Teagan NuRNBERGER

Tap

Teagan started dancing at the age of three at Barton and Williams School of Dance in Stafford, VA. During her 15 years at the studio, she trained in tap, jazz, ballet, lyrical, hip hop, and pointe, but tap was always her favorite. She was part of their competition team for ten years. 

Teagan is a graduate from The College of New Jersey where she was a part of the Synergy Dance Company. Throughout her undergraduate and graduate career, she choreographed their tap performances. 

Teagan currently teaches tap, jazz, creative movement and ballet/tap combination classes at Mainstream Dance Academy and has previously taught virtual tap classes through Powerhouse Dance and independently. 

When she is not dancing, Teagan teaches high school mathematics. She is so excited to join Two Hearts Dance & Yoga's amazing community! 

Katie Grilli

Yoga, Meditation

Katie is a Philadelphia resident is passionate about intertwining her professional work with her yoga practice.  Her day job is serving young women and families in the Philadelphia area as a therapist.  After grad school, yoga became a way for her to decompress after work and see her best friend in Center City.  Katie never imagined that yoga would turn into the passion it has, but after experiencing numerous benefits from physical to mental, emotional, and spiritual, she was determined to learn more to pass along these benefits to her therapy clients.  After two previous trips to India to volunteer with the nonprofit Speak 4 Silent Voices, Katie decided India was the only place to study to become a yoga teacher.  She completed her 200 hour teacher (RYT200) training at Vinyasa Yoga School in Rishikesh, India in November 2019.  She is passionate about bringing awareness to the breath in her classes as well as utilizing meditation to still our ever wandering minds.  

Outside of the studio and office, Katie loves to spend time with family and friends, read, cook, and play with her dog, Willie.  Her three favorite places on earth are Cape Cod, India, and Florence.  She loves to play around with her camera in all these places and capture the memories.

Xedera TowNsend

Contemporary, Jazz

Xedera began her training at age three studying ballet and tap at Broadway Bound Dance Academy in Media, PA. Soon after she added jazz, hiphop, pointe, contemporary, lyrical, and modern into her diverse training and additionally, trained in ballet, modern, and contemporary. Xedera went on to pursue her dance career studying a wide range of styles at Shenandoah Conservatory before furthering her performance and composition studies for her BFA at Towson University, with a minor in Business Administration. She performed and choreographed every semester of her time there, while also having her choreography presented at American College Dance Association Conference two years in a row. A recent graduate of Towson, she is now pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree with American University, while continuing her dance career. When she is not performing, she is working as a dance educator. Most recently, she made the New England Patriots Cheerleaders and is now in her 2nd season with the team.

Kimberly Montes

Yoga, mindfulness

Kimberly works as an Interior Designer and is the Founder of Youth Design Philly. She is a certified Register Yoga Instructor (RYT200), having trained at Three Queens Yoga in Philadelphia. She seeks to embed yoga and wellness into every project she does. Her passion for yoga and interior design go hand-in-hand. Youth Design Philly’s (YDP) mission is to educate the youth on design and teach mindfulness to help create a peaceful home, while providing an opportunity for renovations to students in need because YDP believes interior design can be a service for all.

Kimberly was brought to yoga through the act of seeking healing during a dark time and finding ways to love herself, body and mind, all over again. To Kimberly, yoga is about finding one's self again, finding that connection and acceptance of the self, and creating that unity of oneness with the spirit, mind, body and breath.

Maki KOBAYASHI

Hip Hop

Maki is from Tokyo, Japan is currently working, dancing, and teaching in Los Angeles, CA. She has been dancing since she was very young. She graduated from Nippon Kogakuin College Dance Performance Department. Maki has danced for the Tokyo Girls Professional Cheer Dance Team for 3 years, having performed for the following in 2018-2019; opening show at the NBA LA Clippers game, the Thanksgiving Day game for the NHL LA Kings, the 3-on-3 Exe Premier Basketball Game, the World Volleyball Women’s Tournament, the NBA Stephen Curry Asia Tour Japan 2018 powered by Under Armour, the Crazy Ken Band 20th Anniversary Live Tour as a back-up dancer, & the B-League Championship Halftime Show. Maki has been teaching dance since 2012 to a wide range of students, from infants to elderly, as an Exclusive Dance Instructor & Dancer with Next Japan Co., LTD. She is now working with Sideline Prep and aspires to become a professional dancer in the US with a pro dance team. Maki looks forward to dancing with you!

Kimberly Kwong

Commercial Dance

Kimberly K. began dancing in her teens while living in Southern California. She became executive director for Barkada Modern, a competition hip hop dance team, and was also a dancer for Team Millennia. From there, she entered the semi-pro cheer community by becoming a dancer for the Inglewood Blackhawks, and then for the Tulsa Oilers. Currently, she works as an optometrist, dances whenever she gets the chance. She is also involved in pageantry and was named 2019 Ms. USA Petite & Ms. Edmond International. Kimberly is a military veteran, having served in the US Air Force. Kimberly is excited to get back into teaching, and grateful to be able to do so while supporting Stop Soldier Suicide, an organization that aims to lower the suicide rate of our military and veterans through accessible help and resources.

Sakiko Yamaguchi

Pro Cheer Dance, Jazz

Sakiko started her career as a cheerleader when she was a University student.

Sakiko graduated and continued her work in dance with the OBIC SEAGULLS, American Football Japanese team. Her career as cheerleading in Japanese in professional sports includes dancing for the Fukushima Firebonds professional basketball team and finally All-star Pro Cheerleaders.

She is now a Cincinnati Bengals Cheerleader BEN-GAL. She won Cheerleader of the Week in 2019 and Cheerleader of the Year in 2020. She also most recently performed at Super Bowl LVI in 2022.

Nick Ferdinand

Strength training

Coach Nick is a former professional athlete and Certified Strength & Conditioning coach who specializes in “building healthy athletes through balanced Strength training”. Raised in the Philadelphia area, Nick played baseball in college at Bloomsburg University then transferred to University of Delaware. After a star studded career at University of Delaware, receiving 2013 Rawlings All American Honors, Team Captain, Nick was selected in the 2013 MLB Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies. Nick played professional Baseball for 4 years.

After his retirement from baseball Nick switched gears and became passionate about Sports training and helping athletes stay healthy through balanced strength training. Nick is a Certified Functional Strength & Conditioning Coach (CFSC), Precision Nutrition Coach (PNC). 

Nick shares his passion a science-based approach that significantly improves strength, speed, power, endurance, mind-body awareness as he coaches for his very own NF Sports Strength.