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
Tumbling Program Coodinator
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.
Hailey Stoker
TMC Cheerleading 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 over 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.
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.
BROOKE MATHEWS
Facilities Manager
Brooke has her bachelors in Exercise Science from the University of Utah. She met her husband there in many of their same classes. She also has her Certification in Personal Training and UpBeat Barre. She has 2 daughters that take tumbling at TMC and why she started working there. Brooke loves science and the body. She finds them fascinating and that there is always something to learn about it.
Brooke and her family love being active and believe that movement is medicine: mentally, physically and emotionally. Brooke LOVES the outdoors and often finds hiking, mtn biking or sitting outside as therapeutic. She is a SUCKER for a good sunset or sunrise. She feels God most in the outdoors. She and her family love camping, hiking, biking, water skiing, snow skiing or anything outside. We love to ride bikes to get treats. If she's not busy with her kids you can find Brooke's nose in a good book, she also loves getting mani/pedis and taking hot baths.
Barbara Knaub
Safety & Development Manager
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!
Nicci Kevern
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.
RAE Robinson
Tumbling Coach
Bio coming soon!
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 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 professional choreographer who specializes in Cheer, Jazz, and Hip Hop. She previously took a year off to discover other career paths, however she deeply missed teaching and is thrilled to be back in the groove. Sharing her knowledge and experiences and helping develop the skills of others is her passion and she is excited to get to know our TMC community and help them learn and progress!
Lexie Cooper
Tumbling Coach
Bio Coming Soon
Sydney Thomas
Cheer & Tumbling 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.
Katelynn Powell
Tumbling Coach
Katelynn spent most of her childhood doing competitive gymnastics. She is very excited to share that passion with the students and family of TMC. Her favorite part of coaching is seeing the excitement in the faces of children when they learn new skills, especially skills they were previously scared of.
Building the students’ confidence is Katelynn’s main focus and passion with these students. When she isn’t tumbling or coaching she is either busy working as an investment banker or is raising her three dogs and two cats, of which she loves with all of her heart. In the winter she spends her time snowboarding and coaching snowboarding to disabled youth.
Skylee Wardle
Dance & Tumbling Coach
Skylee has been coaching tumbling for about 2 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.
Skylee 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!
Heather Jeffs
Tumbling Coach
Bio Coming Soon
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.
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!
Star Danner
Tumbling Coach
Bio Coming Soon
Haven mccleery
Tumbling 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!
IAN CHAPLINE
Tumbling Coach
Bio coming soon!
Caitlyn andersen
Tumbling Coach
Bio coming soon!
JASMINE JONES
Tumbling Coach
Jasmines background revolves around cheerleading, gymnastics, and tumbling as both an athlete and a coach. Jasmine fell in love with cheerleading at a young age and competed in both All Star, and high school cheer.
Jasmine has been coaching cheer, gymnastics, and tumbling for the past five years. She is very passionate about the sport and setting athletes up for success, as both athletes and individuals. Jasmine is excited to share her passion and be apart of the TMC family!
Jordyn Knaub
Assistant Coach
Jordyn has been cheering and tumbling at TMC for over 3 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!
Hannah Lopez
Assistant Coach
Bio coming soon!
Madison Johnstun
Assistant Coach
Madison has been going to The Movement Center for over 5 years. She decided she wanted to do Acro, and then Tumbling, and then she entered the sport of Cheerleading. Madison loves all the coaches at TMC and says that they are all so sweet and caring. The thing she loves most about TMC is it's an incredible learning environment, from the equipment and drills to the coaches and students. She loves to work hard and strives to reach her goals. She wants the best for every child/student and is excited to share her knowledge with the TMC community.
Courtney Bryant
Assistant Coach
Bio coming soon!
Patricija Andziulyte
Assistant Coach
This is Patricija Andziulyte I have my bio and picture for the TMC website! Thank you
Patricija started off with dancing and aerial silks. Tumbling started to interest her while doing silks. She started at TMC by taking an acro and tumbling class. She immediately fell in love with the sport.
She’s been at TMC for almost two years and wants to help kids to progress with tumbling. She values working hard and progressing towards goals. Tumbling is a big part of Patricija’s life, and she is excited to share her passion with all of the students at TMC!
Sophie lancaster
Assistant Coach
Bio coming soon!
Mckinsey Adams
Tumbling Coach
Bio Coming Soon
Kyra Wellington
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!
Kennady Low
Tumbling Coach
Kennady has been a cheerleader for the past 13 years and loves tumbling, stunting and performing. She cheered and coached at MACS for about 3 of those years and had the opportunity to win some amazing titles, including becoming a world champion! Kennedy is currently a cheerleader at Mountain Ridge High School, and absolutely loves it. Her whole life has revolved around cheerleading as both an athlete and as a coach. Kennedy is excited to be able to share her passion of cheering and tumbling, and help others achieve their greatest goals and hardest challenges. With her background she understands the dedication and hard work it takes to excel in this sport. Her coaching philosophy centers around building strong, confident athletes who not only master the technical skills of cheer and tumbling but also develop teamwork, leadership, and resilience. She focuses on creating a supportive and motivating environment where each athlete can thrive and reach their full potential. Kennedy’s goal is to help every student she coaches to achieve their personal best, not just in the sport but life in general!