A message from the owner
Hello, my name is Markie Mitchell and I am the proud owner of The Movement Center! When creating this program my first priority was to provide a safe space where our students feel loved, confident, and successful. As a coach I have worked with many gyms and studios over the past 15 years and seen many recreational programs. I wanted to create a place that was built on helping all of our students be proud of themselves, gain confidence, and feel like a part of something special regardless of if they are on a competitive team. Our students are not just a number to us, they are our family, our community and we let them know that they matter. We promise to be a friend, a mentor, and a support system for each of our students. The Movement Center is more than just a place, it is a community of loving, kind and passionate individuals that we are proud to be a part of.
Markie Mitchell
Owner & Director
Coaches & Staff
Kayleigh Edwards
Studio and Preschool Program Manager
Kayleigh is the receptionist and dance instructor here at TMC. She has trained in various styles of dance such as, Ballroom, Jazz, Ballet, and Hip Hop. She is also a full-time mother and loves spending time with her family and watching her kids dance and tumble.
Kayleigh has always made movement a priority in her life and loves surrounding herself with it. Not only is she a fantastic employee, but she also loves engaging with families at TMC and make sure everyone feels welcome and safe. We are so lucky to have her here at TMC!
Saige Palmer
Coaching Director
Saige grew up doing gymnastics and competing for many years. She also spent three years on the cheer team at Alta High School. She has been coaching for 10 years. She has taught recreational gymnastics to kids ages 2-18, and has spent the last five years coaching competitive gymnastics.
Saige is married and has a two year old son. She took time off after having her son during the pandemic and is excited to return to coaching and helping run the tumbling program at TMC. She believes that all kids can find joy in movement while learning and practicing correct strength conditioning and technique.
Nicci Christianson
Assistant Coach Manager + Tumbling Coach
Nicci started doing gymnastics when she was in first grade. She has been coaching for 12 years. She taught tumbling to kids ages 2-21.
Nicci has been married for a year.
She took time off to explore a different career path, but is excited to return to gymnastics.
She believes that all kids can achieve greatness. With hard work, dedication and a good support system, anyone can achieve their dreams!
When she is not coaching at the Movement Center she works on the TV show called Relative Race along with directing the Miss Bluffdale Pageant and spending time with her friends and family.
Barbara Knaub
Receptionist
Barbara grew up doing and competing in gymnastics and dance. She was a cheerleader at Hillcrest High School and was also part of the Drill team and Dance Company. She has loved dance and tumbling her whole life. She started coaching gymnastics and tumbling about 12 years ago.
Barbara is married and has three kids. Two of them participate in cheer, tumbling and dance at TMC. In her free time, she loves to go to concerts, shop at Target and have movie nights with her family. She is grateful to be a part of the TMC family. She loves meeting all the kids and families that come into the studio!
Janell Christensen
Tumbling Coach
Janell started tumbling when she was 6 and has been passionate about it ever since! She coached tumbling for a total for 2 and a half years before coming to The Movement Center and is very excited to be a part of this program.
Janell is currently finishing her last semester at the University of Utah to become a recreational therapist. In her free time she loves to roller skate, do yoga, and hike. She is so stoked to bring her passion for coaching and recreation to her work with the kids here at The Movement Center!
Maya Adams
Tumbling, Cheer, Acro & Adult Coach
Maya's background consists of mainly cheer and dance with a morsel of Gymnastics. She began with tumbling when she was in preschool and officially joined her first cheer team at the age of 6! This led her to acquire 11 years of experience in competitive cheer/dance with an additional 4 years in Acro and Gymnastics.
Maya is a choreographer who specializes in Cheer, Jazz and Hip Hop.
Maya has been coaching here at TMC for almost 3 years! She is passionate about sharing her love for movement with the students at TMC!
Hailey Stoker
Cheer Program Manager
Hailey's background revolves around cheer and tumbling with a taste of dance and gymnastics. She first started dancing as a kindergartener. Hailey has had an athletic career in cheerleading and tumbling lasting for ten years. She has been a part of studio, All Star, and high school cheer and fell in love with all aspects of the sport. She lettered as a freshmen on the varsity team and competed second runner up in Idaho’s State Cheer and Dance Competition. She cheered as a freshmen, sophomore, and junior in high school before she graduated early at 16 years old. Her experience stretches a 12 year range.
Hailey has spent the past year coaching gymnastics and tumbling at a recreational and competitive level. Her calling in life is being a role model to all. She is passionate about the determination, courage, strength, and confidence it takes to be an athlete. Coaching is the most rewarding job there is. Although gymnastics is a thrilling sport, she has missed the energy of cheerleading. While taking time off to heal from surgery, she is ready for her new adventure with TMC. She is excited to begin working with the kids, instill her positivity, and help them progress as athletes and individuals.
“Your biggest motivator is yourself, believe in yourself!”
Sydney Thomas
Cheerleading Coach
Sydney started coaching at TMC the beginning of 2023 and has been coaching Team RISE. Sydney started competitive tumbling around 5 years old and continued with that until she began high school cheerleading. She cheered all four years of high school, and then made the Dixie State Cheer Squad in 2010. After a year and a half of college cheer she had back surgery and was no longer able to cheer. After 12 years of being out of the cheer game she was ready to get back in it as a coach!
She continuously strives to make this a fun and memorable experience for the girls and the parents. Her mission is not only to teach them the skills of a cheerleader, but teach them how to be a leader! In addition to coaching Sydney is also a mother of two children. Outside of coaching she was a professional pastry chef for over 10 years and even had a chance to bake on the Food Network in 2020.
Sky Wardle
Tumbling, Dance & Cheer Coach
Sky has been coaching tumbling for about 4 years now, but she has been in the dance and tumbling industry for over 11 years. She started her journey with cheer, which led her to gymnastics and then to acro and dance. She competed on her high school dance team and fell in love with the aspect of performing.
