Project Description

Jennifer O’Neil McLaughlin

Owner & Artistic Director

Jennifer O’Neil McLaughlin, has professional and collegiate dance training with over 25 years of studio teaching experience in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Illinois and Iowa. Jen has studied dance since age 3 with various studios including the Donna Miceli Dance Center (MA), Jeannine’s Dancers’ Stoppe (NH), Gus Giordano Dance Center (Chicago, IL), Broadway Dance Center (New York, NY) and continues to attend numerous dance conventions and workshops around the country. Miss Jen is certified through the Dance Teachers’ Club of Boston and Dance Masters of America. Jen is also a proud member of the International Dance Entrepreneurs Association (I.D.E.A.) and attends numerous seminars through this well-respected organization throughout the year.

Jen received her bachelor’s degree from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA where she was co-founder and choreographer for the Holy Cross Dance Ensemble. Before opening Allegro, Jen directed more than 400 students in a dance program at the Family Museum in Bettendorf, Iowa where she taught and choreographed all genres of dance. She has also served as a judge for high school and college dance team auditions, high school dance team competitions, the Milford Pumpkin Festival Talent Show and serves as the special awards judge for the New England Dance Festival Dance Competiton each June. Miss Jen’s choreography has won numerous awards and special recognition at the regional and national levels. Miss Jen truly enjoys teaching dancers of all ages at all levels! Encouraging and inspiring dancers to pursue their passions (whether they are dance-related or not) is why she chose to open a dance studio in the first place! It is what motivates her every day. She feels very blessed to do what she loves and looks forward to many years of helping her students to grow and pursue their dreams!

Miss Jen knows she became a better dance teacher when she became a mom! She is the proud mother of three young children (Kenley, Ty & Jayde) who all LOVE to dance!