Specialties
Spotlight Dance Center is dedicated to providing a quality non-competitive, performance oriented dance experience for children and adults through fun and educational classes.
Classes are planned and presented using brain-compatible principles, developed by internationally recognized, master teacher Anne Green Gilbert, that make learning fun and enjoyable for all types of learners and dancers. The elements of dance are taught through five strands: warming up, exploring the dance concept, developing skills & technique, creating, and cooling down. This format alternates teacher-directed activities with student-centered activities thereby providing the structure and novelty that engages all learners.
For dancers who love the spotlight as much as we do, we have 3 Youth Performing Companies providing additional opportunities to take the stage and hone performance skills.
History
Established in 2003.
Spotlight Dance Center started in a small downtown Renton space and over the past several years has grown from a small recreational space into a beautiful three studio location with young aspiring dancers, through serious advanced dancers and adults dancing for fitness and fun.
Spotlight has three performance based companies that have grown to become award winners and have been seen at the ShoWare Center, Qwest Field, and all over the Seattle metro area. We've even been known to organize a FLASH MOB or two!
Our full scale yearly productions have also evolved over the years and are full of fun and variety bringing together all of our age groups, skill levels, and dance disciplines, producing a unique and high quality show your dancers will not soon forget.
Meet the Business Owner: Miss Amanda R.
Returning to the PNW after 8 years performing, choreographing, teaching, and continuing her own dance training in other corners of the globe, Miss Amanda holds a BA (Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa) from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in NY with a double major in Dance and Movement Science, and an MFA from the Univ. of Oregon where she was a Graduate Teaching Fellow instructing students in modern, ballet, jazz, and tap dance. Miss Amanda has performed professionally across the US and abroad with Center Dance Ensemble, Co-Art Dance, Univ. of Oregon Repertory Dance Co., Joint Forces Dance Co., BQ Danza, the BareFoot Collective, Walrus Dance Co. Transform, and the Stone Dance Collective. Miss Amanda is a certified DanceAbiltiy (dance for people with & without disabilities) teacher, has presented research at Int'l Assoc. of Dance Medicine and Science conferences, and is published in both the Journal of Dance Medicine and Science and the Journal of Dance Education.