Teachers and Instructors

Jennifer Garrow (Miss Jen)

    Owner and dance instructor of Miss Jackie's Studio of Dance has been dancing all her life. She is the daughter of Jacqueline McMahon, Miss Jackie, and began her dance career at the age of 2 1/2. She has a Bachelors Degree in Theatre Arts with a concentration in Dance from Castleton State College, and while obtaining her degree she was a student instructor at the college. Ms. Garrow attended Burklyn Ballet Theatre, Svetlova Dance Center, Dance Olympus and Dance Caravan in NYC and Boston, The Dance Teacher Summer Conference, Rhee Golds Dancelife Summer Conference and has studied extensively at Broadway Dance Center. She is certified to teach Aerobic Dance from Fitness for Life and Phusia a new dance movement for women that combines all styles of dance.

    Her teaching credits include: Miss Jackie's Studio of Dance, The Rutland Recreation Center as a dance, mom and baby exercise and an aerobic fitness instructor, Rutland High School, Castleton State College, and The College of Saint Joseph. She has volunteered as a career speaker at local elementary schools and has volunteered her time teaching dance for gym at Rutland Town School. 

    As a child she performed in many recitals and during her teen years, she was a majorette in the Rutland Junior and Senior High School Band. She has performed with Burklyn Ballet Theatre, Castleton State College in The Magic Doll, a ballet written and choreographed by Angela Whitehill, of Burklyn Ballet Theatre. Anhinga, a modern dance company, directed and choreographed by Susan Sgorbati of Castleton State College and more recently Bennington College. She was the director/choreographer/performer of Jazz Designs Dance Company, performing in and around the Rutland region. Ms. Garrow has performed in George M., and Mame, at MSJ, co-choreographed with her mother: Nunsense, Little Shop of Horrors, The Wizard of Oz, Oklahoma, and Kilroy Was Here, for Marble Valley Players.  She has choreographed the opening dance for The Really Big Show.  Ms. Garrow has been a dance competition judge in and around the Albany, NY area for three years and has been a pageant judge in Vermont.  Recently, she taught the choreography for The National Broadway tour of The Wizard of Oz, where 10 of her students danced    . the role of The Munchkins.   Currently Ms. Garrow is choreographing Miracle On 34th Street, for the Rutland Youth Theatre, directed by Saskia Hagen-Groom. 

    Her students have had many accomplishments in dance, winning competitions and performing professionally with the New York City Ballet at SPAC. Locally, her students have performed in The Really Big Show, The Miss Vermont Pageant, First Night and The Puzzle Place. Students have been awarded scholarships to the Alvin Ailey Dance Company and Broadway Dance Center in NYC, Walt Disney World, and many have followed her footsteps and have become teachers of dance. Miss Jackie's Studio of Dance has been named The Best of The Best, Dance Studio, in the Rutland Region for seven years running by Market Surveys of America, and The Best Art School 2009 by The Rutland Herald readers survey.

    Miss Jennifer loves to share her passion for dance with children of all ages!

Bethany Garrow (Miss Bethany)

Artistic Director

Following in the footsteps of her Nana (Miss Jackie) and Mother (Miss Jen), Bethany has been studying dance since she was 2 years old. She has a passion to teach children to love the art of dance. As a Pediatric Registered Nurse who specializes in child development and milestones, she creates a curriculum to fit each child's individual needs. Bethany brings passion and experience of working with children of all ages. She is well educated, trained and certified in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, modern and Hip-hop, musical theater. Her personal favorite is classical jazz and musical theater.  Dancing through the years, she was sought out by former Rockette, Rhonda Malkin, to train her with many private lessons and group sessions. Bethany would travel to New York City on the weekends to attend training with Rhonda and at Broadway Dance Center. She was fortunate enough to take early morning ballet with former Broadway actress and ballet novice, Eileen Blackman. Bethany won many overall titles in dance competitions, while playing varsity sports and achieving high academic achievement in high school. She was crowned Miss Vermont USA 2019, served as a youth mental health advocate and brought her platform to the Miss USA Stage. While at Miss USA, she was hand selected to dance with T-Pain. She is the choreographer for Miss Vermont USA following her reign. She has attended summer dance conventions as a student and teacher. She continues to upgrade dance teaching skills by studying with world class professionals at Learn, Train Dance, Broadway Dance Center, UDMA and CLI Dance Company! She creates a safe, nurturing and loving environment for your child.

