Meet our Staff
Becky Jacobs
Becky Jacobs is one of the owners of Metro Dance Center and has been with the studio since 1984. She has worn many hats at the studio as a dancer, assistant, teacher, artistic director, and now owner.
Danielle Twohy
Danielle is one of the owners of Metro Dance Center. She trained at Metro Dance Center and has been on staff at the studio since 1997. She is a graduate […]
Cara Anderson
Cara has been a dance instructor for over 20 years. She started dancing as a young girl, winning both regionally and nationally. She has trained in Los Angeles and New […]
Caitlin Anderson
Caitlin grew up dancing at Metro Dance Center for 9 years and is honored to continue teaching here today! She was a member of Kaleena Miller Dance’s pre-professional tap company, […]
Kelsey Beedle
Kelsey’s love for dance started with tiny tots classes at the age of 2, and then grew up dancing at competitive studios here in the Twin Cities. She attended Saint […]
Taylor Brang
Taylor danced at Metro Dance Center for 12 years on top competitive teams and has been assisting and teaching since 2020. During her years at Metro, she was part of […]
Luann Burger
Luann has loved to dance since she started dancing at the age of 7. After graduating, Luann spent a few years teaching students dance at her home. The hard work […]
Drew Geck
Drew is a professional dancer, choreographer and teacher specializing in tap dance. Growing up in the twin cities, Drew danced at Metro Dance Center and trained in a variety of […]
Julie Holscher
Julie is a twin cities based teacher, choreographer and dancer. She started dancing at Metro Dance Center at the age of 5. Julie has danced with several groups/events including: University […]
Abby King
Abby King is a diversified performing artist, choreographer, and dance instructor based in the Twin Cities. She grew up dancing competitively while training in a variety of different styles at […]
Grace Korpi
Grace danced at Metro Dance Center for 9 years on top competitive teams before graduating high school in 2020. During her time dancing at the studio, she has taken classes […]
Zoey Malmstedt
Zoey Malmstedt is a choreographer and dance instructor who is well-versed in many styles of dance including tap, lyrical, ballet, jazz, and hip hop. She grew up in competitive dance […]
Emma Parker
Emma grew up at Metro Dance Center and is now a dancer and instructor based in the Twin Cities. As well as dancing competitively, she studied under Kaleena Miller for […]
Ted Sothern
Ted danced ballet professionally for 28 years. He started with MN Dance Theater and then went on to be a member if Washington Ballet, Charlotte Ballet, American Repertory Ballet, amongst […]
Tina Wallum
Tina Anderson Wallum has had an extensive career both performing and teaching for over 40 years. She has performed with Minnesota Dance Theater, Ballet Arts, Ballet Minnesota, Ballet of the […]
Danica Whitney
Danica has been with Metro Dance Center since she was 3 years old, dancing in both recreational classes and on competitive lines. She has been teaching both recreational and competition […]
Ellie Wood
Ellie was a competition dancer on Metro Dance Centers’ top competition lines for 12 years. She has taken classes at world renowned studios in Los Angeles and New York. She […]
