About Us
In 2020 Encore Dance Academy and Port Moody School of Dance teamed up during the global pandemic to support each other through challenging times. Now, we are joining forces to bring to you a stronger and greater experienced studio with over 65 years of knowledge, passion, and shared commitment.
Our focus at the Rise 21 Dance Company is to provide a fun, family oriented, educational, and inclusive environment for students of all ages wishing to pursue the art of dance. We pride ourselves on providing excellent training, with nurturing, professional, and expert faculty that will encourage the scope from recreational to pre professional dancers and everything in between.
We have a staff of 19 amazing teachers with a caring and helpful team of 8 office staff. We also have many wonderful student teachers learning from our qualified and exceptional staff.
We offer classes for beginners through advanced for dancers of all ages and levels. Our programs include Company, Intensive, Half Day, and General (Recreational). We offer Cecchetti Ballet Examinations as well as CDTA Jazz and Tap Examinations. Additionally, we offer workshops, camps, sessionals, and master classes. Whether recreational or aspiring dance professionals, Rise 21 Dance Company has a program to fit each student's needs.
“We offer a variety of fun and exciting disciplines of dance: Acrobatics, Ballet, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Jazz, Lyrical, Modern, Musical Theatre, Pointe, Rods & Tumbling, Stage, Tap, Technique and Voice classes!”
Our Students, Our Studio
Our students compete in Regional and Provincial competitions and perform in our Year End Recital. Many of our dancers have performed at venues such as Disneyland, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Rogers Arena, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, The Vancouver Santa Claus Parade, the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Opening Ceremonies, Golden Spike Days, seniors homes, PNE, and field trips to local pre-schools. New events for the studio are always welcome. Rise 21 Dance Company believes performing on stage gives dancers the opportunity to gain a higher level of self-esteem and a sense of personal accomplishment.
We provide a safe and clean environment with six studios, viewing windows or viewing capabilities, fully equipped with ballet barres, wall to wall mirrors, professional sound systems, raised floating floors, filtered water fountain, a large waiting room, TV for siblings to watch movies, change room, lockers, microwaves, fridges, dinner tables for the students, study areas, vending machines for snacks and beverages, and four bathrooms.
At Rise 21 Dance Company, we provide each of our students with the opportunity and training to achieve their personal goals at dance - where dancers can be challenged and encouraged to dance to their full potential.
We hope you will come join our Rise 21 dance family!