Our Team!

An alum of the Marjorie Jones Schools, received her BFA in Dance Performance and Dance Education from The Ohio State University in 1999.  She is a member of Dance Masters of America and currently serves as 1st Vice President and a board member for Ohio Dance Masters.  Stephanie has been teaching and choreographing in the Columbus area for the past 28 years.  She has received additional certification from the Nan Giordano Certification Program and Cheerleading of America.  

Received her BFA in Dance, with a focus on Choreography from The Ohio State University in 2000.  She has taught both in Miami, Florida and Columbus area for the past 22 years.  A member of Dance Masters of America, she currently serves as a board member for Ohio Dance Masters.  She is excited to begin her 20th year teaching for Marjorie Jones.

Trained at Balletmet and Columbus Dance Theater. She had many opportunities to perform classical roles throughout Ohio and the unique experience of performing with Opera Columbus in various operas. She studied at schools throughout North America including Interlochen Center for the Arts, Virginia Schools for the Arts, National Ballet of Canada and Pittsburgh Youth Ballet. She was invited to perform professionally with Canadian Pacific Ballet, but stayed in Columbus to dance professionally for two seasons with Columbus Dance Theater. Kylie expanded her studies in dance at The Ohio State University where she received her BFA in Dance with a focus on history and cultural studies. She is excited to begin her 12th year teaching at Marjorie Jones. 

Began her training at the age of 5 from Kathi's Dance and Gym Center in Youngstown, Ohio.  She later received her BFA in Dance Performance from Kent State University in 2017.  Upon graduation, Sarah moved to Columbus to pursue teaching and share her love of dance with her students; she is excited to begin her 5th year of teaching at Marjorie Jones. 

 Originally from Houston, Texas, Reagan Crandall is a dancer, performer, teacher, and choreographer. In May of 2022, she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from Sam Houston State University with a minor in Mass Communication. Prior to college, Reagan was a member of the METtoo Youth Company where she studied under Marlana Doyle and Genene Wallis-McGrath. She is a founding member of WhirlWind Dance Company, and is currently dancing for them in Columbus, Ohio.  She has had the opportunity to be a guest artist with Houston Contemporary and NobleMotion Dance. Reagan has been fortunate enough to work with choreographers such as Sidra Bell, Brandon Coleman, Gregory Dolbashian, Joshua Manculich, Lindsey Matheis, Andy Noble, Evelyn Toh, Shen Wei and many more!  

Comes to us from Toledo, Ohio where she grew up dancing at the age of 2 under the direction of Brenda Paulsen with Darly Jervis Dance Studio.  At age 5, she was part of the prestigious and award-winning High Voltage Dance Company; which performed in the community for charities and local events along with competing at a regional and national level.  Stephanie had the opportunity to train with Al Gilbert in her youth and can be seen in his graded tap technique videos.  Stephanie attended The Ohio State University and was a member of the OSU Dance Team from 2007-2011.  This will be her 16th year teaching and choreographing for Marjorie Jones and she is a current member of Ohio Dance Masters and Dance Masters of America.

 Grew up dancing at Vicki Jo Dance Studio in Miamisburg, OH, where she trained and competed in various styles of dance. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received her Bachelor in Journalism and Public Relations in 2018. Becca was on the BGSU dance team. Becca was on the BGSU dance team all four years of college, performing at football and basketball games, as well as competing at the Universal Dance Association (UDA) college nationals representing the University. Post-grad, she moved to Columbus and is currently working at PNC on the corporate marketing team. She is a certified dance competition judge for UDA and Stage One and is excited to share her passion and love of dance at Marjorie Jones.  Becca is joining us for her 2nd year of teaching.

 Emily grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and began dancing at Marjorie Jones when she was  9 years old.  She started competing at the age of 10 and continued through high school. She is attending The Ohio State University and majoring in Health Sciences. Emily is ready to start her 4th year teaching at Marjorie Jones and is excited to share her love for dance with the students. 

  Alli Hile grew up in Columbus, Ohio. She started dancing at Marjorie Jones when she was 3 years old and started competing when she was 8. She danced all the way till she graduated high school and even some in college, at the University of Dayton! Alli was a member of the University of Dayton Dance Ensemble for a semester and a member of Life Itself Dance during her junior and senior years! She studied Early Childhood Education at UD and she is now teaching first grade! Alli is excited to begin her first year teaching at Marjorie Jones!  

 Grew up dancing at Marjorie Jones Schools since the age of 3 and started competing at age 9.  She graduated in the Spring of 2019 with her degree in Criminology/Criminal Justice from The Ohio State University. While at OSU, Emily was part of a dance team for which she choreographed, performed, and competed. She then went on to earn her Masters in Social Work from OSU in 2022 and is now a licensed social worker. She currently works as a mental health therapist in Columbus City Schools for Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Emily is excited to begin her 7th year teaching at Marjorie Jones and 6th year choreographing for MJCT. 

 Having a love for dance ever since she was little, Gabi trained as a competitive dancer at Elite Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. She is currently attending Ohio State as a psychology major and is super excited to teach and share her passion for dance with the students at Marjorie Jones. She has worked with dancers by demonstrating and teaching over the last 6 years.  Gabi is joining us for her 2nd year at Marjorie Jones.

Born in Windber, PA – Josh started his dance training at the age of fourteen. He had the pleasure of performing with Thodos Dance Chicago, Chicago Repertory Ballet, Pursuit Productions, Jaxon Movement Arts, Jessica Miller Tomlinson, and The Pillow Project. Brought up in a small town, he is thankful for the numerous inspiring mentors and creative artists that guided his pursuits as a dancer, choreographer, and person. Josh’s choreographic work exists in conceptual frameworks, and his choreography has been toured internationally and presented nationally by emerging contemporary dance companies, ballet companies, and universities. Josh was nominated for a Princess Grace Choreography Fellowship by The Big Muddy Dance Company for which he eventually created “Lyra” through the support of the Princess Grace Foundation. Some of his choreographic adventures include a longstanding relationship and building of a  community with organizations like: Ballet Austin II, The Big Muddy Dance Company, Collage Dance Collective, DanceWorks Chicago, Eisenhower Dance, Houston Contemporary, and Santa Barbara Dance Theater. Most recently, Josh founded a new platform for contemporary dance, WhirlWind Dance. He is based out of Columbus, Ohio, and hopes to inspire movers of all ages to live and dream boldly.  (BA, Point Park University, MFA, The Ohio State University)