Thank you Rae Studios for amazing year! Looking forward to seeing you all in 2025!
An offering as we head into the new year: "Remember, as long as you are breathing, it's never too late to start a new beginning". Here's to a new season!
Introducing our Winter/Spring 2025 schedule starting January 1st featuring two locations, Rae Studios + UN Plaza, over 50+ classes and 35+ instructors offering classes daily! We're thrilled to bring our students a fresh schedule featuring dynamic instructors throughout the Bay Area. We are excited to announce our continued partnership with the Civic Center Community Benefit District to bring you another year of FREE classes at the UN Plaza. We invite students to check out and support classes at both locations. Check out our amazing instructors and support a local small business as we move into our 14th year! Here's to 2025! 🎉
Thank you to our past instructors who will no longer be teaching at Rae Studios. We at Rae Studios always value our instructors and honor their growth as they continue to transition in life. For veteran and new teachers starting January 1st 2025, we are excited to start another season celebrating and highlighting your craft. Let's continue to support our local teachers this year by showing up ready to create new and memorable experiences. Just a reminder, every little action goes a long way. Bring a friend to class, write a testimonial, share your experience on your social channel or just tell an instructor about your gratitude. Most importantly, enjoy yourself. Rae Studios is here to build, educate and create.
Now, let's welcome to our Winter/Spring 2025 Instructor Roster! ❤
In-Studio Class Schedule | Effective Jan. 1st - Mar. 31
UN Plaza Class Schedule | Effective Jan. 1st - Mar. 31st
🎉 INTRODUCING OUR NEW INSTRUCTORS STARTING JANUARY 2024🎉
Dione Dacuycuy
Hip Hop [Int/Adv]
Mondays, 5:30pm (In-Studio)
Dione (he/him) began his dance journey at UCLA on collegiate teams, starting with no prior experience. Over the past 11 years, he has cultivated his passion for movement and artistic expression, training with renowned Bay Area teams such as Project M, Groove Against the Machine, and most recently, Str8Jacket. Drawing inspiration from styles like Hip-Hop, K-POP, and House, Dione integrates these influences into his choreography while honoring the rich histories of the dances he learns. Most recently, he was an instructor at City Dance Studios Fall 2024.
Dedicated to growth and sharing his craft, Dione creates dynamic, expressive, and enjoyable classes that emphasize musicality, performance, grooves, and textures. He strives to inspire through movement and foster a love for dance in his students. Check out more of his work on Instagram: @dcuycuy.
Grace Dong (she/her)
Contemporary (Int/Adv) (In-Studio)
Every other Monday, 7:45pm (starting 1/6)
(In-Studio)
Born and raised in the Bay Area and now based in San Francisco, Grace has been training in ballet, contemporary, and jazz since childhood. She has worked with choreographers like Sonya Tayeh, Keri LaGrand, Jon Bond, and Brooke Pierotti.
Grace went on to attend Stanford University, where she served as the Director of Innovative Styles, Stanford's student-run contemporary company, and Jam Pac'd, Stanford's only dance group catered to women, femmes, GNC, NB & queer folks. Grace was also one of five Stanford Dollies in the 2017-2018 season, where she performed with the Stanford Band at the Valero Alamo Bowl, NCAA Women's Volleyball Final Four, and other Stanford Cardinal events.
Tatianna "Tati" Steiner (she/her)
Contemporary Jazz [Intermediate]
Thursdays, 7:45pm (In-Studio)
Tatianna/Tati Steiner (she/her) is a versatile Asian American movement artist and educator based in San Francisco, with a focus on contemporary and modern dance. She began training at age five in ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, improvisation, and modern dance, developing a strong passion for choreography and performance. A 24’ graduate of UC Berkeley (Cal) with a B.A. in Dance and Performance Studies, Tatianna had the honor of working with renowned choreographers such as Lenora Lee, Iu Hui Chua, and Lisa Wymore. While at Cal, she co-founded Tether Dance Company, a premier modern dance troupe, where she cultivated a cooperative and inclusive environment and explored innovative movement and scoring techniques. She also choreographed and taught contemporary, jazz, and modern dance for Cal organizations like Danceworx and [M]ovement.
