Instructors
Program Staff, Instructors, and Accompanists.
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Jason Schadt, MFA
Title/Position
Administrator, Youth Ballet and Community Dance School
Ballet Instructor
Jason Schadt has taught for the UI Youth Ballet and Community Dance School since 2006. In addition, he has previously served the UI Department of Dance as Adjunct Assistant Professor teaching Dance Kinesiology, Visiting Assistant Professor teaching Ballet Pedagogy, and Adjunct Assistant Professor teaching ballet.
![Mackenzee Albert headshot](/sites/youth.dance.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-08/Mackenzee%20Albert-21.jpg?h=c0c7dbfc&itok=5463gpRY)
![Emma Bach Headshot](/sites/youth.dance.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2024-01/Emma%20Bach%20headshot.jpg?h=1c2aaada&itok=qcllzYot)
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![Cassidy Banwart Headshot](/sites/youth.dance.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2024-01/Cassidy%20Banwart%20Headshot.jpg?h=18dac636&itok=na2AZ-V2)
Rowan Bergen, BA
Title/Position
Administrative Assistant
Children's Dance Instructor
Ballet Instructor
![Sean Thomas Boyt smiling headshot](/sites/youth.dance.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/Sean%20Thomas%20Boyt%20Headshot.jpg?h=528ecde3&itok=elj5VDat)
![Maddison Bulman Headshot](/sites/youth.dance.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2024-02/IMG_1235.jpeg?h=16edd090&itok=ufCT3iU_)
![Ellie Daley seated outdoors, smiling in a floral-print dress](/sites/youth.dance.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2022-09/DSC_7178.jpg?h=8336fadd&itok=3b-wYj-o)
![Erin Durian dance photo](/sites/youth.dance.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-08/Bio%20Photo.jpg?h=ec54125c&itok=MO5c4agg)
![Joan Gonwa stands smiling against a brick background of Halsey Hall](/sites/youth.dance.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/featured_images/26682511822-c78aee4f26-z__FitMaxWzI1OTIsMTQ1OF0.jpg?h=ad8a1a6f&itok=DFmsPvDL)
![Headshot of instructor, MaryClare Greer](/sites/youth.dance.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-01/IMG_7874.jpg?h=06eae20c&itok=8eGVBEDh)
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![Martha Hamilton smiling and holding wildflowers outdoors](/sites/youth.dance.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2022-09/IMG_E6134.jpeg?h=d3be85bd&itok=zyUiECqd)
![Grace Johnson dancing in the studio](/sites/youth.dance.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-08/26353167983_f6f45b7c8b_o~2.jpg?h=4b163266&itok=e6WexGNA)
![Molly Knecht Headshot](/sites/youth.dance.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2024-01/Molly%20Knecht%20headshot.jpg?h=8f391919&itok=XCYqEnva)
![Lauren Linder smiling headshot](/sites/youth.dance.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/Lauren%20Linder%20Headshot.jpeg?h=d18e10ad&itok=zcwbnJaR)
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Kristin Marrs, MFA, M.AmSAT
Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction, UI Department of Dance
![Headshot of instructor, Ashley McKim](/sites/youth.dance.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-01/4B00E474-0E25-4F3D-BA0A-437F4EF99C7D_1_201_a_0.jpeg?h=d661e7d9&itok=Gv1xNjQZ)
Ashley McKim
Title/Position
Children's Dance Instructor
Stretch and Flow Instructor
Ballet Instructor
![Kate Olson Headshot](/sites/youth.dance.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2024-01/Kate%20Olson%20Headshot.png?h=2859f5c3&itok=nLNUcvfZ)
![Marcus Pei headshot](/sites/youth.dance.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-08/file.png?h=525bb242&itok=BoMox2dL)
![Katelyn Perez Headshot](/sites/youth.dance.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2024-03/original-65888AA6-8779-4F54-ACE0-A3CB18941D1A_1.jpeg?h=72e0457b&itok=LiZVvV2B)
![Head shot of Juliet Remmers](/sites/youth.dance.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-01/Headshot%20copy.jpg?h=46f5f299&itok=CGljT8uX)
Juliet Remmers, MFA, RYT
Title/Position
Artistic Associate and Curriculum Coordinator
Ballet Instructor
Yoga Instructor
![Mikey Roux reaching into air](/sites/youth.dance.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2024-01/mikey%20roux%20headshot.jpg?h=86fae08c&itok=biZjyjuC)
![Mariana Tejeda headshot in greyscale](/sites/youth.dance.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/MarianaTejedaFH2.jpg?h=ab622562&itok=irX7awca)
Mariana Tejeda, MFA
Title/Position
Adult Ballet Assistant Instructor
Somatic Practice Instructor
Stage Manager
![Paige Waller smiling seated in front of a field of black-eyed Susans.](/sites/youth.dance.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2022-09/Screen%20Shot%202022-01-06%20at%203.04.03%20PM.png?h=8478f605&itok=4F8zL_jy)