Jackie

"You have to love dancing to stick to it. It gives you nothing back, no manuscripts to store away, no paintings to show on walls and maybe hang in museums, no poems to be printed and sold, nothing but that fleeting moment when you feel alive" - Merce Cunningham
Jackie

Miss Jackie started dancing at Gotta Dance when she was three years old and is ecstatic to be a dance educator to the studio that cultivated her love for dance! At Gotta Dance, Miss Jackie instructs all levels of Acrobatics and Modern, as well some of the youngest dancers! In 2022, Miss Jackie obtained her Masters in Dance Education (EDM) for PK-12 public and private schools from the Rutgers Graudate School of Education. She currently is the dance educator at a public high school located in Roselle,NJ. She also obtained her BFA in Dance from Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts, in 2017. During her time at Rutgers, she also studied at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, located in London England. Miss Jackie is also an Acrobatics Instructor, and is certified through Acrobatic Arts in Module 1 (2017) and Module 2 (2021). She additionally is a ceritifed 200-HR Vinyasa Yoga instructor through OM Factory NYC (2017). Over the course of her professional career, Miss Jackie has worked alongside dance artists such as the Candoco Dance Company, Twyla Tharp, Brian Brooks, Randy James and Meghan Frederick.

Discovered Dance When...
I took my first Gotta Dance class at the age of 3 years old, but I did not truly discover dance until I was 12 or 13, when I first had Miss Kimberly.
You'd Be Surprised to Know That ...
I am also a yoga teacher!
Wishes
I hope to inspire my students like my teachers at Gotta Dance inspired me
Best Advice
Be the energy you want to attract.