Faculty
Experienced teachers who know their dancers.
AFDA faculty bring dance degrees, professional careers and years of teaching into the studio.
Jennifer Jarnot
Owner and Artistic Director
34 years teaching
Angie Reddy
Office Manager
parent of two former AFDA dancers
Bailey Mutschler
PrePRO Director
AFDA Alumni
BFA, SUNY Purchase
Maya Butler
Ballet Director
BFA, Cornish College of the Arts
Brittany Coleman
Performance Company Director
AFDA Alumni
national dance team coach
Brooke Ricketts
Instructor
current NBA dancer
Mindy Ricketts
Acro
Beyond Belief Dance Company instructor
Courtney Dagayev
Strength and Conditioning
Pilates and Acrobatic Arts certified
Tatyana Yatsenko
Ballet
Moscow Academic Choreographic College graduate
Hannah Orff
Office and Instructor
dance minor, Louisiana State University
Koko Buckley
Assistant Director
teaching at AFDA since 2015
Jordan Trujillo
Open Class Teacher
AFDA Alumni
Scott Autry
Contemporary
Juilliard graduate
Natalia Magnicaballi
Resident Ballet
Teatro Colón graduate
Mr. Sasha
Resident Ballroom Instructor
Nathan Lopez
Jazz
official biography forthcoming