Our Staff

Dancers who want to help others build confidence and strength through dance.

Nikki Chrystal

Owner/Director

Nikki started her dance career at the age of 6 with the Pride of Carolina Cloggers. While at POC, she competed in America’s Clogging Hall of Fame competitions and spent most of her time studying contemporary clogging. In 2007, she was inducted into The Junior All-American Clogging Hall of Fame. Nikki has directed many workshops and studied forms of dance including tap, jazz, ballet, hip-hop, and clogging. To represent America’s Clogging Hall of Fame, Nikki has performed at The Carolina Opry in Myrtle Beach, SC and The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN. In 2014, JM Studios’ Clogging Competition Team was established under the direction of Nikki, leading the young team to over 800 victories in 2014-2021 making them reigning National Champions! Nikki holds 2 National Titles for Grand Champion Female Soloist. Nikki performed in London, England in the New Year’s Day Parade along side several of her JM Studios dancers.

Meredith McQuaigue

Meredith McQuaigue

Instructor

Meredith, from Trinity, started dancing and acrobatics 16 years ago at Bobbi’s School of Dance and Central Carolina Gymnastics. Since that time, she has been trained in styles of ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical, hip-hop, contemporary and acrobatics. Meredith started competing at the age of 4. She has won countless titles at regional and national competitions with solos, duets, and groups. Meredith began teaching and helping in dance classes at the age of 12, her goal always wanting to teach and educate young dancers. She was finally given the chance to start choreographing, where she fell in love with kids and choreography. She graduated from Wheatmore High School and immediately began classes at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is a double major in Special Education and Elementary Education. She cannot wait to begin teaching students with special needs, along with the students at JM Studios.

Rori Dominguez

Rori Dominguez

Instructor

Rori is from High Point, NC, and she began clogging at the age of 10 at JM Studios. She first attended a competition in 2016 and has continued competing in both contemporary and traditional clogging for 8 years. She is currently on JM’s senior competition clogging team, having danced in several national title-winning routines at America’s Clogging Hall of Fame’s Nationals. In 2019, Rori received the Junior All-American award with America’s Clogging Hall of Fame. She loves performing with not only JM Studios, but also the traveling performance group America’s Clogging All*Stars, with which she has performed in parades in London, Nashville, and Chicago, and in Memphis for the AutoZone Liberty Bowl halftime show. Rori graduated from High Point Christian Academy in 2023, and now attends NC State University, majoring in Statistics with a Minor in Philosophy. She is excited to continue both dancing and teaching clogging along with her academic pursuits.

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