Phoenix Dance Studio

Happy Halloween from our PDS family to yours! Be safe and extra spooky today! Studio is closed, see you tomorrow!

Congratulations to our Arizona Diamondbacks. We are soooo excited and proud of our hometown baseball ⚾️ heroes. Our dancers and teachers are on our tip toes with excitement.

GO D-Backs!!!

Your 2023 National League champions.

BRING IN THE FRIENDS! We love meeting our dancers BFFs & getting to share our love of dance with them for a week! Make sure to bring your dancer’s friends to try out some classes this week.

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Did you know this upcoming week is not only BRING A FRIEND week, it's also SPIRIT WEEK! We can't wait to see your spooky scary costumes! Tag and hashtag in your costume pics for a chance to be reposted on our socials!

Looking for a unique and fun way to celebrate your child's birthday? Look no further than Phoenix Dance Studio!

Your child and their friends will have a blast learning new dance moves, playing games, and celebrating together. Our party hosts are experienced dancers and teachers who will make sure everyone has a great time.

We offer a variety of party packages to choose from, so you can find the perfect one to fit your budget and needs. To book a party, simply contact us and let us know your desired date and time. We will take care of the rest!

Book your Phoenix Dance Studio birthday party today and give your child a birthday they will never forget!

Check out this amazing acrobatics clinic being taught by Curtis Walker! We can't wait to see all of the new skills being taught! Make sure to snag a spot quick! These always sell out fast. 🤩

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Can't make this one? We will be having one in December too! Plan ahead and register today.

Every Friday Night! 5:30-8:30pm. $15 for 3 hours of childcare!
Register now at www.phoenixdancestudio.shop

TRUNK OR TREAT ANNDDD THRILLER THURSDAY ON THE SAME DAY?!
We are about to have some spooky fun! This event is open to the public! We can't wait to celebrate and have fun with you all! See you Thursday, Oct 26th at 5pm!

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TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
We can not wait for our Winter Showcase on Dec 16th! We have a 10am & a 1pm show! See you there!
*tickets are selling out fast!*

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We would love to see you at our Preschool Open House coming this Friday Sept 22nd!🥳

PDS Staff Appreciation Post🤩

These people are kind, loving, creative & FUN people. They are all around the best dance teachers & studio staff members in the Valley! Come dance with us!🤍

COME SUPPORT OUR COMPETITIVE TEAM DANCERS & GET THE BEST CAR WASH IN TOWN! We also have some super yummy BBQ food & baked goods supplied by our amazing PDS families. We can't wait to see you all there!🤩🚘

Have a safe & fun weekend with friends and family! We will see you Tuesday dancers!🥳🥰

✨Master Class Alert!✨

Sam has been dancing for 20 years where she has trained at various studios across the valley. Throughout her training, she quickly developed her love for tap which has been her main focus for the past 4 years. During this time, she has had the privilege to personally train under many renowned tap instructors such as Zachary Kelley, Gregg Russell, Suzy Guarino-Hall, Angela Carter, Maud Arnold, Kelsey Rose Young, Sarah Reich, and Ryan Lohoff. Alongside this, she has been part of various tap shows and companies such as being an original member of Tap’d Out, Tap 24.7, and is currently a traveling Apprentice under Tap Into The Network. Outside of dance, she has recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from Grand Canyon University earning a Bachelor of Science in Behavioral Health Science and has just entered the field of clinical work.

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We are expanding our dance styles being taught at PDS! We are currently hiring a Bollywood instructor! Let us know if that could be you!✨

Thank you PDS teachers, families and dancers for an amazing 1st week. Loved seeing our returning dancers and meet all our new dancers. Welcome everyone we are so blessed to dance with you. Share your pictures and tag us Phoenix Dance Studio

50 years ago today, in a basement in the Bronx, a back-to-school party inspired the musical movement of a generation. Over time, the way records were sampled and mixed, combined with the dancing style and visual art the music inspired, created the cultural movement known as hip hop. Join us here at PDS and explore the magic of this genre thru our classes, workshops, Friday Night Drop in and more. Sign up today. Happy Birthday Hip Hop.

