Our Faculty
Our instructors are qualified and committed to providing our students outstanding technical dance training combined with innovative and current choreography.
Andrea VanSickle
Founder/Owner of iYooWee
Andi has been dancing since she was 9 years old. As a senior in high school, Andi was a part of a state/National winning team and was awarded the first Miss Showstopper of the year award. She began running and teaching camps as well as judging and choreographing for college bowl games. Andi graduated from Otterbein university with a major in Dance and Public Relations. After college she continued to teach camps and judge as well as coaching The Worthington Dance Team. Through her 16 years with Worthington her teams won many State and National titles. Andi was also the Events manager for The Columbus Chamber of Commerce where she ran 16 Columbus Jazz and Rib Fests as well as numerous other events.
In 2003 Andi, along side her husband, Chuck, and their 2 daughters, Briggs and Reyka, they opened iYooWee. They began to make a place where everyone is welcome. iYooWee began with a few dance classes and has grown to hold 3 parts of the business, The Dance Space, iYooWee tumble and Westerville Jazzercise. Learn more about how The Dance Space got started.
“I love to walk into the studio and know that kids and adults alike are enjoying the love for dance.”
Leslie Phillips
Office Manager
Dance and Tumble Instructor
Bio coming soon!
Lori VanDyke
Dance Instructor
Lori has been dancing since she was 2 ½ years old. She began
coaching and teaching dance at The Dance Space her senior year of high school
and continued taking dance classes and training while at college at The
University of Akron. As a student, Lori won Little Miss Dance Ohio and Junior
Miss Dance Ohio. As a teacher she has received multiple choreography and
entertainment awards, as well as a top teacher award! Outside of the studio
Lori stays busy with her husband, two young children, and sweet dog, Piper. She
enjoys staying home and spending time with friends and family during bonfires, cookouts,
and dance parties. She also enjoys crafting and going to garage sales. Lori is
an Intervention Specialist at the New Albany Primary School. As an Intervention
Specialist she works with 1st – 3rd grade students with
special needs, specifically in the areas of behavior, emotional regulation, and
social skills.
Lori’s favorite part of being a dance teacher is being a
part of the moments when a dancer succeeds at a skill they have been working on
for a long time. Her favorite quote is “It’s a good day to have a good day”.
Ticia Dillon
Dance and Tumble Instructor
Bio coming soon!
Ashley Dabe
Dance Instructor
Bio coming soon!
Alyssa Fickert
Dance and Tumble Instructor
Bio coming soon!
Colleen Creghan
Dance Instructor
Bio coming soon!
Maria Winn
Dance Instructor
Bio coming soon!
Jake Turner
Tumble Instructor
Bio coming soon!
Anna Scott
Dance & Tumble Instructor
Anna has been teaching with us since 2021. She has taken gymnastics
since she was 2, danced competitively throughout middle school and high school
and cheered all four years of high school. Anna qualified to train at the Olympic
Training Center for Gymnastics in Texas. She trained with Olympic coaches and
staff alongside the best of the best gymnasts in the country. When she’s not
teaching tumble, she is attending school and is a fitness specialist at the OSU
Wexner Medical Health & Fitness Center where she is a personal trainer and
teaches group fitness. In school she is working on her B.S. in Exercise Science
& Health Promotion and is a certified group exercise instructor. Anna’s hobby
is being physically active by working out, walking, hiking, lifting weights and
tumbling. In her down time Anna enjoys doing arts & crafts, walking in the
sun, going shopping, and going on Starbucks runs. She also loves relaxing and
spending time with her family.
Ray Pinkins
Tumble Instructor
Ray has been cheering and tumbling since the age of 4 and began cheering
competitively at the age of 10. Her passion for the sport makes private lessons
a favorite part of coaching. Along with teaching tumble at The Dance Space, Ray
coaches at St. Francis Desales High School and has helped them win the state
championship for the past two years! Ray favorite thing about teaching is seeing the light bulb go off in her students’ heads,
and their smiles, when they learn a new skill. Outside of teaching and coaching
she is currently attending school for exercise science-athletic performance. She
is the second oldest of five siblings and has a wild puppy named Blaze who she
loves dearly.
Raemi Paxton
Dance Instructor
Bio coming soon!
Molly Grossman
Dance Instructor
Bio coming soon!