Jenna Hwang was born in South Korea where she began her dance training at the age of five. Upon moving to United States in 2005, she began her training at Sugarloaf Performing Arts where she was heavily trained in the dance genres of ballet, modern, lyrical, contemporary, jazz, and tap. In her time dancing with Sugarloaf Performing Arts, she performed in Peter Pan, Nativity Ballet, and annual dance recitals. In addition, she has received numerous platinum, high gold, and gold at competitions including International Dance Competition and New York City Dance Alliance. Then, she attended Kennesaw State University, where she pursued the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance with concentration in ballet and was on Dean’s List for all four years. She danced with the KSU Dance Company and also took a part of the KSU Dance Company crew member. Upon graduating from the KSU, Jenna became the founding member of Gwinnett Ballet Theatre Professional Ensemble under the direction of Angela Harris and Peter Swan. Her dance journey does not stop and continues while she performs professionally on various performances and productions including the lead role in The Nutcrackers. 

As a highly dependable and motivated dance instructor with 7+ years of teaching experience in various settings, Jenna seeks to fulfill her very utmost desire to extend her reach to her students throughout the Metro Atlanta area, expressly for Jenna’s own dance journey began in Atlanta. In her first years as an assistant dance instructor, Jenna shadowed different instructors to explore various teaching styles and tools in hopes of finding only the exceptional teaching practices. Then, as the lead instructor, she fine-tuned her skills by developing age-appropriate lesson plans in creative movement, dance with me, ballet, stretching and conditioning for various levels. Jenna continuously seeks for ideas to make her classes for children more engaging, and contributing to her learners’ motivation as dancers. She has organized and started a ballet program, Little Angels Missionary Ballet, at the Korean Coummunity Presbyterian Church in Duluth. After grasping with her creative mind and restless work ethic, Jenna is now the school director as well as a dance instructor at Dream Dance Studio. To fulfill her goals of reaching maximum progress and fullest accomplishment for her students, Jenna works tirelessly to develop an Artistic Direction and Development for the entire program as well as to provide individualized feedback upon constant communication with students + families, full demonstration of exercises to enhance the learning experience, and vigorous monitoring of students’ areas of glows and grows.