Meet The Team
Classes at January's are led by a gifted group of professionals dedicated to working closely with students and to broadening their creative horizons. Our instructors bring a wide range of perspectives and talents to the studio, and are passionate about what they do.
January Wolfe
Artistic & Managing Director, Academy of Arts at January's, 1986-present
Director, Choreographer, and Writer, JADCO Contemporary Dance Company, 1991-present
Artistic Director, January's at Chase Park, 2003-present
Artistic and Founding Director, Mid-Atlantic Dance Initiative and Performance Lab, 2020-present
Kelly Reese
Managing Director, January's at Chase Park
Jazz, Modern, Tap, Ballet, Children's Programs
MADI Admin. Director
Robert Royce
Classical Ballet
Comtemporary Ballet
Choreographer
Kara M. Duncan
Children's Work
Broadway & Production
Tamara Buel
RAD RTS Dance
Kayleb "Kay" Jones
Hip Hop
Crew Competition Team
Shelby Nelson Burcham
Modern
Ballet
Competorary
Choreographer
JADCO Co-Director
Nash Dawson
Jazz
Modern Choreographer & Coach
Musical Theatre & Dance
JADCO Co-Director
Rachel Arcadipane
Children's Work / Youth Ballet
Jesse Tidquist
Ballet
Pointe
Sara Golden
Children's Work
Modern
Creative Movement
MaShawn Morton
Jazz
Broadway
Commerical Dance
Will Meadows
Jazz & Hip Hop Instructor
Guest Artists & Visiting Choreographers
Stacy Holliday Mitchem
Tap Program
Production Choreographer
Jamie Roumayah
Guest Artist
Danse Elan
Charlotte NC
Dorothea Hereford
Artistic Advisor, JADCO Contemporary Dance Company
Leah Copley Summers
Guest Artist
Central Kentucky Dance Conservatory