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title: "Kinderdance® A Top Childrens Franchise Awards A Franchise In Missouri"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/22e7dc5b-1342-4074-b4b4-fab7ba15f5e4
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20200903_kinderdance_a_top_childrens_franchise_awards_a_franchise_in_missouri.html
category: "Education & Childcare"
industry: "Education & Childcare"
published: 2020-09-03T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:34:19.414Z
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# Kinderdance® A Top Childrens Franchise Awards A Franchise In Missouri

**TL;DR:** Kinderdance awards a franchise in Missouri to Jennifer Sitzes, a former principal and dance instructor. Kinderdance is a worldwide recognized dance, gymnastics, yoga and fitness program for children ages two to twelve.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2020-09-03. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20200903_kinderdance_a_top_childrens_franchise_awards_a_franchise_in_missouri.html).*

## Story

Jennifer grew up as a dancer in Southwest Missouri where she performed in Branson, toured throughout Asia, and taught dance at a local studio. She received her bachelor’s in education from Southwest Missouri State University in 2005. Jennifer went on to earn her master’s in educational administration from Missouri State University and Specialist in Educational leadership from Liberty University.

She has experience teaching students 18 months to adult, was an assistant principal, and a principal in the Missouri public school system. Jennifer and her husband, Greg, have two young boys, Thaddeus and Phineas. Jennifer is excited to return to her dance roots with Kinderdance.

With her love for dance, she is excited to join the Kinderdance® team and spread the joy of learning through dance to children in Southwest Missouri.

“We are excited about Jennifer joining our franchise family and look forward to seeing her business grow in the Southwest Missouri” says Kinderdance Vice President of Franchise Development, Karen Maltese.

**Kinderdance®**, established in 1979 is a worldwide recognized dance, gymnastics, yoga and fitness program for children age’s two to twelve. Over 175 Franchisees currently teach to thousands of children weekly at thousands of locations in the US and around the world.

The **Kinderdance®** programs are all original worldwide dance, motor development, gymnastics, and fitness programs that combine academic readiness skills that are specifically designed for children ages 15 months to 12 years old. What makes Kinderdance® unique is that all our programs incorporate educational concepts in a developmentally designed curriculum that teaches to the total child. We place special emphasis on building “self-confidence” and “self- esteem” in young children.

The company offers their educational movement programs on site to child-care centers, recreational centers, churches, fitness centers, corporate childcare, community centers, military bases, public and private schools and many other viable locations.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- franchise expansion (topic)
- Education & Childcare (sector)
- franchise award (topic)
- missouri (location)
- childrens education (topic)
- dance program (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20200903_kinderdance_a_top_childrens_franchise_awards_a_franchise_in_missouri.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/22e7dc5b-1342-4074-b4b4-fab7ba15f5e4).