06/15/2026
First Monday of summer? PERFECT time to introduce one of our new teachers for the fall. ❤️
Ascenders, please give a very warm welcome to Miss Rachael Henry Johnson! 🎉 Many of you met her during our summer intensive, and I’m so happy to say she will be teaching most of our Monday and Saturday classes in the fall!
Miss Rachael has always felt most at home on the stage. More than anything she loves telling stories, whether through dancing, acting, singing, or some combination thereof.
Rachael attended a prestigious performing arts high school before going on to study musical theater and dance at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City. After graduating, she went on to perform with countless professional theaters throughout the country.
At 18, she co-founded a no-cost youth theater and served as a director, board member, and their resident choreographer for their first 7 seasons, receiving numerous local best choreography nominations and awards in the process. Rachael has gone on to teach for dance studios all up and down the east coast as well as for the renowned performing arts summer camp French Woods Festival of the Arts. She has choreographed for schools, studios, community organizations, and professional theaters around the country.
Read her full bio (since Insta limits us 😭) here: https://www.ascenddancecenter.com/rachael-henry-johnson.html