Sky is super bubbly and loves to have fun with her students. She absolutely loves coaching and giving kids the escape that she feels she needed as a child. She believes having a great coach will not only push them to progress in the spot they love but also just in their lives in general. She is the coach that can be your best friend and you can look up to!
Abby Hedenstrom
Tumbling Coach
Hi! My name is Abby Hedenstrom! I have been tumbling at The Movement Center since the year it opened. I enjoy every moment of tumbling and love working with kids and hope to instill the love of tumbling in them also!
When I'm not at TMC, I am a student at Jordan High School and another big part of my life is choir. I love to sing and have been in choir for years. I am so grateful for tumbling and choir. I love working at TMC and love to see the smiles on the kids faces as they walk into class, it always makes my day. I am so excited to be a part of TMC and am excited to share my love for tumbling with everyone!
Brie Greenwald
Tumbling Coach
Brie was a competitive gymnast for many years and began gymnastics at the age of 3. She started coaching when she was 17 and taught tumbling and competitive gymnastics for over a year. She took time off from coaching to begin college at the University of Utah but is excited to be back doing something she is passionate about.
Brie had many coaches growing up that helped her develop her love for the sport and hopes to do the same for others. Her biggest coaching goal is to create an environment where kids can learn, have fun, and gain confidence.
Ian Chapline
Parkour Coach
Ian has been training in parkour for nearly twenty years. He has worked with a variety of groups to conduct parkour seminars, performances, and classes. With a decade of experience coaching groups of all ages and backgrounds, Ian has developed a style of teaching that prioritizes safety and teamwork while allowing students to learn and grow in the ways most effective for them. He hopes that students will learn to see parkour not simply as exercise, but as a method for developing confidence, kindness, and a positive view of life, oneself, and others.
In addition to his passion for parkour, Ian is interested in martial arts, dance, and other acrobatic movement disciplines. He has trained for varying lengths of time in Capoeira, Aikido, Wing Chun Kung Fu, Taijiquan, Taekwondo, and several types of dance. He studied briefly with Laurent Piemontesi, a member of the Yamakasi and an originator of parkour and its parent discipline, l’art du déplacement.
Ian is very excited to be part of the TMC community!
Syd Deloach
Cheer & Tumbling Coach
Bio coming soon!
Heather jeffs
Tumbling Coach
Heather started gymnastics when she was only one year old and was a competitive gymnast for over 12 years including competing for her High School in Wyoming. She was also a competitive Power Tumbler for 8 years. During her tumbling career Heather attended 5 National Championships!
She absolutely loves tumbling and is so excited to get to coach a sport she has such a passion for. Heather is so grateful for the opportunity to be a part of such an incredible team, and looks forward to the future here at TMC!
Kyra wellington
Cheer & Tumbling Coach
Around the age of five years old Kyra began taking interest in gymnastics and overtime this expanded into a love for cheerleading and tumbling. Throughout Jr. High and High school, Kyra did competitive All-Star cheerleading then joined her college cheer team at Westminster University.
Kyra's love for the sport inspired her to share her experiences with others, leading her to coach tumbling and competitive cheerleading teams for about six years. She cares deeply about the students she coaches and is dedicated to helping them achieve their goals here at TMC!
Wesley Ward
Parkour & Tumbling Coach
Wesley has been doing parkour and tumbling since 2017 and teaching since 2019.
He started coaching because he loves seeing people progress and seeing how happy people get when they learn new movements.
In his free time he enjoys Muay Thai, boxing, and meditation.
Wesley started working at The Movement Center in January of 2025. His goal is to help people reach their full potential and surpass what they thought they were capable of. He is excited to join our community and get to know the lovely people of TMC!
Kova Valdez
Cheer & Tumbling Coach
Bio coming soon!
Zarina akhunova
Cheer & Tumbling Coach
Bio coming soon!
Caitlyn andersen
Tumbling Coach
With years of experience in coaching, Caitlyn is passionate about working with kids and helping them discover and nurture their own talents. Caitlyn's background includes gymnastics, dance, and five years of cheerleading. It's given her a well-rounded perspective to inspire and guide young athletes. She loves seeing her students grow and find their passion in everything they do
Jordyn Knaub
Cheer & Tumbling Assistant Coach
Jordyn has been cheering and tumbling at TMC for over 4 years. She started her tumbling journey at 3 years old and she prefers to spend her time upside down. She has a passion for cheer and tumbling and loves everything about the sport. Jordyn values hard work, determination and teamwork and she has learned so much of this from being a student at TMC over the years. She is excited to share her passion with the kids here at The Movement Center to help them accomplish their goals!
Haven Mccleery
Tumbling Assistant Coach
Hi! My name is Haven McCleery. I grew up doing competitive dance for 9 years, and when I was 11 I decided to take a cheer class at TMC and I immediately fell in love with the sport, and I have been cheering ever since. I spent about three years at the movement center and loved all my time there. After cheering at TMC I went on to do allstar cheer at Mac’s which I also loved.
I have been tumbling for almost 9 years and have loved every bit of it. I learned so much from TMC while being a student there and it helped me improve as an athlete so much. I am currently a cheerleader at Alta high school. I spend most of my time at Alta when i’m not at TMC. Cheer and tumbling have become such huge parts of my life and I am so grateful for the opportunity to share my passion with kids, and help them learn and grow in more ways than one. I always leave TMC with a smile on my face after seeing how excited the kids are to learn new skills! So grateful to be apart of such an amazing community!
Courtney bryant
Tumbling & Cheer Assistant Coach
Bio coming soon!
Sophie Lancaster
Tumbling & Cheer Assistant Coach
Bio coming soon!
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