Our Philosophy
High Quality Training For The Young Dancer
At Just Dance our focus is on high quality training for the young dancer. We pride ourselves in offering top-notch dance classes and instruction. We want our dancers to feel comfortable and confident in the dance studio and have that confidence flow into their lives. We focus on technique and each individual child becoming the best they can be. We are a recreational, performance-based school that instills proper techniques that will set up dancers for success in all of their endeavors.
Our Instructors
Team of Experts
Miss REBECCA
My name is Rebecca Walker Reed or “Miss Becca” as my students and parents know me and I’m the owner/director of Just Dance located in the Belle View Shopping Center in Alexandria, VA.
We are a recreational dance studio that focuses on serious training for the young dancer. Our classes are for dancers ages 3-13 years old in the genres of ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, pointe, and musical theatre.
MISS ORFA
I am a former student from Just Dance. I started as a teaching assistant at a very young age and quickly began teaching my own classes. During the years, I have won numerous awards and scholarships at dance competitions and workshops through the Cecchetti Council of America, Dance Master of America, and American Ballet Theatre.
In my tenure, I became a member of the Cecchetti Council of America and am certified through grade 5/ Elementary. I attend teacher training workshops to advance myself. I strive to be a talented teacher and spread my love of dance to our students!
MISS SUZIE
Miss Suzie started dancing at Patricia Ann Dance Studio, Dunedin, FL when she was 4 years old. She performed the role of Clara in the Sterling Arts production of The Nutcracker at ages 8 and 9. The following year, she auditioned and was accepted to join Florida West Ballet. She trained and performed with Florida West for the next 12 years. Suzie had the opportunity to perform as a soloist in several major ballet productions such as Don Quixote, Les Sylphide, Stars and Stripes, and Giselle. Florida West also allowed Suzie to take hundreds of master classes with guest instructors from all over the country including SAB, Boston Ballet, Houston Ballet, Miami City, Atlanta, Joffrey, and Pennsylvania Ballet. At age 16, she was invited to travel to Egypt to perform with the Tri-City Ballet Company of Cairo.
Suzie studied dance at the University of South Florida where she ultimately graduated with a degree in Criminology. After college, she spent a year in England where she studied ballet and jazz at Danceworks London. Suzie is certified through Dance Masters of America to teach all levels of Ballet, Jazz, Tap, and Modern.
Miss Christina
Office Manager
Christina Collins (she/her) is a native of Chester, Virginia where she started her early training, learning Jazz, Ballet, Contemporary, Hip-Hop, and Tap. She started taking dance seriously and started to compete at different dance competitions, winning Regional and National titles across the east coast. She then graduated from Thomas Dale High for the Visual and Performing Art in 2016 majoring in dance under the direction of Ilana Puglia. She continued her passion for dance to study at Virginia Commonwealth University in Dance + Choreography studying Modern, Ballet, & Choreography. She studied under notable artists like Autumn Proctor Waddel, Eric Rivera, Judy Steele, Scott Putman, André Zachery, and Courtney Harris. While at VCUDance, Christina co-choreographed “Orbit” with Deonta Featherson, which is a duet that was adjudicated and was selected to perform at the Mid-Atlantic South American College Dance Association Conference in 2019. Christina has also collaborated with Jelani Taylor and Christine Wyatts on “Journeys: An Interdisciplinary Dance Project” and “Homecoming: An Interdisciplinary Dance Project” , and “Institute for Contemporary Arts:
Provocations Performance” by Christine Wyatt. After graduating in 2020, Christina continued to be an educator at local dance studios, teaching Jazz, Contemporary/Lyrical, Ballet, Tap, Children’s Creative classes. Christina is now a recent graduate from the University of Maryland College Park with her Masters of Fine Arts in Dance. In 2023, Christina and some of her peers were adjudicated to perform a collaborated piece at the American College Dance Association Nationals in Long Beach,California and she was also a Dance Education Laboratory Fellow in New York City learning different modes of teaching. She is inspired by artists such as Cameron McKinney and Jasmine Hearn in her movement practice. She is excited to be exploring different modes of expressing herself as an Interdisciplinary Artist. In the Fall of 2024, she presented her thesis presentation called “MUVAshiiip: The Voyage” and her dissertation “MUVAshiiip: Understanding Afrofuturism,The Black Imagination, and Time-jumping Through the Past, Present, and Future”. Her current research is based around exploring Contemporary Floor-Work, House, Jazz, and Groove. In addition to exploring Stage Management and Dance Administration. Christina is excited to be working as the Office Manager here at Just Dance this year!
Miss Allison
Allison, originally from Lincoln, Nebraska, has always had a passion for dance. She grew up training with CPD Intermix Dance Company, where she was part of their competition team. In high school, she served as captain of her dance team and later continued her love of dance at the University of Kansas as a member of the Rock Chalk Dancers. While on the team, Allison choreographed sideline and halftime routines, competed at UDA College Nationals, and performed at major events including the Royals World Series Parade, Brad Paisley’s college tour, and ESPN commercials.
After college, Allison moved to Baltimore, MD, where she continued her dance training and coaching before relocating to Savannah, GA. There, she taught at Carolina Collective Dance and helped coach the Banana Splitz, the official dance team of the Savannah Bananas Baseball Team. She has remained active in the performing arts and even appeared as an extra in the latest season of Outer Banks on Netflix.
Now living in Alexandria, VA, Allison works remotely for T. Rowe Price and is a certified personal trainer through the American Council on Exercise, integrating fitness and conditioning into her coaching to support dancer performance. Outside of work and dance, she enjoys life with her husband and their three-year-old puppy, Max.
Erica Glover
Dance Teacher
Erica began dancing at the age of six at Chris Collins Dance Studio, where she quickly discovered her passion for the art form. Throughout her youth, she trained in a variety of dance styles: ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, musical theatre, pointe, and acrobatics, which sparked her interest in becoming a teaching assistant and, eventually, a dance instructor and choreographer. While still in high school, she gained experience as a teaching assistant and substitute teacher. Following graduation, she pursued a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), where she studied Ballet and Modern dance, along with taking a few classes of hip-hop, West African, salsa, and a few others. After completing her degree, Erica began teaching dance at a middle school and later expanded her teaching experience to include two dance studios and several high schools. Returning to Maryland has reignited her enthusiasm, being able to teach with familiar faces, and it has allowed her to share her enduring passion for dance with a new generation of students.
