Our Faculty

At Allegro Dance, each instructor teaches the genres of dance that they are most educated and passionate about. By having each instructor specialize in specific genres of dance, your dancer will receive the highest level of dance training from pre-school classes to pre-professional.

Jenn Montie
Director/Owner
Specializes in Ballet and Dance Conditioning Classes

Director and instructor at Allegro Dance, Jenn Montie has been teaching dance since 2003. She credits most of her training to teachers Patricia Squire Lorenz and Leif Lorenz. Prior to starting Allegro Dance, she was the assistant director for a local youth ballet company and decided it was time to start something of her own! She has performed in and has set numerous Ballets including "The Nutcracker", "Swan Lake", "Coppelia", "Grad Ballet", and "Les Sylphides".

Since 2008, Jenn has been fully certified in STOTT Pilates Levels 1 & 2.  She taught Pilates at Equilibrium Pilates Studio for 14 years. During that time, she became an instructor trainer with STOTT Pilates which is the highest level of Pilates certification. Jenn certified future Pilates instructors in the STOTT method. Her focus as a Pilates instructor was athletic conditioning. She worked with many professional athletes and dancers as they sought core strength and stability to prevent injuries and reach their highest level of performance. Jenn’s background in Pilates enables her to train dancers in a safe and effective manner.

In 2015, she became certified as an American Ballet Theatre instructor. Jenn loves to pass her passion of dance onto young dancers.  Along with emphasizing proper technique, her goal is to develop artistry and confidence within each dancer. From her years of teaching, she has formatted each class to be physically and psychologically appropriate for each specific age group and level.  This allows each child the best opportunity to grow, learn and develop their dance technique safely and without feeling overwhelmed.  Jenn sees it as her job to ensure that every student that dances with Allegro Dance, whether a recreational dancer or a serious dancer that may want a career in dance, receives premier dance training so that they have the ability to do whatever they choose with their knowledge of dance!  

As the studio director and as an educator, Jenn prides herself on continuing her own education so the dancers at Allegro Dance receive the highest level of training. Some of her recent continuing education programs have included Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet’s Teacher Training Program and Leap N’ Learn.

Lindsey Zager
Studio Manager

Ms. Lindsey is originally from South Carolina and graduated from The College of Charleston in 2009. Since then, she has worked as a travel agent for Destination Weddings and Romance Travel. After 8 years of moving around the country while her husband was a U.S. Navy pilot, she settled down in Bloomfield Hills in May 2017. She has been with Allegro Dance since 2017 and is so welcoming and friendly to all of our dance families!

Martha Dobbs
Competition Faculty/Recreation Instructor

Originally from Farmington, MI, Martha began dancing at the age of 6 and quickly fell in love with dance and movement. She trained in many styles and attended Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp where she was one of the youngest dancers chosen to dance with the International Ballet Ensemble. After her European tour, she began competing and was awarded many accolades including top 10, best choreography, best performance and more. She attended Wayne State University on a talent scholarship where she earned her BFA in dance and then moved to New York City to pursue dance professionally. While in New York she danced for Holland America Cruise Lines, Ben Munisteri, Jan Van Dyke, CoreDance Contemporary, and more, while also pursuing acting and singing. She established SPARK Dance Forum, a networking and performance forum that ran biannual events for 6 seasons before she earned her MA in Performing Arts Administration from New York University.

Martha is also a fully certified Pilates and Gyrotonic instructor with over 15 years experience. Her knowledge of anatomy and proper body mechanics are infused in her teaching to ensure students have safe and healthy movement practices inside and outside the studio.

Megan Makulski
Competition Faculty

Megan Makulski is a current BFA dance major at Oakland University with the intention of graduating in the spring of 2025. She has taught and choreographed for several studios in the metro Detroit area since 2021. She currently performs as a member of Oakland Dance Theatre and was previously a member of OU’s Repertory Dance Company and Dance Team. At OU, Megan has had the opportunity to work with numerous choreographers and professional companies such as Lauren Anderson, Vim Vigor, Take Root, Eisenhower Dance Detroit, and more. Megan was also selected by Oakland University dance faculty to present her choreography at the American College Dance Association’s regional adjudicated concert alongside her professor's work in February 2024.

While pursuing her BFA, Megan completed her grades I and II Cecchetti teacher certification exams and danced with professional contemporary dance company Suttle Dance. She also completed the Basic NGCP level of the Nan Giordano Jazz Certification Program in 2024. Over the next year, she intends to start training to become a certified Pilates instructor and take on an apprenticeship position with one of Oakland University’s companies in residence.

Kelly Clair
Recreational Instructor

Kelly grew up dancing in the Metro-Detroit area and is currently a student at Eastern Michigan University studying dance and arts management. During her time at Eastern she has danced in numerous program concerts, with choreographers including Baira, Joori Jung, QWNTYM, and Kathy King. She’s also been in ballets such as “Coppelia” and “Sleeping Beauty.” Kelly is a photographer who specializes in dance photography. She has also emceed competitions, competed with dance as her talent in pageants, and has taught since high school graduation. She is enthusiastic about all things dance and loves sharing her love for the art with her students. 

The Facilities

Allegro Dance is located at 6405 North Telegraph Road in Building H-4 inside the Bloomfield Medical Village.

We have two studios with sprung Harelquin Dance floors that aid in shock absorption and help avoid injuries common among dancers.

Our lobby is equipped with closed circuit cameras allowing parents to watch the classes that are running in each studio. We have a small boutique stocked with hand knit dance sweaters and leg warmers, tights and Allegro Dance apparel.