Faith-centered performing arts training for young artists. Build technique, confidence, and joy while learning to use your gifts with excellence.
Supportive performing arts training designed to help young artists become stronger, more confident, and more expressive performers—onstage and off.
Technique, rhythm, musicality, and performance skills with an emphasis on clean sounds, confidence, and strong stage presence.
Healthy vocal technique, storytelling, musical expression, and confidence for singers preparing for performances, auditions, or personal growth.
Character work, audition preparation, storytelling, and the integration of singing, acting, and movement for the complete performer.
Performing In The Light exists to help young performers grow without losing the joy that made them love the arts in the first place. Students are encouraged to work hard, stay curious, support one another, and recognize that their creativity is a gift worth developing.
The goal is not perfection. It is courageous growth, excellent training, and a healthy environment where students feel seen, challenged, and inspired.
All in-person classes will be held at Innovative Dance in Wilsonville:
30625 SW Boones Ferry Rd.
Wilsonville, Oregon 97070
The price listed on each class schedule is the maximum amount you will pay. A minimum of four students is required for a class to run. For every additional student who joins the class, the price drops by $1 per student, per class, down to a minimum of $12 per class.
Example: 4 students = $15/class • 5 students = $14/class • 6 students = $13/class • 7+ students = $12/class
Work on owning the audition room while learning to build a clear story with a strong objective. Students will strengthen their confidence, acting choices, and musical theatre audition skills.
Tap here for scheduleContinue building tap technique, showmanship, and clarity of sound. This class is designed for a mildly experienced tapper with at least one to two classes of previous tap experience.
Tap here for scheduleDesigned for the new dancer. Students will learn how to thrive in a class setting with a focus on engagement, ballet and jazz fundamentals, and—most importantly—having fun.
Tap here for scheduleTailored to each individual performer, this workshop will challenge your tap skills while strengthening your acting and audition muscles. Each performer will have the opportunity to sing or work on sides in front of the class. The featured tap level will change each month, ranging from beginner to advanced-intermediate.
Tap here for schedulePersonalized one-on-one virtual coaching in acting, voice, or audition preparation. Contact me to schedule a one-on-one session.
Interested in joining a class?
Contact me with the class or classes you're interested in, and I'll send you additional details along with a registration form to get started. Group classes require a minimum of four students to run.
Grace earned her BFA in Musical Theatre in New York, where she trained with Broadway and television professionals and gained firsthand experience in the New York audition scene. She has studied voice for more than ten years and has performed at New York City's acclaimed 54 Below.
After college, Grace worked with an agency and continued developing her craft as a performer and educator. Her teaching experience includes more than six years teaching through Performing In The Light, which she founded, as well as two years with Broadway Dance Center Children & Teens and teaching with Dance Workshop in New York and Long Island. She specializes in tap, voice, acting, musical theatre, and audition preparation.
Grace is still actively pursuing the arts and is currently enrolled in a tap teacher training program while continuing her vocal work and pursuing performance opportunities. She believes there is always something more to learn—and that excellent training can coexist with joy, encouragement, and faith.
Ready to get started? Let me know which class or classes you're interested in, and I'll send you more information and a registration form with the next steps.
Have questions about classes, intensives, private lessons, or audition coaching? Get in touch.
Email GraceWhen West Linn/Wilsonville Schools are closed due to weather, so is the studio. If schools open late, there will be no morning dance classes and the studio will open at 3:00 PM. If school is released early, the studio will be closed.