Our morning dance classes are the perfect way to start your child's day off right! They'll get moving and grooving to the beat, and they'll learn important skills like coordination, balance, and self-expression. Register your little one today!🥳
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✨NEW TEACHER ALERT!✨

Xochilt Huitzil is a dance artist based in Phoenix, Arizona. She graduated Spring of 2022 with her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Dance Education. Upon graduating Xochilt received the Outstanding Graduate Award for Herberger Institute for the Arts, this was due to her work in community engagement with the Salsa Club. During her college career she also directed and led the 2022 Latin Sol Dance Festival, a 3 day festival that held lectures, workshops, socials and brought in 6 out-of-state professional artists to ASU.
Xochilt is currently a principal dancer of Stilo Dance Company, and is the Director of the Stilo Kids and Teens teams.

✨NEW TEACHER ALERT✨

Kylie Harvey first started gymnastics at age 11. She then started to take dance classes and after one season of recreational dance she joined the competitive team. Kylie competed in jazz, lyrical and hip hop and trained in many other styles. During her time on the competitive team, she was asked to start teaching classes at her studio such as combo, jazz, tap, ballet, etc for the competition teams. Her favorite styles to dance and choreograph for are jazz and lyrical! She is very excited to join PDS and start teaching once again!

✨RETURNING TEACHER ALERT✨

My name is Nicolette Nixon and I was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. My dancing journey began as a little girl at On Stage Dance Academy. I immediately fell in love with dance! Being able to creat dance moves to express my emotions with music is amazing. My aunt opened her very own studio called Leap of Faith when I was a freshman in high school. I danced and taught at that studio throughout my high school years. I also taught at Rancho Salano Prepatory School and they had me travel to different locations to teach. In 2018 my daughter was born! She is also a little dancer and watching her grow through dance is so exciting. I now teach at Phoenix Dance Studio and am so excited to work with you and your dancer!

Sandra has a long career of teaching acrobatics, gymnastics & tumbling! As the former owner of Arrowhead Spinetts, Sandra has been watching children learn through hard work and discipline. This is something she has always been passionate about. Her main goal is to always create and maintain an atmosphere that allows children to feel their own success through their hard work. Sandra has a Bachelors degree from Arizona State Univeristy as well as multiple other certifications. These certifications include, but are not limited to, Safe Sport, First Aid, & Full Background Clearance.

✨RETURNING TEACHER ALERT✨

Miguel Leyva started dancing at the age of 14 at Thunderbird High School. He later pursued more training at the national award winning Royal Dance Works, where he danced for 3 years. Training in hip hop, ballet, jazz, and contemporary. After graduating high school Miguel then went to train extensively with the Elektrolytes Dance Crew. He also auditioned and became a part of the world known Imma Beast Crew. Miguel is currently on Ushers dance show “the sauce” that’s on Roku tv. While Miguel still trains and takes class, he has shifted more towards choreography and doing high quality video work. Miguel wishes to pursue a professional dance career in LA in the future. He also recently performed at the Superbowl with Rihanna!

✨RETURNING TEACHER ALERT✨

Ms. Sam started dancing at 3 and began her formal ballet training at New Jersey School of Ballet at age 8. She became a member of the New Jersey Ballet Junior Company in 2004, where she performed and toured with the New Jersey Ballet Company. There, she danced corps de ballet roles in Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Esmeralda, & The Nutcracker as well as soloist roles in the Nutcracker. She spent her summers at intensive programs including Kirov Academy of Washington DC, Joffrey Ballet San Antonio Workshop, Ballet Arizona, and American Ballet Theatre. She earned a BFA in dance from Dominican University of California/Alonzo King's LINES Ballet, where she performed original contemporary ballet works by Alonzo King, Maurya Kerr, Gregory Dawson, and Yannis Adoniou. Upon graduation, she moved to the valley and continued her training under Daniel Baudendistel. She joined Terpsicore Dance Company in 2011. She performed classical and contemporary ballet works and was honored to dance principal roles in The Nutcracker and Paquita. This will be her second season teaching at Phoenix Dance Studio.