 Elizabeth Spencer (Miss Liz)

Studio Manager

Elizabeth joined the teaching staff at Miss Jackie’s Studio of Dance in 2019. She is an alumi dancer from MJSD, and has been dancing since the age of 3. Lizzy graduated from the Community College of Vermont with associates degrees in Health Science and Early Childhood Education.

She also works as a paraeducator in a Pre-K. Lizzy has extensive experience with early childhood education to adolescent aged children. She creates safe, fun, and educating enviornment. 

When Lizzy started dancing, she first started with tap for a couple years, then slowly branched out to other genres. She then introduced jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, and even a year of acro. Refusing to ever do ballet, her 8th grade she finally started to study ballet and never looked back. Now, she is a ballet teacher, and often tells her students how she wished she started ballet sooner than she did. This is easily her favorite style to teach. 

The passion for dance Lizzy has is remarkable and she hopes to encourage, teach, and inspire several many more dancers in her future. Lizzy is also trained and certified in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, lyrical, modern, and musical theater. She trains with professionals from UDMA and CLI studios.

Jordan Beaudry (Miss Jordan)

Competition Director

Jordan started dancing with Miss Jackie’s Studio of Dance at 2 years old. She graduated from RHS in June 2012 and started her teaching career as an instructor at MJSD in September 2012. Following her high school education she went on to obtain her Associates degree in Early Childhood Education from CCV and her Bachelors degree in Psychology focusing on child psychology and development from Northern Vermont University - Johnson. During her time as a dancer, Jordan danced competitively and recreationally as well as on the varsity cheerleading team with many accomplishments and achievements in all she did. Alongside competitions she has also attended dance conventions both as a student and an instructor to further her dance education. Jordan took a few groups to compete for their first time which created a huge interest in a competition team, the experiences and opportunities that both competitions and conventions bring to dancers is truly incredible and she couldn’t pass up those chances for the dancers. Currently Jordan works as a paraprofessional in a preschool classroom, with up to date trainings to focus on keeping kids engaged and safe. Dance & MJSD have been a huge part of her life as her mom and aunt are alumni to MJSD as well as her grandmother, Patsy, who also worked in the studios boutique for many years. Her passion for dance truly shows through her choreography as she has been awarded many choreography awards. Jordan studies various styles throughout her dance career including; lyrical, contemporary, modern, ballet, jazz, hip hop, tap, musical theatre and acro although her favorite is lyrical & contemporary, for the power it holds with storytelling through movements, she likes to stay up to date on current trainings for all styles. During her time as a student she studied ballet classes from Eileen Blackman and her current trainings are from professionals from UDMA and CLI studios. Jordan creates fun, energetic, and safe classes for all.

Lori Towne (Miss Lori)

  I live in Rutland with my husband Dan the Man of 32 years. We have 2 beautiful daughters Christine and Olivia whom both danced at Miss Jackie’s, until they left for college. We are also now blessed with a precious granddaughter Payton Lynn.

In my earlier career I owned and operated my daycare for 10 years and then worked in the school system for 15 years. I now work in the community supporting a young lady with a disability. I truly love what I do and especially enjoy my time working closely with Miss Jen at the studio.

I started dancing with Miss Jackie’s at the age of 6. Although I tried different styles of dance, tap was definitely the right fit for me. I danced until I was a senior in high school. I took a few years off but I returned when my first daughter was 3. I continued to take adult classes and very quickly discovered my passion for teaching our most precious baby classes. My training was done under the direction of Miss Jackie and Miss Jen. I have attended dance conventions and traveled to competitions with the studio. I continue to work closely with Miss Jen with our littlest students up to middle school age. Miss Jackie’s Studio of Dance truly is the best of the best and I am so thankful to be part of this wonderful family.

Cheryl Muscatello  (Miss Cheryl)

I started dancing at the age of 3, must have liked it as I’m still at it! I started teaching at an early age with Mary Byrne. When she retired Miss Jackie invited me to teach at her studio and I’ve been here since then. Besides studio classwork, I have trained in Saratoga, NY, Dance Olympus, other conventions and NYC. I’ve performed throughout the region and my tap group performed and won the Really Big Show, one year.

I have choreographed for Rutland Youth Theatre. 

For me dancing is a passion, teaching is a privilege. To be able to watch a student, adult or child, develop and grow is the most rewarding gift. I love it!

Join the fun and get great exercise in my Monday Adult Tap and Adult Jazz!