Emily Jenks, founder and director of Rockland School of Ballet, (formerly known as North Atlantic Dance Studio--founded in 1997), has been teaching ballet, tap, and jazz to all ages in the mid-coast area for 20 years. Emily started her ballet training at age 5 in Vienna, Virginia. She later studied ballet, jazz and modern dance at the McLean School of Ballet (now known as the McLean School of Ballet and Jazz) in McLean, Virginia, under Molly Vick. Emily also trained with the Erickson (modeling) Agency and is a former model with Model Management of Potomac, Maryland. Emily continues to further her dance education through dance teacher workshops, including the dance teacher workshop with Finis Jhung in New York City, Leap n Learn dance teacher workshops in New York City and Burlington, Vermont with Beverly Spell, and the Dance Teacher Conference in New York City, master classes, ballroom dance lessons, and Afro-Caribbean dance. Emily is a member of the ‘National Dance Association’, the ‘American Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance’, the ‘American Association for Health Education’, the 'National Association for Sport and Physical Education' and is a member of the ‘Maine Dance Teachers Club’. Emily has taught dance styles from around the world to grades K-6 for the Rockland Area Arts Academy and has taught dance theater movement for Lincoln Street Center’s ‘Act Now Theater Camp’. Miss Emily has a strong reputation as “the people’s dance teacher” for her dedication to providing a fun-filled dance experience for children in a positive, safe, educational and nurturing environment. Rockland School of Ballet also has an exciting, educational and fun DanceCamp program in the summer months. Currently all classes and DanceCamps are conducted at the Lincoln Street Center for Arts and Education.