✨RETURNING STAFF/INSTRUCTOR ALERT✨

Originally from Adelaide, Australia, Isabelle "Bella" Wakeham graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor’s in Business Management in 2019. Bella is a highly experienced choreographer & coach who has trained under many notable instructors including Holly Manville, Michael Cook, Slawomir Wozniak, Randi Strong, & David Olarte. With 22 years of experience, she has been awarded numerous high placements with her choreography and coaching including an AIA State Championship in 2022 in which both her team, Scottsdale Christian Academy Varsity Pom, & choreography placed in 1st. Bella is currently the owner of a choreography company called Kaleidoskope Studios, a Conference Events Coordinator for the National Dance Coach Association, a coach for the Junior/Youth all-star pom teams at DanceForce, and the Pom Programs director at Cactus Shadows High School. Bella is passionate about introducing people of all ages to dance & bringing her competitive edge to every team she works with.

So much to celebrate here at PDS.
Celebrating our dancers is the best!!
Happy Birthday to our August birthdays.
Stop by the front desk to receive your birthday gift! We ❤️ our dancers!!

✨NEW TEACHER ALERT✨

Nevaeh started dancing at age 5. She has been trained in Jazz, Ballet, Tap, Contemporary & more. Throughout her dance journey so far, Nevaeh has been a competition dancer at multiple studios in the Valley including our very own Phoenix Dance Studio! Nevaeh was invited to be an assistant with Heat conventions next season. Nevaeh is currently on the Sandra Day O'Connor Varsity Pom team! Miss Nevaeh is excited to start teaching our PDS little ones this upcoming season!

✨RETURNING TEACHER ALERT✨

Andrea has a total of 22 years of dance experience. She was born in Anaheim, California and called the west valley her new home when she was 10 years old. Growing up, Andrea danced competitively for local dance studios and was Vice President of National Honor Society for Dance Arts at her high school. Andrea choreographed numerous performances for her high school team and found her love for teaching. Andrea received her Associates in Fine Arts with an emphasis in Dance from Glendale Community College. She is currently working on receiving her bachelor’s degree in Education. Andrea has trained in many different dance forms including: jazz, ballet, tap, modern, musical theater, hip hop, contemporary, lyrical and pointe. Andrea currently judges auditions for numerous dance and pom teams throughout the valley and has been a guest choreographer for them. Andrea was apart of Wight Noise Professional Dance Company and has performed in shows with the company throughout the valley. On top of teaching at PDS, Andrea is the Community Engagement Assistant and DanceAZ teaching artist at Ballet Arizona!Andrea believes the art of dance enriches all the lives it reaches. She believes the classroom should be a safe space for students to grow and explore the arts. She wants her dancers to have exceptional dance training from well trained teachers. Andrea is excited to see her students achieve great things this year!

✨RETURNING TEACHER ALERT✨

I started dancing at the age of 11 in California where I grew up. When I moved to Arizona at the age of 16 I joined the Senior Company at Royal Dance Works and expanded my training while attending many competitions, conventions and intensives. I graduated in 2021 and since then have found my love for teaching as well as continuing my dance career. I have assisted teachers such as Kobi Rozenfeld and Kavita Rao, worked as a background dancer for Tony Vincent and Ceelo Green, was accepted to and attended summer intensives such as Westside Dance Project and New York Gaga Lab. I am currently touring the country as a PRO for Heat Dance Convention/Competition and will continue teaching and choreographing.

✨RETURNING TEACHER ALERT✨

Kelsi Rentfro has been dancing for over 20 plus years. She was born and raised in Arizona. Kelsi has received her training from Take Five Dance and Spisak Dance Academy. She has also attended a performing arts college that allowed her to travel to Germany and Japan, allowing her to teach students dance, music, and acting. Kelsi then received her BA in Sociology from the University of Arizona. Above all, Kelsi believes dance should be a safe place for everyone to express themselves and can't wait to share her love of dance with her students.

We're hiring WEEKEND Kids Event Staff!
Starting date: August 11th.
5-8PM Every Friday!

DM us for more information!🤩