Kathleen grew up in Tucson, Arizona where she studied ballet, pointe, and jazz at Ballet Arts. She attended Northern Arizona University and briefly danced with a local modern group during her senior year. After graduation in 2006, she came to Petersburg on a whim but ended up meeting her future husband and finding her passion for teaching dance. She now has two children, Colette and Evan, and works at Petersburg-Wrangell Insurance in addition to teaching ballet and pointe with the Mitkof Dance Troupe.
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Kaili is a small-town Indiana girl who has always had a love for dance. She received her undergraduate degree in dance/movement therapy from Indiana University where she also danced with the African American dance company and Windfall modern dance company. Kaili finished her Master’s degree in dance/movement therapy from Columbia College Chicago in 2005. After moving to Petersburg in 2007 she found herself longing to dance and began teaching dance in 2008 where she continues to teach creative movement, jazz, ballet, modern, and Zumba to all ages. Kaili is married to a local Petersburg fisherman, Adam, and they have two young boys, Parker and Elliott, a baby girl Wren.
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Caroline is a jazz and ballet instructor at MDT. She has been teaching since 2013 to students ranging from pre-school through high school. Caroline’s love of dance started right here in Petersburg, as a young girl with the Steppin Out Dance Studio. She trained, traveled, and competed with the troupe for ten years gaining experience in several dance styles including pointe, lyrical, hip-hop, and tap. Caroline enjoyed exploring other creative outlets when she became a licensed cosmetologist, but eventually found her way back to her hometown to raise a family and fulfill a passion of working and growing with the youth of her community.
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Kelsey is a Jazz and Hip Hop instructor. She has been teaching at MDT since 2018. Kelsey was raised in Eugene, Oregon. She has danced since she was a little girl. After high school, she danced for Southern Oregon University. Kelsey has been on two hip hop companies one in Eugene, Oregon and one in Ashland, Oregon. Kelsey Moved to Petersburg in 2015 to be closer to her fiance. They have a daughter named Hayden. Kelsey is the Public Relations Coordination at Petersburg Medical Center in addition to teaching Jazz and Hip Hop with the Mitkof Dance Troupe.
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