Downtown Dance, Chico

So excited to get to dance this weekend. Lessons start at 7 and have options for day one dancers as well as advanced dancers. https://m.facebook.com/events/457952715815465 #!/events/457952715815465 for more info.

Thank you everyone who is being so patient with us during this transition! I know there’s many people we haven’t gotten back to. We love and miss you all and can’t wait to get on the floor again! We will keeping our website up to date with any events/lessons John Piper will be going to/teaching at. I know many have asked for that. As of right now we have no plans for any events in Butte County. We are currently still available for private lessons but also in the process of transitioning to a location to continue with these lessons and appreciate your patient as this takes place. We are also currently trying to help fill our beautiful old location! Know anyone who needs a commercial space? There’s no space like it in Downtown Chico! Give us a call for a walk through. 😊 #2021

LAST BEYOND BASICS CLASS!!! We don’t know what the future holds but we do know there will be love seeing all beautiful humans on a lets make some memories and dance it out!

We have been so fortunate to have been able to live our dream of dance over the last four years as owners of Downtown Dance Chico. It has been such a blessing to share something we love with a community of truly beautiful humans. We have now come to a decision as a family that continuing to run our partner dance studio in such uncertain times is no longer viable. This doesn’t discount the support of so many people who vigorously gave of their time, energy, and resources. For the countless people who have supported us, we will always be grateful and filled with joy by the graciousness that you have shown our family.

We know that dance itself is great for mental, physical, and emotional health. Partner dance, however, has a special way of bringing people from various backgrounds, ideology, and experiences together in such a genuine and disarmed way. This has been the central premise in our desire to teach partnership and build community. In a world with many reasons to be in conflict, dance has been a refuge of togetherness. To bring people together and to share a little more love in the world is our life's passion and will continue to be so as we move into the next stage of life.

We will continue to hold classes until August 31st with limited class sizes, there will be no social dances. Through the month of September we will be open for private lessons and private practice sessions. For those of you who have purchased loyalty cards and will be unable to use them before the end of this month we will be accepting their use toward private lessons as well as private practice time. Feel free to email us at [email protected] to set up private lessons or practice times. This isn’t necessarily the end of our involvement in dance in Chico but instead the end of us running a dance studio. Make sure to follow our instagram and FB to keep up to date on dance opportunities moving forward. With a very heavy heart we offer the deepest gratitude and aloha. Thank you for this amazing ride.

-Pipers

With all the chaos is the world this is my happy place… and whatever field/gym Malakai is playing for the weekend 🤣 but this is a close second! Thank you everyone for being so flexible and knowing how to wear masks properly. 😷 we appreciate every single one of you trusting us to be apart of your dance journey.

SOCIAL DANCE 8/13/2021 ***CANCELLED*** Our lessons are still on for tonight but we are re-evaluating our social dancing and the exposure to our community it may cause. For the record have haven’t had any Covid scares but to be honest many other communities have, and we want to keep everyone’s health at the forefront on our minds during this ever changing situation. Please help us spread the news and support us by showing up the lessons! Masks are still mandatory for all. Thank you everyone for your understanding.

This popped up as a memory. So much has and is still going on in our lives with Covid, fires, Black Lives Matter. One thing for sure is we have all gone through changes. We are so fortunate through it all we have an amazing and community where we can come together, talk, or dance it out. Dance is a big part of my hope everyone is having a wonderful Wednesday!