Whittney Niemi

Whittney Niemi is the Director of Dancers Corner’s nationally award-winning competitive performing company. She began her training at a young age intensively studying and performing classical and contemporary ballet and modern dance in Northeast Ohio at the Ballet Theater of Ashtabula. She went on to obtain a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance Performance and Composition from Ohio University where she studied many forms of dance from an acclaimed faculty. During her years there she choreographed, performed, produced, and taught while finding her creative identity and developing her unique movement profile. Following graduation where she finished among the top of her class, she joined the DC family! Whittney is proficient in the styles of Ballet, Contemporary, Hip-Hop, Classical and commercial Jazz, and also specializes in creative composition, improvisation and teaching children’s dance. She is recognized for her energy and innovation as an instructor, choreographer and performer.