"I kind of wanted a studio that met in the middle where kids don't have to do their competitive stuff on the weekends. And class schedules are built to fit into family life, she said. She will offer competitive classes and recreational ones for kids and adults. While there is no shortage of established Squamish businesses offering dance, Rohde said her studio will provide something in the middle of what else is available. Other hires are possible as the studio needs. Joining her to teach pre-schoolers is accomplished dancer Emilie James-Lessard, who is also with the Sea to Sky Dance Collective. She is aiming to take about 75 students.Ĭlasses to be offered include ballet, hip hop, tap, acro, musical theatre, technique/conditioning, contemporary/lyrical and jazz. The studio is located at 38224 Eaglewind Blvd, by the clock tower. It is fair to say dance is and has been her life.Īnd now, her dream is coming true with the opening of her small but mighty studio, Dance Directions.
She was in the performance Wildwith the group in May. Locals might recognize her from the classes she has taught around town, including at Luminesque Dance, or from the Sea to Sky Dance Collective. While she was raised in Port Coquitlam, her grandparents live in Squamish, and her mom was raised here, so she has spent much of her life here and moved full-time in 2020. She also danced in the 2010 Paralympic opening ceremonies and in various other performances in Vancouver and Toronto. Highlights of her career include dancing at the 2013 World Dance Championships in Warsaw, Poland, for Team Canada. She trained for two years with Lamondance and another two years with Conteur Dance Academy in Toronto. In middle school, she started to think about owning and running a dance studio of her own, she said.īut first, she went out and earned her chops.
It was one of my favourite things to do and I kind of stuck with it."
She began teaching her own class when she was 17 or 18. She has been dancing since she was two years old and started assistant teaching classes when she was eight. Though only 27, opening her dance studio is the realization of a lifelong dream for Squamish's Cierra Rohde.
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