Encore Dance Studio, Inc.

Encore Dance Studio, Inc. Professional Instruction in a Positive Environment.

Teacher Feature✨ As we head back to dance we would like to feature our 2026-27 Teaching Faculty. Today’s feature is Br...
09/03/2026

Teacher Feature✨
As we head back to dance we would like to feature our 2026-27 Teaching Faculty. Today’s feature is Briella York! We are so excited to have her join our team.

This year is Briella’s 13th year of dancing and her 9th year as a member of the Encore Competitive Dance Team. Throughout her dance journey, she has had the opportunity to train in a variety of styles including ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, tap, hip hop, and musical theater. Briella has also competed and taken classes through Youth American Grand Prix (YAGP). Additionally, she has received a tap scholarship at the Tremaine Dance Convention/Competition. She has been assisting with dance classes since fourth grade and began subbing dance classes in seventh grade. Briella has participated in nine Croswell shows, with her most recent production being Matilda. She is currently a junior at Madison High School and is part of the Education Careers program at the LISD Tech Center. She has volunteered with organizations including the Boys & Girls Club, The Croswell, and the Adrian Public District Library. Briella is currently working toward earning her CDA (Child Development Associate) certification and MiYDA (Michigan Youth Development Associate) certification, which will help her continue building her skills and experience. Briella is extremely excited for her first year officially working as a dance instructor and sharing her love of dance with her students!

🌟Fall classes start September 14.

Photography by Beth Richard Jessee

✨ SPECIALTY CLASSES AT ENCORE! ✨Classes begin September 14!👶 PARENT & ME | Ages 18 Months–3 YearsA fun first step into d...
09/02/2026

✨ SPECIALTY CLASSES AT ENCORE! ✨
Classes begin September 14!

👶 PARENT & ME | Ages 18 Months–3 Years
A fun first step into dance—together!
✨ Build coordination, balance & confidence
✨ Develop motor & social skills
✨ Create special memories
📅 Tuesday | 4:10 PM

🩰 BALLET/TAP COMBO | Ages 3–5
A fun introduction to dance fundamentals!
✨ Build strength, coordination & musicality
✨ Develop focus & confidence
✨ Learn ballet AND tap in one class!
📅 Monday | 4:00 PM
📅 Tuesday | 4:10 PM
📅 Thursday | 5:50 PM & 6:40 PM

👞 ADULT TAP Dance, move & have FUN!
✨ Improve rhythm, balance & coordination
✨ Build strength & confidence
✨ Meet new friends & enjoy time for YOU
📅 Thursday | 7:25 PM

🤍 Dance is for every age! Come find your place at Encore.

✨ Spots are limited—register today!

✨Teacher Feature✨ As we head back to dance we would like to feature our 2026-27 Teaching Faculty. Today’s feature is K...
09/02/2026

✨Teacher Feature✨
As we head back to dance we would like to feature our 2026-27 Teaching Faculty. Today’s feature is Kaylie Simpson! We are so excited to have her join our team.
Kaylie Simpson-
I have a background of over 15 years of dance. I have trained in ballet, jazz, hip hop, lyrical, and contemporary. I danced at Company C winning three national championships with my team and numerous solo awards including placing top 10 at nationals. Following high school, I attended Adrian College where I was a member of the AC Dance Team and pursued my masters degree in sports medicine and athletic training. After graduating Adrian with both my Bachelors of Exercise Science and Masters of Athletic Training I took over and began coaching the Adrian College Dance Team. During my time coaching at the college we attended NDA Collegiate Nationals and received the programs highest competitive scores in its history. After following personal opportunities I was crowned Miss River Raisin Festival 2024 where I also won the Overall talent Award, Evening Gown Award, Compassionate Leadership Award, Community Service Award and M.D. Summit Award. This title allowed me to compete at a state level and perform my theatrical jazz performance on the Miss Michigan stage. I am currently also employed as an Elementary Ministry Director at Ogden Church and at 3 Dimensional Physical Therapy. I am beyond excited and encouraged to share my love of dance and be teaching once again!

