ERICA YATES, STUDIO OWNER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Erica grew up dancing at the Diane Kelley Dance Studio in West Boylston, MA, where she earned multiple regional American Dance Awards’ “Dancer of the Year” titles.

She graduated from Providence College with a B.A. in Mathematics. While at Providence, she was a member of the dance team and served as captain and choreographer during her senior year.

Upon graduation, Erica was invited to become a member of the Universal Dance Association staff, traveling across the country to host camps for middle school, high school, and college dance teams.

Erica successfully auditioned for the Boston Celtics Dancers for both the 2009–2010 and 2011–2012 seasons. In addition to performing at all Celtics home games, she represented the team abroad in Mexico City at an NBA 3X event.

She also put her dance expertise to interesting use at Harmonix Music Systems in Cambridge, where she was a member of the Dance Central 3 team, testing usability for the Xbox Kinect.

Erica is an active member of Dance Masters of America, Inc. (Chapter #5) and the Greater Brockton Dance Teachers Association. She is a certified Module 1 + 2 Acrobatic Arts instructor, certified to teach levels Primary through Pre-Professional 3. From 2016–2018, Erica was also a certified Bar Method Instructor at The Bar Method in Hingham.

Prior to moving to the South Shore, Erica served as Assistant Director at LINX Dance Studio in Wellesley, MA and as a coach for the Wellesley High School Dance Team.

Since moving south of the city, she has continued teaching and choreographing locally. Erica and her students have received numerous awards for outstanding technique and choreography at local and regional competitions.

Miss Erica hopes to inspire the same love of dance and the arts she had growing up, creating a safe space for dancers to move, create, build confidence, and escape the noise of everyday life.