Rio Dance Studio

10/21/2026

this is DANCE HOUR!! a fun and energetic dance class built around short guided combos that are easy to learn, repetitive, and get the blood flowing! if you know Leigh, you know she teaches a joyful and intentional class and is literally never without a smile.

no dance experience needed. enjoy a fusion of styles and genres blended into combos that you are going to fall in love with.don’t miss our upcoming ‘dance hour’ pop-up classes:fri, oct 30 at 5:30pm [ wear your costume! 🧟 ]fri, nov 20 at 5:30pm

10/17/2026

how it’s made : rio merch! our latest seasonal drop is coming SOON 👀 so we thought we would take you behind the scenes of this latest batch of goodies.

ICYMI: all of our merch is repurposed and one-of-a-kind - no waste, just unique pieces that are all your own. ✨

step 1: treasure hunting!

step 2: washing 🫧

step 3: place + press

step 4: steam

step 5: wear!!

10/13/2026

10/05/2026

we have been 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 about making an experience like this happen since the very beginning of Rio! our mission is to be a space where adult dancers get to learn + train, perform, and CREATE. this is the first time we are making the “create” part of our mission come to life in a really tangible way - 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩!

𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁 👉 students will learn [from eachother!] and perform new pieces in the span of one just month! what can we create together 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘢? 🌲 💫

SWIPE for more details - and start dreaming, friends! the chreographer application is open now through 10/24 - we can’t WAIT to see what you come up with.

10/01/2026

a special note from our Flamenco instructor and dear friend:

𝘈 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵. 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘙𝘪𝘰.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘪𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵 - 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘥.

𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦,

𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦

09/28/2026

this OCTOBER, get spooky, get sexy, and get insipreddd at Rio with *new* events like movie nights 🎥 and studio faves like sexy heels 👠 !grab your friends (and maybe a scarf...) and spend the chilly oct days with us!!sun, 10/4: ecstatic dancesat, 10/10: sexy heelsfri, 10/16: clothing exchangefri, 10/23: movie night: TAP (1989)sat, 10/24: reggaetón x hip hopfri, 10/30: dance hoursee you on the dance floor! 👻

october 2nd: latin social dances: merengue

7pm: beginner lesson
7:30pm: social dancing

$10

october 4th: ecstatic dance

10:30am

$22

october 10th: sexy heels

6pm

$35

october 17th: movie night & clothing exchange

6:45pm

free! being clean, unwanted clothes to exchange or donate

october 23rd: TAP the movie

5:30pm

free! being your own chair/cozy set-up

october 24th: reggaetón - hip hop pop-up class

5:30pm

$30

october 25th-31st: costume week

wear your costume to class!

october 30th: dance hour!

5:30pm

$22

09/24/2026

𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙚𝙚𝙚𝙚𝙚 for you to explore your personal dance journey through 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼!

this is the perfect opportunity to practice dances learned this semester, generate your own choreography, or even perfect a step that you learned in class!

𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀: 𝗺𝗼𝗻: 𝟭𝟭𝗮𝗺-𝟮𝗽𝗺, 𝘀𝘂𝗻: 𝟱𝗽𝗺-𝟳𝗽𝗺

𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱:

🪩 plan to bring 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 so that you can listen and rehearse privately, as needed
🪩 if you are a 𝘁𝗮𝗽 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 sharing the space with non-tap dancers, please practice without your shoes on
🪩 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀! take turns using different elements of the space (barres, center floor, blocks, etc.)
🪩 if you find yourself sharing the space with a teacher, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. instruction can be utilized in class or during a private lesson!
🪩 this time is 𝗹𝗼𝘄-𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀, 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲! 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮, 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙩 𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙤.𝙘𝙤𝙢/𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩

09/20/2026

good news ballerinas (current and aspiring 😉 )!

this fall, most of our ballet schedule is DROP-IN! this means you can take class as your schedule allows - plan to come every week, treat yourself to a bonus class when you just need more time at the barre, or explore a new level!

each class stands alone, so you wont be “behind” if you miss a class! anytime is a great time to start, or re-start.

our goal is to make ballet accessible to all of our students - no matter your schedule, ability to commit, or budget.

fall drop-in ballet schedule:

🤎 ballet 1/2: mon, 5:30pm

🤎 ballet 2/3: sat, 10am

🤎 ballet 3/4: mon, 7pm

🤎 pointe: mon, 8:25pm

09/17/2026

y’all! we have the privilege of welcoming 5 more dancers onto the 50 classes wall!!

these incredible humans have devoted so much energy ✨ and time ⌚ into their personal dance journey - and we could not be more honored to be a part of it.

now we get to celebrate (!!) each of them by displaying their photos on our studio wall. 🤗

next time you see one of these dancers be sure to congratulate them! (and if you haven’t already, check out our growing 50 classes wall - cutest. photos. ever.)

to mattie, donna, eden, megan and brooke - we adore you. we can’t imagine Rio without you. and we are so delighted to display your hard work and contribution to our community in this way! 💐