🌟Fall classes start September 14.
Link to register :
https://dancestudio-pro.com/online/encore

Photography by Beth Richard Jessee

✨Teacher Feature✨ As we head back to dance we would like to feature our 2026-27 Teaching Faculty. Today’s feature is A...
09/01/2026

✨Teacher Feature✨
As we head back to dance we would like to feature our 2026-27 Teaching Faculty. Today’s feature is Autumn Henkel! We are so excited to have her join our team.
Autumn Henkel is a passionate dance educator, choreographer, and performer who believes that dance is about so much more than perfecting steps, it’s about discovering confidence, building character, and creating a lifelong love for movement!

Autumn’s journey in dance has taken her from local stages to training opportunities in New York City. She was honored to be named Lenawee County Fair Queen in 2021 and returned the following year as both a guest choreographer and performer. Throughout her competitive dance career, Autumn received numerous special judges’ awards recognizing her artistry, technique, and performance quality. She was also invited to New York City and attended two years of Broadway training and intensive dance study, further developing her skills alongside industry professionals.

Her ballet training includes completing and successfully passing numerous Cecchetti ballet examinations, as well as continuing her education and performance experience at Hope College, where she trained and performed in their showcase. Autumn has also had the privilege of performing as a guest with the Adrian Symphony Orchestra, bringing dance to life alongside live orchestral music.

As an educator, Autumn has been teaching since 2022 and has had the opportunity to work with dancers ranging from ages 2 through adult, across an extensive variety of genres. Her teaching experience includes ballet, pointe, pre-pointe, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, acro, tumbling, contortion, strength and conditioning, and more. She has a particular love for acrobatics and ballet/pointe.

Autumn has also performed in TCA’s “The Nutcracker” as the Chinese Lead and the Sugar Plum Fairy.

At the heart of Autumn’s teaching philosophy is the belief that students should leave the studio not only as better dancers, but as more confident, joyful, and kind individuals. She is passionate about teaching proper technique and encouraging dancers to work hard, while also creating an environment where children feel safe to be themselves, have fun, take risks, and truly fall in love with dance.

Outside of the studio, Autumn is married to her best friend, Eric, and they have two beautiful children, Levi and Winter. When she’s not teaching, you can usually find her behind a camera as a photographer, painting, creating something in the kitchen, enjoying her favorite coffee at The Buzz, downtown Adrian. Most importantly, lost in a good book, her all-time favorite series is Throne of Glass, by Sarah J. Maas!!

Autumn is grateful for every opportunity to teach, perform, create, and encourage the next generation of dancers, and she considers it a privilege to be part of each student’s journey.

🌟Fall classes start September 14.
Link to register :
https://dancestudio-pro.com/online/encore

Photography by Beth Richard Jessee

✨Teacher Feature✨ As we head back to dance we would like to feature our 2026-27 Teaching Faculty. Today’s feature is J...
08/31/2026

✨Teacher Feature✨
As we head back to dance we would like to feature our 2026-27 Teaching Faculty. Today’s feature is Jessica Briggs! We are so excited to have you join our team.
Jessica Briggs (Tap Company, Adv. Tap) began taking dance classes at 4 years old, and went on to study ballet, tap, jazz, and musical theatre style dance for the next 15 years under Eleanor Brown and Katie Fairbanks at the Dance Center here in Adrian. Tap dance is and forever will be her favorite style! She has choreographed for Adrian and Madison High Schools for many years, as well as performed and choreographed extensively for the Croswell Opera House. She spends her days as a high school English teacher for Hudson Area Schools, as well as raising her two sweet babies - JT (5) and Julianna (1).

