meet our staff

Jenny Heiman Zimmerman - 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. 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 dance and the Competition Dance Teams.
 

Aimee Spray - Tumbling & Cheer.
Ms. Aimee grew up in Dallas Center, where she started tumbling at age nine, and tumbled competitively for five years. She also competed in trampoline and double-mini trampoline. Ms. Aimee won many state titles as well as a national title. Ms. Aimee is a tumbling teacher, co-coach for the Competition Cheer teams and runs Open Gym.
 

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 Contemporary 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 Contemporary dance experience to Grimes Superstars and hopes to provide these technically advanced students a whole new vocabulary in which to express themselves.
 

Alyssa Buric - 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 enjoys sharing her love of dance with the Superstars!
 

Jamie Miller - Tumbling & Cheer.
Ms. Jamie has been dancing, cheering and tumbling since age three. 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 taught multiple clinics and camps for youth cheerleading, along with tumbling lessons. She teaches cheer classes and is the coach for the Competition Cheer teams. Ms. Jamie lives in Grimes with her husband, daughter, and two 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 five 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 fifteen girls that traveled the county performing in parades and at special events. Ms. Julia is excited to continually improve the baton program. She lives in Urbandale, with her husband, Mark, and their two children, Kaleb and Ashlee.
 

Julie Swift: Tumbling.
Ms. Julie has been tumbling since she was three years old. She competed in gymnastics at Gymnastics Spectrum in Davenport, Iowa. Julie graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a double major in Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education with a certificate in Special Education. She completed her Masters in Early Childhood Education at Western Illinois University, and now teaches kindergarten in Johnston. Ms. Julie has taught tumbling classes on and off for the last ten years, and is so excited to join the Superstars family. Julie lives in Waukee with her husband Nick, son Grant and her two cats, Max and Mia.