Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Hip-Hop, Tap, Modern & Pointe. Lacie danced competitively beginning at age 7, as a soloist & group dancer, opening up many opportunities for her. She spent a summer dancing in New York City in an off-Broadway show, under the direction of many familiar choreographers in the dance world (Ray Leeper, Nick Lazzarini, Mandy Moore, Tabitha and Napolean Dumo). She also competed in a VIP soloist competition while in NYC. Lacie spent 2 summers dancing with Ballet West Academy in their 5 week summer intensive program & participated in Ballet West Academy’s production of the Nutcracker. Lacie was a 3 year member of the Dance Company at West Jordan High School. She served as Concert Vice President her junior year & President her graduating year of 2008. She has choreographed many successful dances for professional company shows, dance concerts, competitions, & company tryouts, as well as, judged for competitions & different company tryouts. Lacie teaches technique & choreography at local studios around the Salt Lake Valley in many different styles, for all ages & all levels of dancing. As well as, for Jr. high & high school dance & drill teams. She is very passionate about dancing & teaching.
Aside from dance, Lacie is married to her high school sweetheart, Trevor, and they have two sons, Noah and Marshall. Lacie loves her days home with her babies and her nights teaching dance where she can live through her passion of family and dance every day. She loves being a part of the JDS family and loves watching her students learn and grow as individuals and dancers. Just Dance Studio welcomed Lacie the summer of 2014 where she started teaching the teams jazz technique and Ballet classes. She is now also teaching Team Choreography and Regular Classes in the Ballet/Jazz/Tap combo classes, Jazz/HipHop combo classes and Tumbling Tots.
Ballet, Jazz Technique, Team Choreo
Charity Wilcox-
Charly started her dance training at 3 years old. She took jazz, tap, hip hop, tumbling, and ballet at Calliope (formally Dance Image) and Janet Grey Studios. Around the age of 10, she wanted to focus on her technical training and started at The Ballet School, under the direction of Jan Clark-Fugit and Shelly Cordova. There, she developed strong technical training in ballet, jazz, tap, musical theater, African, and character.
When The Ballet School closed its doors, she moved on to train at Treehouse Athletic Club, under the direction of Bonnie Story. While still training at Treehouse, she continued to train from various studios- such as Center Stage, Ballet West Conservatory, Prodigy Dance Studio, Dance Illusions, and Pulse 31. She didn't want to be limited to one studio's training.In high school, she was on the Olympus High Drill Team and Dance Company. While on the dance company, she found talents in choreography. She was also a member of Sojourn Dance Company. She was a part of the youth cast for Odyssey Dance Theater's "Thriller" for 5 years.
After high school, she attended Dixie State College and was on a dance scholarship. She trained in standard and latin ballroom, modern, and dance composition. After college, she was on Transfusion Hype Dance Company, where she focused more on her contemporary and urban movement and trained in break dancing. Once her time on Transfusion Hype ended, she focused more on her personal life and continued her training as a hobby. She married her husband, Steve, in 2010 and gave birth to her son, Harlow, in 2012 (both of which happened on August 12th). She started teaching around 13 years old at various public schools and summer schools. She has taught ballet, pointe, jazz, and lyrical at studios such as Millenium Dance Complex, The Waterford School, Element Dance Center, Dance Crew, Salt Lake Dance Center, Thompson Lane, Prodigy Dance Studio, and Southern Stars Dance Studio (in St. George).
Now, she teaches at Just Dance Studio- ballet, jazz technique, pointe, and contemporary. Within the last few years, she has started training in more underground styles of dance- such as waacking, voguing, and house. She is still training and growing as an artist and is really taking the time to enjoy every moment spent on the dance floor. She is currently the Public Relations Coordinator and crew member on Underground Crew.
Hip Hop/Jazz, Cheer, Jazz Technique, Team Choreo
Break Dance
Rainee Sellick-
Tumbling
Rainee Sellick-
Tumbling