Our Philosophy
At Christie Cali Dance Connection, we foster a fun and safe environment for students to discover their creativity through movement. We share our passion for performance with our students and structure our classes around our core values of positivity, hard work, and love of dance.
Meet Owner & Founder, Christie Cali
Christie founded Christie Cali Dance Connection in 2018, bringing to life her dream of opening her own dance studio. With 13 years of teaching experience as well as a degree in dance from Wheaton College, she continues to find joy in helping her students grow into strong and happy dancers. Christie works with students of all ages, specializing in tap, jazz, lyrical, and hip-hop and coaches the competition team at CCDC. She loves sharing her passion for dance with her students, promoting confidence, commitment, and self-expression inside and outside her studio.
Meet Andrea
Andrea starting dancing when she was 5 years old and has loved it ever since. She started helping in dance class at a young age and then moved on to being a demonstrator at her childhood studio. Andrea went to Rhode Island College where she was a member of the Rhode Island College Dance Company and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Performance. Since then, Andrea has continued to share her love of dance by teaching students of all ages in all different styles of dance including ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, and modern. She hopes to teach her students at CCDC how to have fun and enjoy dance while still learning something new every day.
Meet Victoria
Victoria began dancing at the age of two, and since then, it has been a major part in her life. With 20 years of dance experience, she aims to help students fall in love with ballet as much as she has. Ballet is her true passion and she is determined to help the next generation of ballerinas to succeed. With six years of teaching experience, she strives to make ballet both fun and exciting for all ages. She is honored to have the opportunity to achieve this goal at CCDC.
