Promoting the joy of dance for 86 years!

Franklin School of Dance is a premium dance studio in downtown Kent, OH
providing recreational dance lessons for ages 3 & up.
We offer a fun, nurturing environment for children, teens and adults of all skill levels.

Always Enrolling

Our 2022/2023 season runs
Tuesday, September 6th - Saturday, May 27th.
To register for classes email
courtneylwatt@yahoo.com or call/text 330.673.5419

Private & Group Lessons available in:
Ballet  Tap  Pointe  Hip Hop
Cheer Dance  Jazz  Lyrical  Adult

Meet Our Instructors

Courtney Watt
Owner & Lead Instructor
Courtney started taking dance lessons at Franklin School of Dance at age 3 and continued through high school. She then began teaching at the studio after earning her certification through Dance Masters of America. In the summer of 2011, she became owner and lead instructor at Franklin School of Dance. Courtney teaches ballet, tap, jazz, pointe, lyrical and beginner tumbling.

Koral Jamieson 
Instructor
Koral started dancing when she was 3 years old at Franklin School of Dance. She began competitive dance at age 10 and continued throughout high school, traveling to Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago and Detroit to participate in workshops such as The PULSE and dance classes led by choreographers at studios such as Edge Performing Arts Center (in L.A.) and Broadway Dance Center (in NYC). Koral choreographs and teaches hip hop, jazz, cheer dance, tap, tumbling, lyrical, ballet and pointe. 

Jackie Searfoss
Adult Instructor
Jackie began taking classes as a youth under the tutelage of Bill Franklin and later studied ballet, tap and jazz at the Morganstern Studios and Cleveland School of Ballet, becoming a professional dancer and model. She ran her own dance studios in Akron, taught classes for Bill Franklin and later owned and operated J.J.’s Dance Factory in Perrysburg for 29 years.

Brittany Ward
Adult Instructor
Brittany began dance at Franklin at age 3, as her grandmother Betty Rundquist ran the studio. Her teachers included her mother Chi Chi Rundquist Ward and Courtney Watt. After high school graduation, Brittany followed in their footsteps and began instructing all types of classes to students of all ages.