Power-Barre Instructors

Jillian Michaels has been teaching dance for over 20 years. She worked in Jacksonville at 3 studios while earning her BA in Dance Education. During this time she interned with some of the top performing arts schools in the nation. She founded, established, and ran a dance program at NAF Atsugi outside of Tokyo, Japan for 5 years. The foundation she built for the program gave it the means to still exist today, 8 years after leaving. Since being back in the United States, Jillian has worked for 3 studios serving as Ballet Director, Artistic Director, and Instructor. She was an adjunct professor of Ballet at University of Tampa for 3 years and still returns as a guest speaker and choreographer. Jillian also was a dance teacher at Philip Shore Elementary Arts Magnet School. She has worked at Longleaf Elementary School during the week as choreographer for their nationally acclaimed show choir and assisted with the establishment of a dance program that helped them earn the credit as a Florida Arts Model School. Jillian was cofounder and artistic director of Pasco Performing Arts Council. Also, founder and creator of Power-Barre dance based fitness focused on injury prevention and rehabilitation for her students. Ms. Michaels is a certified American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum® instructor, Preprimary- Level 8/Partnering and has also completed Physically Integrated Dance training with Axis Dance Company. She was proud to host Progressing Ballet Technique at Jacksonville University, obtaining certification of all 3 levels. Jillian is also a National Dance Education Organization member and National Honor Dance Society chapter advisor. Ms Michaels most recently stepped down as Executive Director of our beautiful downtown historic Richey Suncoast Theatre and is proud to have continued to hosted and directed the community Nutcracker and Scholarship Gala there for 2021 and 2022 as well as responsible for its restructuring and redevelopment plans!Jillian has always had a passion for creating curriculum that is safe and effective for her students.  She spent much of her training years in pain from various preventable injuries and has made it her mission that her students will not have to endure the same limitations to their potential dance careers.  With American Ballet Theatre Teaching Curriculum certifications preprimary though level 7, her bachelors degree in Dance Education K-12, and multiple Continuing Education courses with focus on pedagogy and kinesiology, Jillian has created Power-Barre.  She contributes the curriculum and classes to her ability to be pain free, fully active, and stronger than ever in her post dance career days.  

Elaina has been in the fitness and physical therapy industry for 25 years. She  has a BFA in Dance from FSU and is a Licensed and practicing PTA with Associates of Science in Physical Therapy from Newbury College and a Stretch Practitioner.  She also has numerous fitness certifications, AFFA/ NASM/AAAI group exercise, personal training, Pilates Physical Mind, Yoga teacher training 200 hour- Pose by Pose.  Her approach to helping others achieve success is through empowering them. Creating balance with mind and spirit; if your focus and drive is present the body will follow, she calls this being the best version of yourself. Elaina is enthusiastic, driven to help and truly cares. With decades of experience in rehabilitation and fitness she acknowledges that each client is wonderfully unique. She designs individualized programs for all levels of fitness, including those with limitations. 

Jillian Michaels

Owner & Founder

Elaina Rodenbush

BFA, CPT, PTA, MPS Therapist, Pilates Instructor, Stretch Practitioner

Lauren moved to the Tampa Bay area in 2012 after attending school in Lincoln, Nebraska and growing up in Knoxville, Tennessee. She started experimenting with online barre fitness as a way to make something positive out of COVID lockdown and working from home.  After over 200 in person classes taken and teaching even more barre classes, Lauren is ready to make your next Power-Barre class an engaging and musically driven experience.  Teaching Power-Barre is an expression of Lauren's creative side as she grew up dancing, baton twirling, and playing clarinet, which was a part of herself she missed in the transition from college to career. Power-Barre workouts push her to challenge herself each and every class and she hopes to bring that energy to her classes.  Outside of the studio, Lauren works in technology and likes to spend time with her husband and four hairless sphynx cats.

Lauren Marecek

Power-Barre Instructor