About Us

Elevate Dance Academy was created with each dancer in mind. We want to provide the best training when it comes to dance education, but we also want to help each student reach their highest potential in the studio, their schools, their communities, etc. We are committed to building each student up physically through dance, tumbling and cheer but also mentally and emotionally. Elevate strives to help each student feel loved, to help boost confidence, to help them know that every BODY is a dance body and to help them be good humans.

EDA was opened in October of 2020 with 30 students. Our one-room studio was barely 1,000 square feet, but we were grateful for the space and eager to get started. We will always love our little studio on Main Street in Newcastle where it all began.

Now, Elevate Dance Academy is north of Newcastle at 167 NE 31st Street. We are proud to call our studio home with over 5,400+ square feet, four studio rooms, changing rooms, lobby and office.

HOW WE BEGAN...

The story of how we began, really began, might be a little crazy...

I remember praying in July of 2020, thanking God for my girls, their passion for dance, their talents and for choosing me to be their mom. Then, I very loudly heard Him say, "What about your talents?" I immediately said "Um, no, this isn't about me, God. I am talking about my kids here!" And that is when God started to reveal His plan for Elevate one "coincidence" at a time. So many we lost count.

I wish I could say I trusted God with the first sign to open the studio, but unfortunately I was the girl who said "Okay great, now could you send me a signier sign?" And I may have said that after a few of those were sent my way too.

I also wish I could say that even after the signs, I stepped out in faith and opened with complete confidence.

However, I said yes to EDA because I was scared my story would be similar to Jonah in the Bible, and I would end up in some whale-- figuratively or literally if I said no.

So as a family, we said "Yes," and the truth is I had NO IDEA what God was planning, not in the. slightest, but I am so grateful I said yes (even if I was quite literally shaking in fear) to this God Dream, to these kids and their families-- our dance family.

In the few years we have been open, I have seen God move in more ways than one through the kids in this community. Students have went from hating their bodies, to loving every inch. They have gone from "not being good" to mastering different skills and taking that confidence to their schools and friends. Families who had no one in their time of need had their EDA family. This is only the beginning. I can't wait to see what happens next!

xoxo,

Kelsey Britton

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