Meet Our Staff

Instructor / Education Manager of R&J Academy

Jonathan began dancing in 2006 at the age of 16. Immediately he took to teaching and began ballroom clubs in local high schools, both Canton McKinley and Glen Oak. Since, Jonathan has travelled throughout the United States, competing in every major ballroom competition, taking home national and world titles for both himself and his students. Now residing back in his hometown of Canton, Ohio, Jonathan plans to make Canton a hub for ballroom dance education!

Instructor / R&J Academy Professor

Rachel Green is a graduate of the University of Akron with a degree in Musical Theatre Dance.  She is a former member Dancing Wheels, a modern dance company of Cleveland, and is the former Dance Department Coordinator of Solon Center for the Arts. Rachel began her studies in ballroom while at the University of Akron and has taught in the Cleveland area for over fifteen years. She won several American Rhythm Professional Rising Star titles while competing with her partner (and now husband), Jonathan Green, and currently teaches private and group ballroom lessons at several locations in Northeast Ohio. 

Instructor / Trainee Coordinator

Bio coming soon...