Tribe is Asheville’s newest movement studio. We are creating a space in our community for classical, progressive, and pole dance!
Tribe, Asheville’s newest movement studio, is the collaborative vision of two local powerhouses: Lucy Howard, founder of Pole Dance Fitness, and Leslie Rogers, founder of Trillium Dance Company. Together, our passion for dance is uniting under one roof to create a welcoming, vivacious, and powerful space for dancers of all kinds. Our communities of classical, progressive, and pole dancers are uniting with a shared passion for expressive movement to create a home for dancers of all ages and abilities to experience and celebrate the powerful healing, growth, and joy of dance.
At Tribe, we believe everyone is a dancer. We believe music and dance speak beyond language and that everyone has something to say. To walk into Tribe is to be welcomed home. We are committed to providing an exceptional experience in an inviting and luscious atmosphere.
The instructors at Tribe have decades of cumulative dance and teaching experience and a high quality of care for our students. We will offer a diverse array of technical classes as well as more explorative classes because we believe the combination of technical movement ability with authentic expression is where dance becomes a magical art. We also have a variety of opportunities for children! Our classes will help you expand your movement vocabulary, find freedom and joy in moving your body, and express your unique voice through dance.
The most valuable thing we offer at Tribe is something that cannot be bought or sold: a warm and vibrant family of dance sisters and brothers! To learn a new trick or some sexy choreography is one thing, but to do so surrounded by friends and family in an encouraging and empowering environment is what really brings it to the next level. Please consider donating and becoming a part of our Tribe.
In staying in line with the vision of the Tribe community, we have worked diligently with many local artists, businesses and families to bring our dream to fruition. The investments we have made to enhance your experience at Tribe include:
Your donation will go directly toward overhead and build out expenses, and to help our owners pay back their business loan. This is important because as a studio our greatest desire is to reinvest into our community and your support will allow us to do just that! Moving forward we hope to offer an increasing variety of classes and opportunities for individual and community growth.
Your Tribe is waiting for you; welcome home.
We understand that the services and experiences we are offering may not initially appeal to everyone, perhaps due to lack of information, or predisposed judgments. We want to honor and acknowledge that dance, pole fitness and pole dance may not be right for everyone – but we also hope to inspire even the most vehement of doubters to take a second look at movement and how it connects us all. Even the smallest of children will move their arms and legs to music played for them. We have a diverse and talented team of instructors at the ready to address concerns or questions that may arise.
There is also risk that our classes will not sell. This is a risk for any studio, and we have a comprehensive marketing plan to help us ensure that the maximum audience is reached. We have diversified our class offerings to appeal to a wide range of individuals – from young children who need an activity after daycare or school, to the young at heart that need a break after a long day at work.
We will continue to add new and exciting classes to stay relevant with dance and fitness trends and we have a plan in place to continually monitor our class sizes so that we can tailor our offerings to best serve our community.