ACE Team:
Miss Kathleen
Owner, Teacher (Pre-K, K1 & K2 Combination, Tap, Acro)
Miss Kathleen lives in Ephrata, PA with her husband, Jan, and 2 sweet cats. Together they raised a beautiful blended family, and now enjoy the "empty nest" season they're in. Miss Kathleen wants nothing more than to serve and bring hope to others through the gifts of creativity, teaching, listening, and understanding that the Lord has provided her with.
For more of her bio, click on ACE BEGINNINGS.
Miss Camryn
Teacher (Contemporary, Ballet, Pointe)
Miss Camryn grew up dancing at ACE since age 2 until graduating high school in 2017. Since then, she continued dancing through college and will be graduating this year with part of her degree in dance!
Miss Camryn is currently working at Skinplicity Organic Spa as she finishes her last semester at Bloomsburg University. She is so excited to be back teaching at ACE and is especially excited to share her
favorite style of dance, contemporary, with the studio! In her free time she enjoys spending time with friends and family, creating art of different kinds, and traveling.
Miss Amanda
Teacher (Hip-Hop, Jazz)
Miss Amanda began her dance experience in Havertown, PA at the age of three. Since then, she has gained 20 years of dance experience with 12 years of competitive dancing. While in college, Amanda was a member of the Temple University Diamond Gems Dance Team for three years. She attended training in preparation for Universal Dance Association (UDA) Nationals and competed in D1A Pom, Jazz, and Hip Hop, where her team placed 8th in the nation twice for Hip Hop. After graduating from Temple in 2017, Amanda joined the Philadelphia Flyers Ice Girls team for the 2017-2018 season. In the last two years, she returned to Temple University as an assistant dance team coach, and more recently, relocated to the Lancaster area for a work opportunity at Clark Associates.
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Miss Michaela
Jr Teacher (Elementary Classes)
My name is Michaela Werner and I am a 2022 graduate from Ephrata High School. I have been dancing at ACE Dance Academy since I was 3 years old. Having tried pretty much all styles of dance, I decided to stick with Tap, Ballet, Lyrical, and Pointe. Throughout the past couple of years, I have had the opportunity to be a student teacher as well. I also cheered all throughout middle and high school. I am planning on going to Penn State Berks this fall to study Spanish and eventually plan to study abroad. I look forward to continue teaching classes here at the studio.
Miss Brooke
Teacher (K Combination, Beg/Int Ballet, Lyrical)
Miss Brooke started dancing at the age of 5 with Miss Kathleen. During her 29 years of dance, she competed for 8 years on the KR Stars competition team with Tap and Jazz and excelled in ballet, pointe, and lyrical classes at the studio. When Miss Brooke is not at the studio, she enjoys spending time with her family.
Miss Hannah
Teacher (Classical Jazz, Lyrical)
Miss Hannah has 20 years of dance experience and 11 years involved in competitive dancing. Graduating from Wilson High School, she attended Elizabethtown College and earned a B.S. in Math Secondary Education. During college, she gained more dance experience by taking more dance courses and choreographing for campus shows and being leader of the dance club. Currently, she is employed by the Conestoga Valley School District as a middle school math teacher.
Miss Erin
Jr. Teacher (Elementary Classes, Beginner Ballet/Lyrical
Miss Erin has been dancing at Ace since she was 3 years old and has been competing on the Ace competition team for 7 years. She is currently taking lyrical, ballet, pointe, jazz, and tap. Miss .Erin is currently a senior at Ephrata High School. She plans on attending college to major in Early Childhood Education.
Miss Haley
Jr. Teacher (Acro, Jazz)
Miss Haley has over 11 years of dance experience where 6 of those years consisted competing on the competition team here at ACE. Before Miss Haley came to ACE she was a competitive gymnast for 9 years where she competed up until level 5 at KB. Miss Haley graduated from Cocalico High School and is currently attending Penn State Berks where she is majoring in Business with a focus in Management/Marketing. When she is not at the studio Miss Haley enjoys singing in the praise band at church, going to the beach, and spending time with her friends and family.