Through the Motion Ballroom and Latin Dance Studio

Specialties

Through The Motion Ballroom and Latin Dance Studio specializes in private lesson and group class instruction. In addition to social dance instruction, we offer youth classes, wedding dance packages, and performance team memberships as well! We offer a wide variety of dance styles and have more group classes daily than any other studio in Reno!

History

Established in 2014.

Through the Motion is the «new kid on the block» in the Reno dance scene, we opened in May of 2014, and are quickly approaching our one year anniversary! We have already partnered with a Salsa Dance Company from Sacramento, CA and are currently developing our own dance performance team to participate in community events and provide local entertainment. We have been profiled in the RGJ Reno Rebirth series and Reno Magazine.

Meet the Business Owner

Irene R.

Business Owner

Irene moved to San Jose, California after graduating high school and within a year began a career as a ballroom dance instructor at Starlite Ballroom. There she had the pleasure of receiving excellent ballroom dance training through professionals such as, Ron Montez and Lou Gutierrez. While in the Bay Area received training from Pantea Majzoub and Roger Yamat (dancers in Rumba Rumberos, a dance troupe headed by Francisco Vasquez) and Michelle Castro and Ricardo Sanchez (founders of PB Dance Company) and other professionals in the Latin Dance scene. In 2001 she moved to Reno, Nevada and began intense training in body mechanics and dynamic movement and started working for a local studio where she gained experience in competition as a professional in the Bay and Las Vegas. She also acquired national certifications through DVIDA in ballroom dance through Silver levels.