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Abby Bella Expands in Phoenix With Abby Bella Arcadia
November 5, 2009 by Abby Bella Admin · 8 Comments
NEWS RELEASE – PHOENIX, AZ – Nov 5th, 2009 – Abby Bella Dance Studio has expanded in the Phoenix Metro area, adding a second location – Abby Bella Arcadia – in the Arcadia Commons Plaza at 4280 East Indian School Road.
Featured on Arizona’s ABC15, Abby Bella Arcadia will offer it’s same broad range of dance and fitness classes – Zumba, Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop and Ballroom, to name a few – to adults at all levels of experience.
Helping kick off the new studio, Abby Bella is driving enrollment by giving new students the opportunity to try dance and fitness classes at $5 per class, during its official Abby Bella Arcadia grand opening weekend, November 6th, 7th and 8th. Click HERE for class schedule and details!
Like Abby Bella’s Scottsdale location, Abby Bella Arcadia boasts a ‘highest-quality’ sprung dance floor designed to make dancing more fun and much easier on the joints. It also has 40+ feet of ballet barre that, along with its use for traditional ballet, has become a mainstay for Abby Bella’s popular Bella Barre dance/fitness class.
“When we found out this prime location dance studio was closing its doors, we jumped at the opportunity to keep their dancers dancing, the instructors teaching and also help the previous owners recoup their investment,” says Teresa Paul Daie, CEO of Abby Bella Dance Studio. “With the site already built out to our specifications, Sway’s former students are able continue dancing with a full schedule of classes and also with their previous — and new — favorite instructors.”
Teresa has brought in dance veteran Brad Speck to serve as Director of Abby Bella Arcadia. Speck is best known for his role as Joe Vitale in the Cleveland, Ohio and Detroit, Michigan productions of Tony & Tina’s Wedding. He has twelve years’ experience in teaching dance and movement in companies such as the Cleveland Playhouse, Beck Center and Hudson Summer Theatre, to name a few. Speck’s choreography has received top honors from IMTA (International Modeling and Talent Association) for three consecutive years. Brad brings experience in business management having formerly run The Performing Arts Center at Glendale Community College and holds a bachelor’s degree in Theatre Arts with minors in music and dance.
Classes at Abby Bella Arcadia will be taught by best-in-field instructors such as Luis Egurrola who heads up Epik Dance Company and also choreographs and coaches the Phoenix Mercury Hip Hop Squad and the Phoenix Suns’ Sunsationals, as well as the Solar Squad. The line up also includes Ballroom Director John Rigby, a certified Ballroom instructor with twenty-three years’ experience, an American Rising Star Champion and Pro-Am competitor. Rigby also serves as a judge of the USA Dance Competition, as well as Arizona’s Dancing With the Stars. Rafael Robles, master level instructor in Zumba, and Amber Robbins, principal dancer with Center Dance Ensemble who is currently cast in the title role of Snow Queen, featured at Herberger Theatre Center for the Arts.
When will you start scheduling classes at your Arcadia studio for ZUMBA? Am interested in a morning class during the week. Hopefully, at least, a couple of times a week. Please contact me, as I would love to start ZUMBA classes along with a couple of friends.
Hi Erma,
We currently have ZUMBA almost every day at the Arcadia studio. Monday and Wednesday mornings we have ZUMBA at 9am. Sunday we have ZUMBA at 11am and Mon and Tues night at 7pm and Wed night at 8pm. I hope this helps! You can always check the schedule here->> http://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ws.asp?studioid=4094&stype=-7 or call the studio (480-767-3994) for more details. Also, this weekend Thurs-Sun all of our classes are only $5 to drop in! Have a great day and thanks for the comment.
Amy Paul
Dear Author http://www.abbybelladance.com !
Very interesting idea
Any plans to incorporate an early morning class (maybe ZUMBA, before 7)?
Hi Lany,
As of right now the only plan we have for an early class is for Boot Camp at 5:30 and that would be at Abby Bella Arcadia. But we are not positive when that will be starting, but once it does we will be announcing it through our e-mail blasts & social networking sites. As for Abby Bella Scottsdale we do not have any plans for classes earlier than 7. We apologize for any inconvenience. We hope you are able to dance with us other times during the day!
Happy New Year!
- Abby Bella
Any plans for opening a location in the chandler or mesa gilbert area?I’m in chandler and would love and know many friends out here who would love to join abbybella!
Dear Desi,
As of right now there are no plans to expand in that area but we are always thinking of places for a new Abby Bella! We will definitely keep you updated via the website so check back often!
Thank You!
- Amy Paul
Thank you very much!