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Betty Wroubel, Athletic Director, Notre Dame Prep: 248-373-9647
Mike Kelly, Notre Dame Prep: 248-709-5858
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 22, 2014
Notre Dame Prep Names New Head Dance Coach
New Notre Dame Prep dance coach Jenna Helinski studied with famed choreographers Sonya Tayeh, Tovaris Wilson, Erica Sobol, Tokyo and Bobby Newberry.
With more than seven years of professional dance coaching and instruction experience, Helinski comes to Notre Dame from Shanon’s Dance Academy in Keego Harbor, Mich., where she serves as instructor of ballet, tap, jazz, beginner hip hop and teen hip hop.
She began her instruction and coaching career at Premiere Plus Dance and Recreation, serving the Troy, Madison Heights, Royal Oak, West Bloomfield, Clawson and Berkley communities, where she taught a dance curriculum for pre-school to intermediate teens. She also was a dance instructor at Get Spun Dance Studio in Southfield, Mich.
Helinski holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from Oakland University and studied dance professionally at Premiere Dance Studio in Madison Heights and the Tina Marie School of Dance, with locations in Warren and Sterling Heights. She studied contemporary, ballet, hip-hop, jazz, and jazz funk at the Edge Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles, Calif., where she worked with choreographers Sonya Tayeh, Tovaris Wilson, Erica Sobol, Tokyo and Bobby Newberry.
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About Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy
Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. The school's upper division enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower divisions enroll students in jr. kindergarten through grade eight. All three divisions are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDPMA is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school's home page at www.ndpma.org.