Meet your Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Erin Johnson
Erin Johnson is beginning her third year as Head Coach at Metea Valley. Erin is also the Director of the Lincolnway Patriots Semi-Professional Dance Team. She is a recent graduate from North Park University in Chicago where she received her Bachelors of Music in Performance. Erin started dancing when she was 5 years old taking ballet and hip-hop classes at her local studio. She became passionate for dance team in junior high when her team competed with the high school. Erin was on the Varsity dance team at Lisle High School for 4 years where they competed in Kick and Lyrical and qualified for state at TDI and IHSA as well as attending UDA Nationals in 2012. She fell in love with leadership and choreography when she was a captain her senior in high school. Erin auditioned for the dance team at North Park and was captain for 3 years and led the team to success competing Hip-Hop at the UDA Chicagoland competitions as she built the dance program with her coach. Erin has danced professionally in arena and outdoor professional and semi professional teams such as the Chicago Blitz professional dance team as well as the Lincolnway Patriots semi pro dance team. Other than dance, Erin is an opera singer and just recently sang in Italy in the “Art of Song” intensive program at Orvieto Musica. In her free time, Erin likes to be outside hiking/playing mini golf, eating Mexican food, or playing with her two cats Ziggy and Dolly.
JV Coach: Anna Oswald
Anna began her love for performing watching Sherly Temple and dancing in the mirror. She took ballet classes at her local studio and participated in multiple community theaters. Anna was on the Varsity dance team at Oak Lawn Community High School for 4 years where her team qualified for the IHSA state competition in 2013 and 2014. She was selected as an All American Dancer by UDA in 2014. Anna has been a member of the professional Chicago Blitz Dance Team as well as the semi professional Lincoln Way Patriots Dance Team. She has taught ballet, lyrical, tap, and hip hop for The Dance Shop (rated #15 best studio for ballet teachers in the Chicago land area by Expertise) and the Ohana Academy. Anna also participates in Chicago Loves Dance, a company that helps establish after school dance programs at city schools.
JV Coach: Anna Oswald
Anna began her love for performing watching Sherly Temple and dancing in the mirror. She took ballet classes at her local studio and participated in multiple community theaters. Anna was on the Varsity dance team at Oak Lawn Community High School for 4 years where her team qualified for the IHSA state competition in 2013 and 2014. She was selected as an All American Dancer by UDA in 2014. Anna has been a member of the professional Chicago Blitz Dance Team as well as the semi professional Lincoln Way Patriots Dance Team. She has taught ballet, lyrical, tap, and hip hop for The Dance Shop (rated #15 best studio for ballet teachers in the Chicago land area by Expertise) and the Ohana Academy. Anna also participates in Chicago Loves Dance, a company that helps establish after school dance programs at city schools.