Emmi grew up in Titusville, Fl.  At the age of 3, she began to take dance and gymnastic classes.  At the age of 11, Emmi began student coaching gymnastics for the TBJC gymnastic Team, and auditioned for the New Dimensions Dance Company under the direction of Dawhone Perry (a student of Mia Michaels). There, she trained in ballet, pointe, jazz, modern, lyrical, contemporary and hip hop. Emmi trained for several hours each week and her dances were national award winners at competitions like Showbiz, Nexstar, and Starpower. Her senior year of high school, Emmi decided to teach dance for the company in addition to being a coach for the TBJC gymnastics team.  She also taught summer camps and classes for the Titusville Ballet and Jazz Center, and New Dimensions Dance Academy. Emmi now attends Oral Roberts University with a path in Pre-med Chemistry and Psychology.  She Co-directs the Momentum Dance Team, and has recently won Best Teacher Choreography at the I Love Dance Competition.  She specializes in Contemporary, Lyrical, Jazz, and Technique.   She continues to teach a variety of master dance classes in other states and spends her summers training at places like “The Edge” and “Steps” in Los Angeles and New York City. Emmi has also been asked to Judge Dance Competitions in cities all over the country.  Emmi enjoys choreographing and teaching dance because she loves to inspire the upcoming dancers to reach beyond the classes and to truly see dance for what it is: a form of ART.

Kara is originally from Missouri where she started dancing at two years old. At her first recital, Kara knew that performing and being on stage was where she was supposed to be, and she’s been doing that ever since. Kara’s passion for tap is unwavering, but also has had extensive training in Jazz, Pom and Musical Theater. Kara specializes in these styles of Tap, Rhythm and Street Style also known as Hoofing.  She comes to Momentum Dance highly trained and full of energy!  Kara’s dream of going to New York and training under the best teachers including those who taught Gregory Hines came true.  She now uses her training to bless other people and teaches them the art of tap dancing. Her tap choreography has won many regional and national awards.  Just recently, one of her former students was accepted into "Tap Kids" in New York City. Kara is married to Sean McGhee and they are very involved in the youth ministry at Destiny Church. Kara’s ministry to youth is carried over into her teaching at Momentum Dance where she is a wonderful mentor to her students and instructs all levels of tap. God has blessed her with the talent to tap and she is ready to bless Momentum Dance! Kara's classes are known for being challenging and very FUN, so let’s get tappin’!

Please allow me to introduce myself! My name is Jennifer Twilley, and I will be teaching Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Adult Ballet/Contemporary, Hip-Hip, and Recovery classes for Momentum Dance. I am so excited about this coming summer and fall schedule, and would welcome your questions, comments, concerns, and sudden outburts of excitement for dance. I've been dancing for 27 years, and teaching for almost 10 of those. For the past 12 years, I have both trained and traveled with 11 teams on mission trips, street evangelism, and team-building to some of the most remote and forgoten places on Earth: China. Laos, Argentina, Switzerland, Australia, Thailand, Burma, Singapore, Russia, and Poland orphanages. I've also choreographed and designed 5 major productions for churches in the Tulsa area.