BRD’s advanced company classes are open to community dancers. A structured warm up will be followed by skill building and phrase work. Classes are taught by current Bellingham Repertory Dance members and occasional guest teachers.

Diane Williams is a movement and visual artist who has been performing, choreographing, and teaching for over two decades. Raised in Bellevue, WA, she spent her early years immersed in the competitive dance world before studying Dance at the University of Washington and later continuing her training on scholarship at Western Washington University, earning a degree in Art with a minor in Dance.  She has taught and choreographed for dance programs throughout the region and currently teaches Contemporary, Jazz, and Lyrical at Opus Performing Arts. She is grateful and astonished to see BRD reach it’s 20th season and is proud to be a part of this incredible extended dance family.