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DANCE

We offer a variety of dance classes for both youth and adults, including ballet, tap, jazz, modern, strength and stretch, hip hop, and lyrical ensemble. Our experienced instructors are dedicated to providing a fun and safe environment for students of all skill levels to learn and grow in their dance abilities.

Whether you're looking to improve your technique, learn a new style of dance, or just have fun and stay active, we have a class for you. Our curriculum is designed to challenge and inspire our students, while also fostering a love of dance and appreciation for the arts.

View our dance guide, register, and get to know your instructors. ↓

  • Erica Hidalgo-Monroy grew up taking classes in all dance styles but fell in love with tap. She continued tap dancing through college (as a member and choreographer of a dance company) and after (as a member of a tap ensemble). She has taken classes from many amazing tap dancers and uses every opportunity possible to continue learning and growing both as a tap dancer and as a tap instructor. Erica has been teaching tap dance for 11 years and is thrilled to be at the Performing Arts Academy sharing her love and knowledge of tap dance with her students.

  • Jasmine Mckenzie was dancing before she could walk! Jasmine graduated from undergrad at Old Dominion University and continued studying for her masters at Liberty University. Jasmine is the Quality Assurance Manager for Virginia Home for Boys and Girls by day and Assistant Director of Richmond Urban Dance by night. Jasmine started teaching dance in 2018 and has recently choreographed for a shoe commercial, as well as choreographed a musical (13: The Musical). Dance has opened more doors than she could imagine, and she now knows that dance is truly a gift from God and a part of her purpose, and she plans to walk, well, dance, into her purpose unapologetically.

  • Kelsey Sadler, a Richmond native is so excited for the opportunity to join West End Assembly of God’s Encore Performing Arts program and further her personal mission to connect and strengthen community members through dance. Kelsey grew up in the Midlothian and Powhatan areas where she trained under numerous studios in her youth including the School of Richmond Ballet and Jessica Morgan School of Dance since the age of four. Upon graduating from the Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts and Technology where she continued to focus intensely on her dance training, Kelsey obtained her Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in Dance from James Madison University (JMU) in Harrisonburg, VA. Since graduating from JMU in 2016 and moving back to the Richmond area in 2018, Kelsey has been teaching for Stars in Motion Performing Arts Academy (Powhatan, VA) where she also oversees and directs the studio’s competition teams as well as for the School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community where she has led and co-led various classes, camps and workshops. Most recently, Kelsey founded her own company-Kelsey Anne’s Dance Connections- with the mission to enrich the bodies and minds of people particularly within daycare programs, homeschool co-ops and senior citizen groups and in-living facilities.

  • Nikki Kelly was a student at the origin of dance at WEAG! While she learned many different dance styles, she has always gravitated toward Hip Hop. Nikki also has a huge passion for worship and believes that dance and worship can go hand in hand, no matter the style. As a junior in high school, Nikki began teaching mainly hip hop classes for many years and is so excited to return to ENCOR Academy to teach Adult Hip Hop. She can’t wait to encourage students to be free, confident in their movement and have fun!

  • Andria Maxwell has long been associated with WEAG dance — having danced in and served as a lead choreographer for WEAG productions, including Glorious Christmas Nights and Master’s Plan, for several years. Andria is a gifted, highly trained and experienced dancer and teacher across many styles of dance, but her first dance-love is ballet. Andria, who is in her twelfth year of teaching with the Performing Arts Academy, currently teaches ballet to children and adults.

  • Elizabeth Woodington is a resident of Midlothian, Virginia where she began her training at Stavna Ballet. After receiving her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree in Dance Performance and Choreography, she spent the past year performing and teaching here in Virginia. She has had the opportunity to perform and work with a lot of amazing artists, and she is very excited to spend her first year at Performing Arts Academy! Her passion is to inspire the students to express themselves and what they love through the art of dance.

  • Trina Jeffer is a driven individual with a passion for both dance and sociology. She graduated as double major in BFA Dance and Choreography & BS Sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2024 and from Henrico High School Center for the Arts in 2020. She was awarded the iCubed Fellowship for Racial Equity Arts and Culture, where she conducted research on Cultural appropriation in the digital age and received $1,500 for her work. Trina has also presented at various conferences, including VCU’s Undergraduate Research Symposium, Eastern Sociological Society, and Network for Undergraduate Research in Virginia Consortium. She is also an accomplished teacher and has worked with SPARC, Caroline County Public Schools, and Richmond Dance Center. As a choreographer, she uses her sociological lens to create Dance narratives and inform her teaching pedagogy.