Ms. Shani Jackson

Miss Shani is originally from a small town in New Hampshire. She started her training at Kathy Blake’s Dance studio at the age of eight. Starting with Jazz she quickly grew to love dance and continued training in more styles such as Ballet, Modern, Lyrical, Musical Theatre and Hip-hop. At the young age of 13, she was chosen to join the studios dance company and was able to travel to New York and L.A. for different intensives. After graduating high school in 2009, Shani attended The University of Tampa majoring in Business Management and Minoring in Applied Dance. During college she was captain of the Spanish Dance Team and choreographed for the University’s Fall and Spring Dance Happenings. In the summer of 2011, she taught dance at Camp Vega for girls Maine. In 2012 she made her debut as a Tampa Bay Storm Cheerleader. After graduating college in 2013 she continued as a Storm Cheerleader for a second season. During this time she also continued to take classes and perform in various community shows. In 2015 Miss Shani started teaching at Dance Theatre of New Bern in North Carolina. During her time in NC, she also had the opportunity to work with New Bern Civic Theatres the choreography for Evita and Catch Me If You Can. In 2017 Miss Shani had the opportunity to work for a new studio Power House Dance where she worked with their recreational and competitive students. Besides her strong love for teaching and performing, Shani enjoys spending time with children Ava and Deckard.