The People Behind the Performance Matter
Take Heart partners with dance teams to strengthen the culture, communication, confidence, and connection that shape how a team performs together.
Team Culture Impacts Everything
From how your team communicates with one another, how they respond to pressure, and how they handle setbacks, to how they step out on the floor and perform, the way that your team shows up matters, and it impacts performance more than you may realize, which is why:
We helps teams intentionally work on the people and dynamics behind the performance, so they can show up stronger when it matters most.
Team Experiences
One intentional experience can start something bigger.
Our Team Experience is a focused opportunity to bring your team together around the people side of performance. These experiences are designed around the needs of your team and can create space for meaningful conversation, reflection, connection, and practical tools your dancers and coaches can carry into the season.
Every Team is Different
We know that you have a unique set of goals, athletes, staff, structure, challenges, and strengths. Which is why we, at Take Heart, don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach.
We work with teams in two primary ways:
Season Partnerships
Ongoing support, built around your team.
Season partnerships provide customized support throughout the year. Together, we identify where your team needs support and build an approach around it, with team experiences, athlete reflection, coach collaboration, culture work, and ongoing check-ins used to provide a deeply intentional approach.
Our Focus
Depending on where your team is and what the season asks of you, our work may center around:
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Building stronger relationships, shared expectations, trust, and a sense of belonging within the team.
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Helping teams communicate more clearly, navigate tension, and understand how their individual actions affect the group.
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Giving dancers practical ways to navigate comparison, expectations, mistakes, competition pressure, and the mental demands of performing.
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Developing the people who influence a team; not just captains, but dancers at every level.
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Creating space to pause, notice what's happening, and make intentional adjustments as the season evolves.
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Supporting coaches and dancers in creating clarity around expectations, communication, and the culture they're building together.
A different type of dance team gathering.
Minnesota Dance Team Culture Convention
A space for dance teams to step outside of technique and competition and invest in the people behind the performance.
The Culture Convention brings dancers and coaches together for intentional conversations, team development, connection, and practical tools they can take back to their programs.
2027 details coming soon.
Built from experience. Designed for real teams.
Take Heart was founded by Lindsey Jutting, a former dancer, coach, and Minnesota Vikings NFL Cheerleader who has experienced team culture from nearly every angle.
Take Heart was created with a belief that the people behind a performance deserve just as much intentional investment as the performance itself.
Today, Take Heart works alongside dance teams to create the conversations, experiences, and ongoing support that help teams communicate better, navigate pressure, and grow stronger together.
You don’t have to figure it out alone.
Whether you're looking for a partner to walk alongside you throughout the season or a focused experience to bring your team together, Take Heart can help you determine what makes sense for your team. Tell us where your team is, what you're navigating, and what kind of support you're looking for.