meet our staff

Jenny Heiman - Owner/Director & Dance.
Ms. Jenny earned a B.A. in Business Management with a Minor in Dance from the University of Northern Iowa. During her time there, she was a member of the Orchesis Dance Company, an auditioned company focusing on the fine arts of dance, and Young Peoples’ Dance Theatre, which brought dance education programs to local schools. Ms. Jenny has twice attended the American College Dance Festival, and was honored to have her choreography chosen to represent UNI at the Regional Competition in Detroit, Michigan. Ms. Jenny is a certified Pilates Instructor and has her State of Iowa Coaching Certification, as she is the Dallas Center-Grimes High School Dance Team Coach. Ms. Jenny is an avid learner when it comes to dance and education; she is continually attending workshops and master classes to further her expertise.

Lorainna Nedved - Dance.
Mrs. Lorainna has spent her whole life dancing and cheering. She has a degree from Iowa State University in Theatre and a degree in Dance and was also a member of the Iowa State Cheer Squad and Orchesis I Dance Company. She was also a member of the JFK National Dance Team and performed in the Citrus Bowl and Outback Bowl halftime shows. Mrs. Lorainna has also worked as the choreographer for several of the VEISHA musicals at ISU and does freelance choreography for swing choirs, pageants, musicals and several cheer and dance teams in Iowa. Mrs. Lorainna teaches the Competition Dance Team along with little ones and the Boys Combo class.
 

Aimee Spray - Tumbling & Cheer.
Ms. Aimee grew up in Dallas Center, where she started tumbling at age 9, and tumbled competitively for 5 years. She also competed in trampoline and double-mini trampoline. She won many state titles and a national title. Ms. Aimee is the head tumbling teacher and assistant Competition Cheerleading coach for the Superstars.
 

Naura Godar - Dance.
Naura Heiman Godar is a project architect with StruXture Architects in West Des Moines. She has a Minor in Dance from Iowa State University, where she served as an officer and president of Orchesis I Dance Company. She has had the opportunity to take class in Los Angeles, New York, Washington D.C. and Chicago and strives to keep up to date with the Modern dance movement in the United States. Naura performed at the American College Dance Festival at both the regional and national level, performing in 2002 at the Kennedy Center. She is excited to offer her Modern dance experience to Grimes Superstars and hopes to provide these technically advanced students a whole new vocabulary in which to express themselves.
 

Alyssa Ford - Dance.
Alyssa started dancing at the age of three. While performing solo and group routines she won many awards at local and national dance competitions. Alyssa was also captain of her high school dance team, performed at State and was a member of the Iowa State Dance Team Association All-Iowa squad. She has had the pleasure of performing at Walt Disney World and Las Vegas. Alyssa taught dance classes in Knoxville, at her hometown studio, for a few years. Alyssa now works fulltime as a Dental Assistant and is so excited to share her love of dance with the Superstars!
 

Jamie Miller - Tumbling & Cheer.
Ms. Jamie has been dancing, cheering and tumbling since age 3. She graduated with her Bachelor's degree in Art from the University of Northern Iowa and is a graphic designer for Better Homes & Gardens® Creative Collection (Craft) Magazines. As a competition cheerleader, Ms. Jamie was a co-captain, UCA All-Star, performed in the London New Years Day Parade and was invited to perform in the Citrus Bowl half-time show. She has co-taught multiple clinics and camps for youth cheerleading, along with tumbling lessons. She teaches cheer classes, PreK tumbling and is the co-coach for Competition Cheer. Ms. Jamie lives in Grimes with her husband, daughter, and 2 dogs.
 

Julia Seaton - Baton.
Ms. Julia graduated from William Penn University with a B.A. in Business Management and a minor in Human Resources. She is now Vice President of Seaton Consulting Services, Inc., an ERP software consulting firm, and volunteers with the Miss America Organization both judging local preliminaries and state finals. She also conducts judge’s colleges across the Midwest, training new Miss America judges and recertifying active judges. Ms. Julia started twirling at 5 years old. She competed for several years in solo and strut, and performed with a competition group. Ms. Julia won several local, state and regional championship titles and was the feature twirler at her high school. After graduation, she started teaching baton and had a troupe of 15 girls that traveled the county performing in parades and at special events. Ms. Julia started substitute teaching at Grimes Superstars two years ago, and is excited to bring a new perspective to the baton program. She lives in Urbandale, with her husband, Mark, and their two children, Kaleb and Ashlee.