Owners

Jeanne Laich, Director

Kristie Vaughan, Choreographer/Asst. Director

Jeanne is the founder and director of Jeanne's Dance Academy, the largest and most renowned school of dance in Northwest Indiana. The names of those with whom she has collaborated in the past on shows and workshops reads as a virtual "who's who" of Chicago dance personalities: Joseph Holmes, Joel Hall, Gus Giordano, Lynda Martha, Tommy Sutton, Bruce Bristol, Lou Conte, Marcus Alfred, and Bill Riley, to name a few.  
Kristie has been an instructor at Jeanne's Dance Academy since 1983. Kristie has trained with Lynda Marshall, Lou Conte, Joel Hall, Joseph Holmes, Tommy Sutton, and of course Jeanne Laich. Her training also includes Lake Forest College and IUN which she studied dance, theatre, and fine arts. Kristie also performed professionally at Walt Disney World and in television specials, commercials, and industrials.