Jana Christensen first came to the Franklin School of Performing Arts in 1993 to study under Kaylee Cahoon. She was named the FSPA student of the year in 1998 and shortly thereafter joined the faculty. Jana credits her jazz and teaching style to the influences of her many teachers, Luigi (pioneer of jazz dance), Jeffery Bullock (former Hubbard Street dancer), and Geri Houlihan (former Lar Lubovitch dancer). She has been a guest teacher for the Nashville School of the Arts, Metro Parks, and the City Performing Arts Academy in Visalia, CA. Jana is also a Pilates instructor for Pilates of Cool Springs. Her vast Pilates training has been through Core Dynamics Pilates in Santa Fe, NM, the Pilates Center of Boulder, CO, and Power Pilates of NYC. Jana's personal goal as a dance teacher is to instill correct alignment and body patterns in her students through the art of dance. Jana has her Associates degree in business from Columbia State Community College.