As a choreographer, Tatianna fuses jazz, modern, and contemporary styles to create works that are expressive, emotional, and technically complex. As a performer, she is an active freelance performer in the Bay Area, collaborating with artists and organizations such as Printz Dance Project, SanSan Kwan, APAture, and NACHMO. Passionate about pushing the boundaries of dance, Tatianna continuously seeks new ways to expand its possibilities through improvisation and scoring. She is excited to teach at Rae alongside Teo and share their love for movement!
Teo Lin-Bianco (he/him) Contemporary Jazz [Intermediate] Thursdays, 7:45pm (In-Studio) @teolinbianco
Teo Lin-Bianco is a dynamic dance artist, choreographer, and educator based in San Francisco, specializing in modern and contemporary styles. With over a decade of experience in dance training, Teo combines technical expertise with a passion for storytelling through movement. Their work reflects a unique blend of influences, including the natural world, poetry, improvisation, and lived experiences. Teo co-founded Tether Dance Company, UC Berkeley’s premier modern dance troupe, where they developed innovative choreography and fostered a collaborative environment for dancers to grow and explore their artistry. As a choreographer, Teo has created and performed works that push boundaries, including the annual project “Soulmates,” which explores themes of love, romance, and intimacy. Their choreography has been featured in festivals such as APAture, where they created a piece delving into community and self-determination.
Olivia Piper (she/her)
Hip Hop [Beginner]
Saturdays, 10:00am (at UN Plaza)
Raised in Santa Rosa, California, Olivia Piper began her dance training in hip hop and ballet but has since broadened her movement skills in jazz, tap, contemporary, modern, African, krump, musical theatre and more. In 2016 she attended Dance Theatre of Harlem's summer program followed by joining Auxiliary Dance Team in 2018 when the team competed on World of Dance (WOD). Gaining experience in teaching through private lessons, classes, musical theatre performances, and week long camps, Olivia loves sharing the gift of dance with others.
After attending the illustrious Spelman College in Atlanta GA, she graduated with an honors degree in dance performance and choreography in 2023. It was there she gained a deeper appreciation for dance therapy work and choreography that tells intricate stories. Her first self produced work Our Protected Light, debuted in 2023 sharing a story of personal discovery while appealing to communities of curious minds, and young black women holding space for themselves. Olivia’s work urges movers to be raw, bold, and risky in the artistic space while simultaneously sharing proper technique and movement history.
Olivia has curated her own movement company A.R.C or analyze, release, create. She hopes to collaborate and hold space for participants to work through mental health blocks and create meaningful movement art to promote healing. She is excited to continue learning and share her movement with others as a first time teacher at Rae Studios!
Find her here:
Instagram- xlivia.piper
Tae-Ninja (she/her)
Hip Hop [Intermediate]
Saturdays, 12:15pm (In-Studio)
Tae-Ninja is a dancer coming straight from Hayward,CA who has indulged herself in the Bay area dance community for years. Starting from a competitive background at Dancemakers Studio in Fremont, CA and also from a street dance outlook from Hayward all the way to deep SF. Tae brings the raw & edginess of street to the dance world. Tae-Ninja is a part of a Turf/all styles team named UNKNOWN residing from San Francisco,CA. As one of only few female freestylers active in the scene she battles across the States and cities to educate and expand the horizon of Turfin' as well Bay Area essence to others from different cultures and different upbringings. Tae-Ninja has been named 2023 Queen of Turfinc 4 and activist for the dance community. Her performance extends to commercial work including NIKE, LaRussel, Seiji Oda, Bay Area Juvenile Detention Centers, Disneyland Parade, and participation in multiple dance festivals including SF International HipHop dance fest.
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