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Emily Jane Striegel is a native of Saint Louis, Missouri and has studied dance for almost 25 years.  She began her dance career in a competitive studio environment and has received many regional and national accolades.  Emily has studied all types of dance from ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, hip-hop, musical theatre, and poms; she has years of experience in every field. After completing her years of studio training, Emily continued dancing at Lindenwood University, St. Charles, Mo.  She received her BA in Arts Management in 2014. While in college, Emily was a member of the seven-time national champion Lindenwood Lion Line Dance Team. 

During that time, they earned two consecutive national first place trophies in hip-hop and second place in jazz while attending the televised National Dance Competition in Orlando, Florida.  Also, while attending Lindenwood University, Emily sat as a judge for many high school dance teams in the St. Louis area and taught technique for many high schools including Lindbergh High School.  Emily took part in dance performances held at Lindenwood University J. Scheidegger Center and completed many college classes in the area of dance.

Upon graduation, she became a dance team coach for Fort Zumwalt West High School in St. Louis, Mo.  As the head coach for the team, Emily choreographed both pom and hip-hop routines for regional competitions and taught technique classes in the areas of jazz, hip hop and pom.  Led by Emily, the Fort Zumwalt Dance Team competed regionally earning a first place in both hip-hop and poms.  Emily has previously worked as an administrative assistant and development assistant for the St. Louis Ballet School and Company. Later, she became a part-time dance instructor for the studio teaching classes and private lessons.

While working for the St. Louis Ballet Company, she spent 2 years working with the board of directors supporting the dance company’s fund raising and local productions. Emily, along with two other instructors, helped launch the competitive dance team at St. Louis Ballet.  She has taken girls to local competitions for the past two years since the inception of the team.  As a full- time employee, Emily has been working for the past five years for a local accounting firm.  She recently began choreographing dances for a special father/daughter wedding dance or a fun performance for an entire wedding party. 

Emily is extremely excited for this new chapter to begin after her marriage last year to Jason Striegel and the addition of Aang, their standard poodle, and a new home in South County.  It’s been a dream she has had for many years; to teach dance full-time and inspire her students to have the same love that she has always had for the art of dance.