The Coaches

Coach Christina is from Rochester and is a JMDT alumni alongside Coach Aspen. She went to the University of Minnesota and now works at Mayo Clinic as a lab technologist. This will be her second year with the Rockettes, and she is so excited to see what the season will bring!

Coach Aspen is a Rochester native and John Marshall Rockette alumni. She danced for JMDT for 5 years and was captain for several of those years. After high school she was a part of the dance club at University of Minnesota, Duluth and coached the B-squad dance team at Century. Coach Aspen is also an instructor with the Rochester Just For Kix Dance Studio. This is her fourth season as head coach with us!

Coach Ellie is from Prior Lake, MN a Prior Lake Dance Team alumni and trained at Premiere Dance Academy for about 10 years. She danced with the UW-Eau Claire Dance team for a year and then ultimately graduated from MSU-Mankato. She is currently an 8th grade Social Studies teacher at John Adams Middle School and is looking forward to a great first season!