faculty

Morgan Bowe is a first-year instructor at The Beat and a senior at Perrysburg High School. She started dancing at the age of 3 and has been training ever since. Morgan is proficient in ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, hip hop musical theatre and pom. She is a 4-year member of the Perrysburg High School Dance Team where she has served as captain the past two years. She has helped lead her team through regional and state competitions each year as well as community performances. Morgan is also a 2-year dance captain for the Perrysburg High School Show Choir. Morgan loves performing and enjoys teaching all ages and experience levels. She hopes to help others find their love for dance just as she did.

Kennedy Clement was a part of The Beat’s first season! Since then she has been a college dance team member, professional dancer, choreographer, and coach across Toledo, Detroit, and Chicago. After training in all styes of dance at The Beat Dance Company and competing across the region and at the national level, she joined the University of Toledo dance team while being a UDA instructor. After two years, Kennedy transitioned to professional dance, joining the Detroit Pistons’ NBA dance team. Over three seasons, she performed at high-profile events and games, choreographed for the team, and ultimately served as team captain in her final year. Her time with the Pistons provided her with invaluable experience performing on a national stage and collaborating with top industry professionals. In addition to her work with the Pistons, Kennedy spent time in Chicago coaching and mentoring aspiring professional dancers, particularly those aiming to join NBA and NFL teams. Now back in Toledo, Kennedy teaches master classes and choreographs for studios in the area. She uses her professional experience to help students refine their skills, push their boundaries, and build their confidence as dancers. Her goal is to push dancers to be the best they can be, while making sure they have fun in the process!

Callie Friar, from Perrysburg, OH, was a dancer at The Beat Dance Company for 12 years, and for 10 of those years, she danced competitively. During those years, Callie was trained in ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, lyrical, and hip hop, but she especially excelled in tap. Along with numerous group dances, she competed with a tap solo for 7 years, and won many overall placements which include 5 first overall finishes and a 3rd place overall finish at nationals. Through classes at The Beat, Callie discovered her undeniable love for tap dancing. Outside of The Beat, Callie danced as a part of the performance crew at Motor City Tap Fest twice, and continues to take a full week of classes there each year. Callie has also been in two Tap 24.7 productions under the direction of Suzy Guarino-Hall. In 2020, Callie became a member of the Detroit Tap Repertory (DTR) where she studied tap dance and worked closely with “So You Think You Can Dance” contestant Kelsey Rose Young. Since then, she has performed at Pistons, Red Wings, and Tigers games, and performed in multiple Motor City Tap Fest shows and Tap Dance Detroit shows with DTR. Over the years, Callie has also received the opportunity to work closely with the late Greg Russel, Maud Arnold, Shelby Kaufman, Karen Callaway Williams, and Charles Renato. Now, Callie is a member of the RhythmiCLE Sound Tap Company under the direction of Torie Gray where she learns from many renowned tap dancers such as Sterling Harris of the tap company Jacob’s Pillow and the Chicago Tap Theatre, Luke Hickey of Dorrance Dance, and Diane Walker who performed on Broadway and is the artistic director of TapDancin, Inc. and founder of The Diane Walker Foundation. Callie absolutely loves the stage and performing, and she hopes that through teaching dance she can instill the joy of performing in everyone who takes her classes.

Elise Hanson graduated from Bowling Green State University with a B.S. in Education with a Dance Major. While studying at BGSU, she was a two-year member of the University Performing Dancers Program, where she studied and performed modern, tap, ballet, jazz, Balinese, and Korean dance. She has an extensive background as a competitive dancer with the former Dance Reach Studio in Columbus, Ohio, having received numerous titles and overall placements as a soloist and group dancer. Elise has performed in the American College Dance Festival at Western Michigan University and also had the privilege of being selected to dance in the gala performance at the Ohio University conference. Elise has also performed with Tammy Metz Starr's Open Window Dance Company and has studied with world renowned instructors such as Buster Brown, Barbara Bufalino, Sarah Reich, Chloe Arnold, Gregg Russell, and many more. She currently teaches dance at The Beat, Viva Dance Company in Monroe, MI, and at the University of Findlay. She also serves as choreographer for the Perrysburg Junior High School Show Choir and their annual musical. Elise loves teaching all ages and levels and strives to make dance accessible, engaging, and fun for all of her students.

Jenna Hastings is a first-year instructor at The Beat and a senior at Bowling Green State University. She is graduating in May 2025 with a B.S. in Business Administration with specializations in Marketing and International Business. She has danced with The Beat competitively since she was very young and trained in ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, lyrical, and hip hop. In addition to numerous group dances, she competed in many solos, duets, and trios. Jenna danced at the collegiate level for three years as a member of the BGSU Dance Team attending UDA summer camps and UDA College Nationals in Orlando, FL. She also danced at women’s/men’s basketball, volleyball, and football games in styles including pom, jazz, and hip hop. Overall, Jenna is passionate about dance and enjoys giving back by teaching!

