"Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating."
- John Wooden.
Dance for Joi Dance Company has been open since July 2015 and we are ready more than ever to share our love for the arts! We strive to provide the best customer service to all of our students and their families. We strive to provide a quality dance education in a positive, nurturing environment. We are located in the East Atlanta area, opening Summer of 2015 catering to the ages 18 months to 17 years old. We believe bringing out the best in each dancer is important. We believe that each child has different talents and it's our job to develop them to the fullest. We believe in helping each dancer reach their full potential. We believe that dance is a tool which can help children and adults develop a positive self image. We believe that children and adults deserve to have a teacher who is capable and caring and whose values enable them to be excellent role models. We create an environment where all children will have fun, feel safe, and reach their potential creatively. Everyone will be treated with respect and kindness.
About The Owner Joi Riley
I would like to introduce myself as the owner and director of Dance For Joi. I am truly blessed to have the opportunity to share my love for dance and creative energy with such passionate and determined dancers. Dance For Joi is a new dance school in east Atlanta, though we are a small company I have big dreams for my company. I may be new to the business but I'm not new to the dance world. I've been dancing for over 15 years and have been teaching for 10 years. I started substituting for local dance schools and then was offered a teaching position at my home studio. This spring my home studio shut down leaving young dancers with nowhere to continue their passion for dance, so I started a summer camp for the kids and it went very well. From the results of the summer camp, fall of 2015 I found a studio space and started "Dance for Joi".
Fall of 2003, at the age of seven, I began taking Jazz and Hip Hop with Lashawn Cook and Iris Middleton, at Iris Academy of Music & Movement. From there my training and classes increased. I was a competitive dancer and was training to become not only the best dancer I can be but artist. Once I got to middle school, I got involved in majorette; from sixth grade all the way up to twelfth, holding very important leadership roles in middle and high school. I also danced with a new upcoming artist as a backup dancer; it was one of the best experiences of my whole dance career. I had to chance to experience real life in the show business. I traveled around the Atlanta area and performed in all types of environments. After that ran its course, I got to focus more on being a teacher and choreographer. Summer of 2014 I became a demonstrator and from there progressed to teaching and choreographing dances on my own at my home studio, I Am Movement. During this time I grew a strong passion for teaching and choreographing. My first dance I’ve ever created for a group placed very well at competition. I had found a new love in dance and was determined to see where it would take me.
I love seeing my visions come to life and passing down the art of dance to young free spirits. It is such a reward to see each of my dancers grow, not only in dance but as young women, men & artist as a whole. Dance for Joi is not only preparing dancers for the stage but for life. This is a safe environment where each dancer will learn discipline, responsibility, commitment and the importance of building true friendship and leadership.
