Happy Birthday and welcome to our dance company Janey Bateman!!!
Janey started dancing at a young age in Northern California at South Bay Dance Center, where she trained in ballet, jazz and hip-hop. Later she went on to dance competitively in various styles of dance with Mission Dance and Performing Arts. While at MDPA, Janey also had opportunities to perform with the Oakland Ballet during their Nutcracker productions. At the age of 14, she moved to Goodyear, Arizona where she studied ballet with Linda Purdy and attended Steppin Out Dance Academy, as well as briefly dancing with her high school. After moving to Chandler, Janey continued to study ballet at the Yen Li Chen Ballet School. At this time, she was able to graduate high school a year early and begin taking dance courses at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. In 2011, Janey began dancing at Glendale Community College where she danced for three semesters on the resident dance company Verve, under director Andrea Hansen. While with Verve, she had the opportunity to perform with Center Dance Ensemble as well as at numerous other events throughout the Phoenix valley. During her time with Verve, Janey was able to learn from a handful of master guest artists including; Summer Lee Rhatigan, Alex Ketley, Emily Schoen, Joshua Blake Carter, Pilobolus, Michael Williams, Elizabeth George, Sheryl Cooper and Kenny Jezek.
Over the past few years, Janey has danced on and off while taking time to start a family. Outside of dance Janey loves spending time with her husband and 2 children.