NOLTE COMPANIES
  • information
    • NEW TO NOLTE
    • 2022-23 schedule
    • BIPOC Statement
    • Nolte Companies Equity Advisory Board
    • Studio Tour
    • company policies
    • CONTACT us
  • enroll now!
  • NOLTE ACADEMY
    • Calendar/FAQ
    • class descriptions + levels
    • TUITION & REGISTRATION
    • Attire Considerations
    • Pointe at Nolte
    • young children's programming
  • POWERED BY NOLTE
    • Classical at Nolte
    • NOLTE NUTCRACKER
    • NOLTE RECITAL
    • Iowa City Youth Choir
    • PILATES
    • THE COMPANY
    • Nolte Madrigal Dinner
    • OPEN DOORS DANCE FESTIVAL
  • faculty & staff
  • NEWS
  • JOB OPPORTUNITIES

get 2 know: molly yates

3/21/2019

1 Comment

 
Picture
Many of my students and even fellow teachers at Nolte knew me as Nora, Grant and Dylan’s mom, or their wacky neighbor, before they knew me as a dance teacher. I graduated from the University of Iowa in 2002 with a degree in both dance and journalism and worked in both fields in various states for the next 16 years before joining Nolte’s staff this year.

Get 2 Know Molly! 



​Growing up, I was a country kid in small-town Iowa who enjoyed running barefoot in the yard (I still do that), climbing trees (I'll pass on this now) and mushroom hunting in the timber (I still do this too!) My childhood instilled a love of nature in my life! If you visit my current house in the spring or summer you’ll find a chicken coop filled with sassy hens and fresh eggs, a huge garden and a young fruit orchard. I love working outdoors when I’m not working with students! I caught the dance and tumbling bug at age seven. One thing most kids don’t know about my dancing is that I’m actually a state champion clogger! My competitive dance group’s clogging routine was selected as a state champion in the Sprouts division at the Bill Riley Talent Show at the Iowa State Fair in 1996! It was a moment I’ll never forget though I have since forgotten most of my clogging skills! I still love stopping at the Bill Riley stage to catch a few acts when I take my kids to the Iowa State Fair. 


Another interesting part of my life story that most people don’t know is that my mom actually set my husband and I up on a blind date in Iowa City 17 years ago! My husband Jarrod was working with my mom at the time in Mercy Iowa City’s emergency room department. She gave him my number and we met at what was Mondo’s Tomato Pie (now Reunion Brewery) for a blind date. One year and a few months later we were married and over the next several years we moved to Los Angeles, Chicago and Detroit, where I furthered my dance education and taught at competitive dance studios that are still near and dear to my heart.

1 Comment
Cindy Rogerson link
3/22/2019 08:03:26 pm

Molly, you were and always will be a very talented dancer. Have loved you since you were a little girl and will never stop loving you. You go girl!!! Each and every student you teach is getting a fabulous dance education.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    February 2023
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    October 2020
    August 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018

Copyright © 2023
  • information
    • NEW TO NOLTE
    • 2022-23 schedule
    • BIPOC Statement
    • Nolte Companies Equity Advisory Board
    • Studio Tour
    • company policies
    • CONTACT us
  • enroll now!
  • NOLTE ACADEMY
    • Calendar/FAQ
    • class descriptions + levels
    • TUITION & REGISTRATION
    • Attire Considerations
    • Pointe at Nolte
    • young children's programming
  • POWERED BY NOLTE
    • Classical at Nolte
    • NOLTE NUTCRACKER
    • NOLTE RECITAL
    • Iowa City Youth Choir
    • PILATES
    • THE COMPANY
    • Nolte Madrigal Dinner
    • OPEN DOORS DANCE FESTIVAL
  • faculty & staff
  • NEWS
  • JOB OPPORTUNITIES