Xclaim Centre for the Arts
​Faculty

​INSPIRING EXCELLENCE
​Xclaim’s instructors provide excellence through professional experience and degrees in their fields of expertise, inspiring students to excel both in and out of the studio, becoming young professionals and leaders among their peers...

​Meet our executive, administrative, and artistic team

Mariah Layne French

Executive and Artistic Director
Lead Instructor: Jazz & Tap Dance

Philip French

Technical Director &
​Production Coordinator
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Amy Schmidt

Administrator
Instructor : Ballet & Ballroom

Naomi Reineke

Administrator
​Instructor: Ballet, Pre K, Tap 

Jenna Swartz

Instructor: Ballet & Pointe
Kids Modern 

John Funk

Instructor: Music
Private Piano & Voice

Ella Shaw

Instructor: Ballet

Mary Vickery

Instructor: Acro & Tumbling

Brennan Johnson

Instructor: Ballet, Men's Ballet

Grace Koenig

Instructor: Modern 

J. Shannon Filmore

Instructor: Hip Hop Styles

Corinne Wood

Instructor: Ballet & PreK