Energy Dance started in 2014 as a single hip hop class in a rented church basement in Havre De Grace. No mirrors, no sprung floor, no waiting list. Just a handful of people who wanted to move and didn't feel like they belonged anywhere else.
Ten years later we're in a proper studio with four instructors, fifteen classes a week, and students ranging from age three to seventy-two. The basement energy never left.
We don't run a performance factory. We don't chase competition trophies. We teach because we believe that every person — regardless of age, background, or body — has a right to move with intention and joy.
Our classes draw from hip hop culture, somatic practice, West African tradition, and contemporary technique. We trace lineage. We honor where movement comes from. And we make space for everyone who shows up.
Our studio is a converted warehouse space on the north end of town — sprung hardwood floor, high ceilings, natural light in the mornings. It's a working space, not a showroom. Come as you are.
Four instructors. Four movement traditions. One shared belief that dance belongs to everyone.
Margo has been moving since before she could walk. Trained in West African dance, jazz, and somatic movement, she brings a full-body, full-spirit approach to every class. Her Cardio Dance sessions are less workout, more ritual.
12 years teaching · all agesMargo grew up immersed in cipher culture and has been teaching hip hop as a living tradition for over a decade. She traces lineage — from breaking to krump to new jack swing — and insists that knowing where movement comes from changes how you do it.
10 years teaching · ages 7+Margo trained in release technique and Laban movement analysis before finding her way to community teaching. She believes contemporary dance is a practice of listening — to the body, to the space, to what wants to move.
8 years teaching · ages 10+Margo is a child development specialist and lifelong dancer who built the Kids Dance program from scratch. She creates environments where imagination leads and technique follows — because that's how children actually learn.
9 years teaching · ages 3–9First class is free. No experience needed. Just show up.
