Staff

Nicole "Peach" Romey is the owner and director of Bold Dance by Peach. She started dancing at age 2 in a studio in Des Moines, Iowa. Peach began her competitive dance career at age 6, was captain of her high school dance team, and later danced for Iowa State University's Dance Team where she also served as captain and graduated with a degree in Psychology. Throughout her dance career, Peach won various awards at the state and national levels, choreographed for various companies and schools, traveled the United States competing and taking classes, and coached for a local high school dance team.

Peach began teaching in the Ames community in 2006, and fell in love with sharing her passion with the many children she worked with. After 12 years of teaching, Peach was excited to launch Bold Dance by Peach, and to bring her refreshing and innovative ideas to our dance family! It has always been important to her to provide an atmosphere is that inclusive and inviting to all children who want to explore the world of dance and to make each and every child feel confident and empowered with their dance experience!

Miss Kyla is from Geneva, Illinois where she started her dance career at the age of three and competing at the age of five. She was an integral part of her high school varsity dance team for four years and is now a proud member of the award-winning Iowa State Dance Team. Kyla is currently a junior at Iowa State University where she is studying Kinesiology.

Kyla is so excited to be a part of Bold Dance! She cannot wait to share her love and passion of dance with her classes, learn and grow from her students and to simply have fun!

Dance has been a part of Miss Molly's life for over 19 years. She grew up dancing at a local studio where she trained in ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, lyrical, contemporary and modern. She was a member of her studio's competition team and the Urbandale High School Dance Team. Molly has had a variety of dance experience from competitive dance classes, teaching classes and attending countless conventions and competitions.

Molly is a third grade teacher at a local elementary school and is so excited for another year at Bold Dance!

Miss Rachel is a student at Iowa State University and a current member of the Iowa State Dance Team. She grew up in Des Moines, IA and has been dancing since the age of three! Throughout her competitive dance career, she has held various titles and won many awards. With the Iowa State Dance Team, Rachel has won two national pom championship awards and a first-place gold medal in the ICU Worlds Competition.

Rachel is so excited to share her passion of dance with others and looks forward to being a part of her Bold Dance students dance careers!

Miss Elena started dancing when she was 3 years old and has been trained in ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, acro, modern, hip hop, musical theatre, and heels. She has trained under various broadway stars, professional cheerleaders, Rockettes, and So You Think You Can Dance participants.

Elena has taught at Bold the last two years and coached gymnastics for the last six years. She is currently studying Elementary Education at Iowa State University. She loves being a part of the Bold Dance family and sharing her love of dance!

Miss McKayla has been dancing for over 20 years. She grew up in Minnesota and was trained in high kick and jazz. She danced for a local studio,competed on her high school dance team, and participated on her college dance team.

After moving to Ames to attend After moving to Ames to attend Iowa State's College of Veterinary Medicine, McKayla joined the adult class at Bold and fell in love with the studio! Mckayla has now graduated and is so excited to stay in central Iowa and to now share her love of dance with all of the dancers at Bold! As a master of all trades, you will find Mckayla both teaching classes and working as support staff at Bold. She is so excited to be a part of this dance family!

Miss Krista grew up dancing at a studio in Pella, Iowa where she trained in jazz, ballet, tap, and pointe. She was a four-year member of her high school dance team and was a proud member of the dance team at Northwestern College where she served as captain and choreographed routines for her team. After her college career, Krista has spent time sharing her passion teaching at studios and coaching a high school dance team.

Krista is excited to continue her dance journey at Bold and to share her passion for the dance world with her students!

Miss Julianna is from Bloomington, Minnesota and has been dancing recreationally since she was two years old. She began competing when she was nine, and has been trained in tap, ballet, jazz, pointe, lyrical, contemporary, modern, hip hop, danceline, and acro. She has choreographed several award-winning pieces, and has coached gymnastics for the past three years.

This year, Julianna is studying Criminal Justice at Iowa State University. She is happy to be a part of the Bold Dance family!

Miss Sydney began her journey in dance at the tender age of three, evolving into the competitive stage by the age of nine.Sydney spent years in dancing in her home studio, training across various styles including tap, jazz, ballet, lyrical, and hip-hop

Miss Sydney is currently attending Iowa State University where she studies kinesiology. Sydney so excited to put her energy into teaching and share her passion with the Bold Dance community!

Miss Delaney has studied dance for 15 years in the Des Moines area and is currently a student at Iowa State University studying Psychology and Spanish. She trained in ballet, jazz, tap, pointe, lyrical, and contemporary. Dance is her outlet, and she hopes to carry the excitement and love of dance into her classes at Bold! Delaney is so excited and grateful to be a part of our Bold Dance Family and cannot wait to create meaningful and lasting relationships with her students!

Cindy is our event planner/support staff at Bold Dance! She not only is wonderful at what she does around the studio but also has a dance background! She started dancing at age three and continued through high school, where she was captain of her dance team her senior year. She took ballroom classes in college and after a long dance hiatus she became a participant in the Bold Dance Adult Class. She is also an incredibly proud dance mom to four Bold Dancers!

Cindy spends much of her time shuttling her five kids between activities and school. In her free time she loves a good book, crafting, a laugh with good friends and spending time with her husband. If she could, Cindy would live a the lake, her favorite place to spend time with her family!

Raina is our Studio Secretary and the coordinator of all things Bold! Raina and her family relocated to Ames from Oregon and have fallen in love with the Ames community. Raina danced both classical ballet and African dance, and has an extensive background in wedding and event coordination as well as owning a private wedding coordination business in the heart of Oregon wine country.Raina is a graduate of Oregon State University with a degree in Marketing.

Raina enjoys exploring the outdoors while hiking and camping with her husband, Josh and their two children Colson and Nora (who loves dancing at Bold Dance!), along with their silly rescue dog Maisel. When she's not working at the front desk at Bold Dance you will find her working in her yard, reading a good book from the public library and shuttling her two kids to and from dance and sporting events.