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Christie

 Christie Cutter grew up in Eagn, MN and started dancing at age 4. She competed for three different studios over the span of eleven years, was captain of her high school dance team, and competed in the Miss Dance Team Minnesota competition two years in a row.  She is now a third year dancer and captain of Iowa State University's Dance Team.  As a part of ISU's dance team, she performs sidelines at football and basketball games and competes at state and national competitions. She has taught at a number of youth Just For Kix dance camps and youth dance clinics in Minnesota. She has taken choreography dance classes at Tremaine Dance in Las Vegas, UDA dance camp in Chicago and at the Broadway Dance Center in New York City. This is her second year teaching at Beth Clarke Studio of Dance.
Abby Abbey Emmons grew up in Norwalk, Iowa, twirling and dancing competitively since the age of eight with the Norwalk Superstars and other Des Moines area dance studios. She competed in different events around the midwest in various categories such as solo, strut, group, tap, jazz, and hip hop. Abbey has been a Bill Riley Talent Search finalist in both show twirl routines and tap numbers. She held the title of Miss Majorette of Iowa several times, and competed at the national level, where she placed second in flag baton. For all four years of high school, she was the featured twirler for the Norwalk Marching Band and a member of the Norwalk Dance Team. in 2007-08, she joined the Iowa State University Dance Team and continued to teach baton in Marshalltown. During the summer, Abbey traveled around the midwest, teaching high school dance camps with the National Dance Alliance. Recently, she competed at the World Championship Competition with the Iowa C.A.T.S. All-Star International Open Dance Team, placing eleventh in the pom division. Abbey is currently a student at I.S.U. pursuing a degree in Advertising. This is her second year of teaching at Beth Clarke Studio of Dance.
Peach

Nicole "Peach" Seid discovered her passion for dance at age two in a studio in Des Moines, Iowa. She began competitively dancing at age six and continued dancing and assisting until her senior year of high school.   During her years at the studio, she won many awards at the national level and competed at numerous competitions around the U.S. Peach was also involved with her high school dance team where she choreographed many routines and participated as a captain.

After high school, Peach became a member of the Iowa State University Dance Team. While on the team, Peach traveled to many different places around the nation, representing the University, dancing at sporting events, and competing with her team. She finished her four years on the dance team as the team captain from 2009-2010. Peach graduated from I.S.U. with a degree in Psychology.

Peach has been teaching at Beth Clarke Studio of Dance since the fall of 2006.
Jenna Jenna Berg grew up in Ames, Iowa and started dancing and tumbling at the age of 7. She was involved in many areas of dance such as ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, pointe, gymnastics, lyrical, and character. Jenna was also involved in many competitions through the Robert Thomas Dancenter and the Devine Dancers Studio in Des Moines. These past two years she also danced for the Beth Clarke Studio of Dance and graduated from Ames High School. During her 4 years there, Jenna was also a member of the Drill Team and competed at State Competitions in jazz, lyrical, and kick. Jenna is now a freshman at Iowa State University and is on the Dance Team where she will dance at the football and basketball games. This will be her first year teaching at Beth Clarke Studio of Dance.
Nikki

Nicole Soderquist grew up in Stillwater, MN and has been dancing since the age of three. She started dancing at Larkin Dance Studio in Maplewood, MN in second grade and began competing at the age of twelve. During her years at Larkin she had the opportunity to travel around the nation competing and placing in numerous national competitions. She was also named Captain of her dance squad at Larkin her senior year.

After high school, Nicole continued dancing and became a member of the Iowa State University Dance Team. As a member of the Dance Team she performed at many sporting events, and competed at the state and national level. She was also awarded All-American from NDA during the 2009-2010 school years. Nicole is still a student at Iowa State finishing up her final year and will be graduating in May with Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture and a General Business minor.

This is Nicole’s first year teaching at Beth Clarke Studio of dance.