Jillian Marroquin is a second-year instructor at The Beat. She is attending BGSU for Special Education and is also pursuing a minor in dance. She plans to go straight to graduate school for Applied Behavior Analysis and work in schools as a behavior analyst. Jillian has been dancing since she was five years old at Defiance Dance Studio, where she trained in ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical, musical theater, and contemporary. She was a five-year ballet and pointe company member at DDS and a four-year dance team member. Her favorite activities included pointe productions, ballet intensives, and local shows. She also assisted instructors at the studio and eventually became a teacher at the age of 17. While in college, Jillian performs with the University Dance Alliance, a dance club through BG that hosts showcases in the fall and spring semesters. She also participates in BGSU’s “Winter Dance Concert” and “Footlights” showcases. Jillian loves her job at The Beat and cannot wait to see all of her dancers’ hard work pay off as they shine on stage!

Colleen Murphy holds a B.S. in Education with a dance major from BGSU, and a M.A. in Dance Education from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. As a dance major at BGSU, Colleen performed with the University Dance Alliance and University Performing Dancers, received the Dance Talent Scholarship, and participated in multiple American College Dance Festivals. As a graduate student in Hawaii, Colleen studied on a full tuition scholarship. She performed with the UH Dance Ensemble, Hawaii Opera Theatre, and Convergence Dance Theatre. She initiated the rhythm tap program for the University of Hawaii Outreach College. Colleen currently serves as a fulltime faculty member and Dance Program Coordinator at BGSU. Colleen has taught at Toledo School for the Arts, Owens Community College, and in multiple private dance studios across Ohio, Michigan, and Hawaii. She has served as a national dance competition adjudicator and master class instructor for Rainbow Connection, a Las Vegas-based company, and Shine of Toronto, Ontario. Colleen specializes in tap dance choreography, and has won numerous awards across the dance competition circuit including Teacher of the Year at the Kids Artistic Revue national competition.

Kate Myers is a Northwest Ohio based contemporary choreographer, teacher, pilates instructor, and personal trainer. Her love of dance and fitness began in Toledo, Ohio under the direction of Jessica Brutlag where she trained in ballet, jazz, contemporary, tap, hip-hop, and pilates. At a young age she started cross-training to help with joint mobility, flexibility, and overall strength and fell in love with pilates and resistance training. She continued her education in NYC by attending Marymount Manhattan College. In the spring of 2022, Myers graduated with a B.F.A. in Dance with concentrations in Choreography and Modern, and also completed her 500 hour Comprehensive Pilates Instructor certification through Club Pilates. In college she presented 7 works and received the single “Gold Key” in Choreography for her graduating class. One of those pieces was "Invest(in)g Nepho" which was also commissioned for "Art Bath" at the Blue Building in Manhattan in February of 2022, as well as the OhioDance Festival in April of 2023. Myers has worked closely with the artists Peter Chu, Alexandra Damiani, Riley Watts, Adam Barrach, Sonya Tayeh, Andrew Winghart, and many more. She has also trained with the companies of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Axis Connect, Entity Contemporary Dance and Chuthis. In the summer of 2023 she became a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and was inspired to do this while recovering from her ACL reconstructive surgery. Currently, Myers is teaching contemporary, modern, ballet, improv, and pilates/personal training to clients and dancers all over the country.

Isabella Nardone is a senior at Bowling Green High School. She has danced for 14 years at the Beat Dance Company and Ballet Theater Toledo. She is on the competition team and Convention Crew at the Beat. She performs in productions at BTT under the instruction of Nigel Burgoine, who trained with the Royal Ballet School and is the former Cincinnati Ballet Director. Isabella has trained in all styles, including contemporary, modern, jazz, pom, musical theater, tap, ballroom, hip-hop, and ballet. Contemporary, modern, and ballet are her favorites, and she has received multiple placements in the top 3 at various competitions/conventions in these styles. Isabella has trained with Mutual Modern Dance in Cincinnati and CLI Conservatory in MA under the instruction of Teddy Forance and performed in a music video shoot with Jason Williams while working with various other choreographers, including Lucy Vallely, D'Angelo Castro, Dana Wilson, and Molly Long. She is also a ProReveler assistant with the dance convention Revel, where she tours multiple cities, performing and assisting various choreographers in classes.When she's not at the Beat, she enjoys performing with the high school band and working at the Toledo Zoo. She can't wait to watch all of her students improve and see them sparkle on stage.

Reagan Schuerman graduated from Indiana University in 2023 with a B.A. in art history and a minor in dance. She has been dancing since she was two years old, studying tap, jazz, ballet, hip-hop, contemporary, modern, musical theatre, and African dance styles. Reagan danced at The Beat for 11 years, joining in the studio's first season in 2008. While at The Beat, Reagan was a member of the competition team, participating in competitions and conventions across Michigan and Ohio. Her awards include the Solo Scholarship and an MVP award, as well as invitations to participate in the New York Dance Experience and Hollywood Dance Experience. While in college, Reagan was a member of Hip Hop Conxion and The Movement Cooperative where she had the opportunity to take classes in a variety of styles as well as perform pieces of student choreography for the IU community. She has studied under several professionals such as Lexi Stillianos, Cassie Dzienny, Berry Stafford, Lauren Haughton Gillis, and Suave. Reagan is excited to be back home teaching at The Beat as she shares not only her extensive knowledge of dance and its history, but her joy and love of dance with the next generation of dancers!