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a dance studio for adults! take classes for all levels and styles.

11/08/2026

we have more friends in the 50 classes club; aka more beautiful photos on the wall!! 💖

aubrey, carly, helen, claire, ellen, and sarah -

each of you represents a different corner of Rio, a different style or day of the week that you call your own.

from tap and contemporary to irish dance and ballet (and everything in between 🤩 )- we ALL have felt your joy and your love for dance. we have laughed together and learned together and grown together!

we say this every time we welcome dancers on the wall, but what an HONOR it is to dance and dream alongside you. 😌

here’s to a million more!

11/03/2026

it’s tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmeeeee!! we actually can’t believe it - but we totally maxed out our rehearsal schedule for the December Project! 11 of your fellow dancers have dreamed up concepts, thoughtfully submitted applications, and were chosen to be a part of this experiment.

[reminder: the December Project is a brand new Rio event that gives students the chance to choreograph and perform personal works, in collaboration with fellow students. choreographer applications are closed but student participation is now OPEN!]

here is how to join in the FUN >>

🎁 each of the selected pieces is listed like our semesters; listed in momence according to style and level - “[STYLE] [LEVEL] [the December Project]”.

🎁 browse the options, read about the concepts and choreographers, check the rehearsal schedule and sign up! first come, first served!

🎁 each piece gets 3 x 2-hour rehearsals before we gather to share and perform on sunday, 12/20.

NOTE: space is QUITE limited in some of these pieces. if you are wanting to be a part of a dance - please sign up ASAP. booking will officially close on november 21st so that choreographers have some time to prep before rehearsals start.

the easiest place to browse and book: riodancestudio.com/december [direct link in bio!]

10/27/2026

we have so many exciting events coming up! there is something for everyone on our schedule - latin social dances 💃 , FREE movie nights 🍿 , POP DIVAAA jazz 💄, afrofusion 🪘, west coast swing socials 🎷 and moreeee! swipe for all the details - 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙧!

join us an evening of latin social dancing, hosted by shane braverman! music will be played for ALL styles. [beginner lesson at 7, social dancing at 7:30] this month’s beginner lesson is SALSA! salsa is an energetic Latin social dance that blends Afro-Caribbean and Cuban roots, guaranteed to get you moving.

free movie night featuring the ICONIC ballet staple - Center Stage! Center Stage is a 2000 teen drama that follows a group of young dancers as they train at the prestigious American Ballet Academy in New York City….what more can you want??

flip phones? apple bottom jeans? bedazzled everything? it’s time to channel your inner Y2K for this early 2000’s diva-themed open level jazz pop-up with kerrigan!

western african based movement with live drumming! experience earthy, grounded and energetic movement. this class embraces all physical abilities, body types and builds strength, endurance, and stamina. come enjoy the energy!!!

welcome to DANCE HOUR - an upbeat, all-levels dance class designed to help you feel confident, free, and fully immersed in the music. choreography will be taught step-by-step with lots of repetition and layering, making it easy to follow and fun to learn.

join the once-a-month west cost swing social! come for a fun, low pressure dance event! no partner or experience necessary!

free movie night featuring Step Up! Step Up is a 2006 dance drama about a rebellious street dancer and a privileged ballerina who team up for a high-stakes showcase. a tale as old as time - amiiiiright?!

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,

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Address

5068 U.S. 93 South
Whitefish, MT
59912

Telephone

+14067196565

Website

http://www.riodancestudio.com/drop-in, http://www.riodancestudio.com/semester

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