Jan Ritchie

Jan Ritchie

Jan Ritchie discovered her passion for dance at the age of three. She began her dance instructing career at the age of sixteen after twelve years of formal training in Pleasant Grove, Utah. She has been a jazz, lyrical, and hip hop instructor for twelve years in which she choreographed for and taught performing dance companies. She has had numerous opportunities choreographing half-time routines for high school drill teams, cheerleaders, and song leaders and has taught jazz technique for the Lone Peak High School Song Leaders and the American Fork Cavettes Drill Team. She has choreographed numerous Solos/Duets/Trios that have all placed in the top three and many were awarded High Point.
Jan attended high school in American Fork, Utah where she was the Drill Mistress and member of the American Fork Cavettes Drill Team for three years choreographing the half-time and competition pieces for her team. Jan was in the top ten in the Miss Drill Team Utah Pageant her senior year and graduated high school with high scholastic honors of Magna Cum Laude. Jan was later crowned in the Miss American Fork Royalty after performing a self-choreographed lyrical routine. After her reign, she continued to coach contestants and served as a committee member for the Miss American Fork Scholarship Pageant overseeing the dance portion and production numbers of the pageant. Jan attended Utah Valley State College where she danced with the UVSC Dance Team and graduated with an Associates of Applied Science degree in Desktop Publishing and Medical Assisting.
After marrying her wonderful husband Ben, Jan went on to open her own dance studio in American Fork, Utah in which she thoroughly enjoyed. After taking a small break to raise her young family, Jan is extremely excited to return to the dancing scene and once again share her passion for dance with others. Becoming a part of Center Stage Performing Arts Studio’s staff is an honor for her because she believes in the Center Stage mission and what they stand for. She and her husband and their four children reside in Pleasant Grove, Utah.