Staff

[frame src="https://thedanceauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_8039.jpg" width="225" height="296" lightbox="on" title="Jason Shimerdla" align="left" ] Jason Shimerdla has been on staff at The Dance Authority since 2001. Jason is one of the studio’s most highly requested teachers and works closely with many of our younger dancers. Jason began

[frame src="https://thedanceauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_7969.jpg" width="215" height="300" lightbox="on" title="IMAGE_TITLE" align="left" ]Before joining Ballet Nebraska last year, Whitney Walsh trained at the California Dance Theatre and performed leading roles with Pacific Festival Ballet. As a trainee with The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago from 2012-2014,

[frame src="https://thedanceauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_7998.jpg" width="275" height="300" lightbox="on" title="IMAGE_TITLE" align="left" ]Laura Skold was born and raised in West Des Moines, Iowa. She trained at School of Classical Ballet and Dance and performed with Ballet Des Moines before spending her final year of high

[frame src="https://thedanceauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photo.jpg" width="200" height="300" lightbox="on" title="IMAGE_TITLE" align="left" ]Becca Odom began dancing in Omaha at the age of three, moving into competitive dance at five through high school. She has spent a number of years teaching students in preschool through older