About Us

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 Kristin is the proud owner and creative director of Bean School of Dance, a role she’s cherished for the past five years. Her journey with the studio began at age two on North 3rd, where she first fell in love with dance. From assisting classes in high school to leading them in college, Kristin has grown into the heart of the studio she now leads. She’d always rather be in the studio than behind the desk—most days, you’ll find her teaching her favorite tiny dancers in combo classes. Supporting the arts in her community is especially important to her. Outside the studio, she enjoys choreographing for local theater productions and working with the Miss Shrimp Festival scholarship pageant. Kristin is passionate about fostering a safe, inspiring environment where dancers of all ages can grow, express themselves, and find joy through movement.

Keeli is trained in all styles of dance and took a liking to musical theater thanks to one of her mentors, Lisa Clarson. She is currently a company member of Florida State College of Jacksonville's danceWORKS Company, and has attended Acrobatic Arts trainings, taken classes at Broadway Dance Center in New York, and attends multiple competitions/ conventions every year where she has received several overall and judges awards 

 Pam Litz has been dancing for 25 years (since the age of two) and holds a BFA in Dance with a minor in Business Administration from Jacksonville University, where she graduated at the top of her class. She has performed lead roles in full-length ballets including Cinderella, lead Merliton, Dewdrop, and the Christmas Spirit and is the Ballet Mistress and assistant to the Artistic Director for Jacksonville’s Community Nutcracker. 

Pam grew up in an all ballet studio and later added other styles to her repertoire. Her expertise is in Ballet (contemporary and classical), contemporary and jazz. Pam teaches ballet, pointe, contemporary, jazz, lyrical, choreography, and conditioning, at Bean School of Dance sharing her passion for making the art of dance both rigorous and fun. 

Sarah Faircloth has been dancing since she was six years old and was a member of the Oregon State University dance team. This is her second year teaching at Bean School of Dance. She currently teaches Lyrical 3 / 4 and Jazz 3. Sarah has a son, Jackson and a fearless wild toddler named Charlotte, a new dance loving member of BSD. Sarah and her husband of nearly a decade have 2 cats and a dog named Bodhi. Sarah is also a licensed school teacher, bringing both classroom and dance experience to her students.  

Samantha Griffith is a Seattle native living in the sunshine state for over ten years now! After she was bit by the musical theatre bug at age seven. Her favorite credits include: Eddie: West Coast premiere of 13! The Musical, Morticia Addams: The Addams Family, The Cat in the Hat: Seussical, Emily: Elf the Musical (Saltwater Performing Arts), Sally Bowles: Cabaret (just over the bridge at Amelia Musical Playhouse!). Sam teaches our three Musical Theater levels and our tiny dancers in Combo 2/3. She has taught numerous classes, camps, workshops, and directed multiple children’s shows. Currently when she’s not at Bean she can be found teaching Amelia Musical Playhouses children’s program or onstage herself!  

 Jessie Clifton discovered her love for movement at an early age, beginning gymnastics and acro at just three years old and adding dance to her training at age six. She went on to graduate from Douglas Anderson School of the Arts with a concentration in Dance, performing in the First Coast Nutcracker for three years. Jessie continued her studies at FSCJ, where she earned her Associate in Arts degree in Dance and performed as a member of the Danceworks dance company.

Her passions led her to cheer for the Jacksonville Jaguars as a member of The Roar during the 2009 and 2010 seasons. With over 20 years of teaching experience, Jessie has dedicated her career to sharing her love of dance with students of all ages.

Jessie teaches Contemporary and our highest level of Acro at BSD! Outside the studio, Jessie works at a chiropractic office by day and performs in a band and fitness trains in her free time!

 Megan was born and raised in Fernandina Beach and began dancing at age three. She joined Bean School Of Dance at 11 years old with her first class being hip-hop. She has experience in training with many styles of dance including jazz, ballet, tap, ballroom and clogging. Megan continued dancing on her sororities dance team in college, while pursuing a BA in Political Science. Outside of dance, you will find her working at the Sheriff's Department. She also enjoys spending time with friends, family, and her dog Pua.