Here is a little about our dance studio and the best dance teachers in the area!

Encore Dance Center was established in 1998, with the ambition of becoming the best dance center in Hampton Roads. Our goal is to be able to provide many choices for your dancer. We offer classes in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Modern, Contemporary, Musical Theater, Hip Hop and Pilates. We begin at age three for children wanting to have a great time listening and dancing to great music, and continue to a very advanced adult program for the professionals and the more experienced dancer.
Encore Dance Center’s main objective is to provide a fun and creative experience while learning the art of dance. Encore will have opportunities for the dancers to perform throughout the year. In December the Center will be hosting it’s 4rd Annual Christmas Party and a huge recital production in the spring.  Our recital is called Showcase 2009 and we perform at the Sandler Center at Town Center in Virginia Beach.  We think it is fitting that the best dancers in the area should dance at the nicest performing arts theater in Virginia.  We believe dancers are born to perform and we believe these performance opportunities contribute to a well rounded experience and a true sense of accomplishment. Dancing at the Sandler Center is the highlight of our year and something all our dancers hopefully will remember for the rest of their lives. 

But what makes a dance studio and what we believe makes us great is our professional dance instructors.  Our  instructors are extremely talented and very eager to incorporate fun and discipline into dance.   All of our instructors are accomplished and well rounded dancers and ready to help your dancer improve their dance skills, enrich their social skills and provide a healthy activity for all to enjoy.  Dancers are the most beautiful people in the world.

Our teachers are:

Diane Holland

Danielle Baylor

Nikki Wolfe

Ashley Jacobs

not shown are:

Kathy Walker

Elise Caldwell

Tony Holley

Whitney tenHoeve

Jamie Isaacson

Savanna Brown

dance@encoredancecenter.com