Day-to-Day Dance hosting grand opening celebration in new studio

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Day-to-Day Dance, a Blaine studio that offers dance classes for children and wellness classes for adults, will be hosting a grand opening celebration at its new location in the Cost Cutter plaza.

The event will take place on Saturday, December 7 from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at 1733 H Street, Suite 410, in between Capstone Physical Therapy and Teriyaki Secret. Day-to-Day Dance moved to this location in September after previously renting a space across the street from the public library in downtown Blaine.

At the open house, guests can enjoy hot cocoa, cider, coffee, cookies and treats. They can also participate in a raffle benefiting the studio’s scholarship fund, which allows parents with financial need to enroll their children in the studio’s dance programs at a reduced rate. Raffle prizes will include a charcuterie basket, a soup basket and a night at the Mount Baker Theatre in Bellingham.

Day-to-Day Dance’s new space includes a special “floating” floor with foam underneath, giving the dance floor a slight bounce. It also has a studio viewing window so that parents can watch their kids practicing. Measuring about 950 square feet, the studio is part of a larger space that also includes a hallway and waiting area.

Artistic director and owner Sabrina Gomez-Vannelli started Day-to-Day Dance in 2003 and secured a space for her dance program in 2005. Attendance increased in the following years, and Gomez-Vannelli eventually went back to school, attending Seattle University to obtain an MFA degree in arts leadership. “I just wanted to get a deeper understanding of the administrative and business part of things and just grow my experience in dance and music,” she said.

The studio emphasizes creative movement with a range of dance styles including contemporary, ballet and hip hop. Some of its dance students are as young as one year old. Recently, the studio started an adult wellness program. It currently offers a Pilates class for adults, as well as a hypnotherapy class for stress and anxiety.

Adults can also take advantage of a mindful meditation class. “The goal is to cultivate stillness, clear your mind, focus on one thought or idea, focus on breathing and direct all your attention and awareness to the present,” said Gomez-Vannelli, noting the emotional and physical benefits of meditation. In the future, she hopes to add additional wellness classes such as yoga.

Later in December, the studio will host its annual winter performance. “This year’s performance will be called Once Upon a Winter’s Walk,” said Gomez-Vannelli. “It’s about a snow queen who takes a walk in the forest and encounters all of her friends. In the end, when she arrives home, she is greeted by Santa and his elves and she has a holiday party.”

Featuring more than 40 students, the performance will start at 7 p.m. on Saturday, December 21 at the Blaine Performing Arts Center, 975 H Street. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and general admission is $10, with free entrance for children under four.

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