🌟Fall classes start September 14.
Link to register :
https://dancestudio-pro.com/online/encore

Photography by Beth Richard Jessee

🌸Encore Dance Company🌸 🌸Signing Day 🌸
08/22/2026

🌸Encore Dance Company🌸
🌸Signing Day 🌸

✨ OPEN REGISTRATION HOURS! ✨Celebrate 30 years of Encore Dance Studio! 🩰🎉We are offering $30 OFF our $50 registration fe...
08/18/2026

✨ OPEN REGISTRATION HOURS! ✨
Celebrate 30 years of Encore Dance Studio! 🩰🎉

We are offering $30 OFF our $50 registration fee when you register for our 30th Dance Year! ❤️

Join us Thursday, August 20th from 5:00–7:00 PM to:

✨ Get registered & save your dancer’s spot
✨ Ask questions & get help choosing classes
✨ Get help placing your dancer in the perfect level
✨ Shop the Petite Boutique and try on sample dance shoe sizes for ordering

Classes are filling quickly, so don’t wait! We’d love to see you Thursday evening and help get your dancer ready for an amazing 30th year! 🩷🖤✨

🍂 FALL PILATES IS HERE! 🍂Pilates Social Club at Encore Dance Studio in Adrian, MIReady to feel stronger, move better & m...
08/17/2026

🍂 FALL PILATES IS HERE! 🍂

Pilates Social Club at Encore Dance Studio in Adrian, MI

Ready to feel stronger, move better & make time for YOU? 🤍

✨ Mat & Reformer Pilates
✨ Build strength & core stability
✨ Improve flexibility, balance & mobility
✨ Reduce stress & feel your best
✨ Supportive instruction + an amazing community

📅 8-Week Fall Session | Aug. 31–Oct. 24

🚨 Registration is OPEN! Many classes are already SOLD OUT, with just a few spots remaining.

Don't wait—reserve your spot!
Register here https://dancestudio-pro.com/online/encore

Pilates Social Club
Move. Strengthen. Connect. 🤍

🎉 Hey Lenawee County Parents!Looking for a fun and enriching activity for your child this fall?Come join us for our DANC...
08/17/2026

🎉 Hey Lenawee County Parents!
Looking for a fun and enriching activity for your child this fall?

Come join us for our DANCE OPEN HOUSE!
📍 At our newly upgraded studio
📅 August 27
🕕 6:00–7:30 PM

✨ Here’s what’s happening:
✅ FREE “Try It” Dance Classes
✅ Giveaways + Prize Drawings
✅ Snacks & Refreshments
✅ Studio Tours
✅ In-Person Registration Specials

💃 Free Class Schedule:
🩰 6:00–6:30: Combo Ballet (Ages 3–7)
🕺 6:30–7:00: Hip Hop/Jazz (Ages 4–7)
👶 6:30–6:50: Parent & Me Plié (Ages 18mo–3yrs)
🎶 7:00–7:30: Hip Hop/Jazz (Ages 8–12)

🌟 Bonus Open House Offer:
Register at the open house and get ½ OFF registration + a chance to win a FREE Showcase Costume! 🎁 (Save up to $110!)

🗓 Fall classes begin the week of September 14th

🎟 Spots for free classes fill FAST –
👉 Text 517-300-2141 to RSVP & learn more!

✨ ADULT TAP IS BACK! ✨It’s never too late to tap into something new! 👞Join us for 13 weeks of Adult Tap at Encore Dance ...
08/16/2026

✨ ADULT TAP IS BACK! ✨

It’s never too late to tap into something new! 👞

Join us for 13 weeks of Adult Tap at Encore Dance Studio, beginning September 17. Whether you’re brand new to tap or looking to dust off your tap shoes, this class is a fun way to move, challenge yourself, and enjoy time with a great group of adults.

👞 Adult Tap
📅 Begins September 17
✨ 13-week session
🎭 Optional opportunity to perform in our Winter Showcase

Why join us?

✨ Improve coordination, balance & rhythm
✨ Build strength and confidence
✨ Challenge your brain while learning something new
✨ Get a fun workout without feeling like a workout
✨ Meet other adults who love to dance
✨ And most importantly… HAVE FUN!

No need to be perfect—just bring your tap shoes, a willingness to learn, and a sense of adventure!

Come tap, laugh, learn, and make some memories with us. 🤍

Spots are limited, so reserve your spot today! 👞✨
https://app.gostudiopro.com/online/encore

Address

PO Box 337, 124 E Maumee Street
Adrian, MI
49221

Opening Hours

Monday 4:45pm - 8pm
Tuesday 4:45pm - 8pm
Wednesday 4:45pm - 8pm
Thursday 4:45pm - 8pm

Telephone

+15172639553

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