Jill Smith

Jill has been dancing for ten years, nine of them with Mission Dance and Performing Arts which has become a second home.

She has received training in jazz, tap, hip hop, ballet, pointe, lyrical, and modern dance. Outside of Mission Dance, Jill has taken

classes from world-renowned choreographers such as Wade Robson and Mia Michaels from the hit TV show, "So You Think You Can Dance",

"You Got Served" choreographer, Dave Scott, successful music video choreographers, Chriss Judd, Marty Kudelka, and Rhapsody,

"America's Greatest Dance Crew", contestant Geo Hubela, and former Golden State Warrior Girl Choreographer, Alan Frias.

Jill has participated in San Jose Future Shock hip hop dance troupe, many performances within the bay area, regional

and national dance competitions and conventions. She is thrilled to be a teacher at M.D.P.A., where she has built life-long

friendshipsand learned so much as a dancer and an individual. In her third year as a dance instructor, Jill has taken on kinderdance, hip hop,

jazz, and technique classes. Her gotal with each class is to help her students form not only a good dance foundation, but also strong

character. "Everything in the universe has rhythm. Everything dances" - Maya Angelou