Cadance Jazz & Pilates

Specialties

**Jazz dance students of all levels work on gaining strength, flexibility, endurance, coordination, musicality & performance skills (option to participate in dance production). Classes include warm-​up, technique exercises, across-​the-​floor exercises, choreography, and stretches.

Let Cadance choreograph your solo or group or your wedding first dance!

**Stott Pilates® matwork classes are offered for all levels and may include small props to make the workouts more fun and dynamic. You’ll be taken through a challenging, full-​body workout designed to strengthen core stability, lengthen muscles, increase flexibility, and flatten the abdominals.

**GROOVE is a dance-​based workout where you explore simple movement to great music to make your body feel good and foster vibrant health. No dance experience required. Develop functional strength, increase your cardiovascular endurance, improve your flexibility, balance, and coordination, and reduce stress. What a great alternative to the gym!

History

Established in 2006.

Cadance provides you with a fun, no pressure atmosphere in which to dance. Whether you’ve never danced a step in your life, used to dance and want to get back into it, or you have danced all your life, there is a class for you. More recently, Cadance has added Pilates mat and GROOVE fitness classes to the roster.

Meet the Business Owner

Rachel S.

Business Owner

Rachel has been dancing since age 5 and has been performing in musical theatre since age 13. She has studied jazz, ballet, modern, tap, hip-​hop, and folk dances. In addition to choreographing for the dance stage, Rachel has also choreographed for roller and ice skating competitions and for the musical theatre stage. In 2003, she graduated from San José State University in California with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance with a minor in Musical Theatre. There she earned the Haws Award for Excellence in Performance. In October 2010, Rachel completed a Pilates Instructor training course through Studio Praxis in Montréal, QC. She successfully completed the training and examination to become a Stott Pilates® Certified Instructor for Matwork, Levels 1 & 2 (Essential/​Intermediate & Advanced) and has completed training for Stott Pilates® Reformer certification. Rachel also recently completed training as a GROOVE facilitator.