Our Story

Built for Dancers Who Stay

We've grown from one rented church basement into Durango's largest community dance studio — without losing the small-class, real-correction approach that started everything.

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Est. 2017

Nine Years, Four Studios, One Philosophy

Maya Reyes danced professionally with Ballet Hispánico for six years before moving to Durango with her family in 2016. The next fall she rented a single church-basement studio and started teaching twelve students. By the spring recital that year there were forty-eight.

In 2020 the studio moved to a permanent home on Main Avenue — four sprung-floor studios, dressing rooms, a parent lounge, and a small black-box theater for masterclasses. Today Momentum serves over three hundred dancers a season, ages two through seventy-one, with a faculty of nine professional instructors.

A studio earns trust one corrected tendu at a time. We never skip the corrections — that's the whole job.

— Maya Reyes, Founder & Artistic Director
Maya Reyes leading a Junior Ballet class through a center combination at Momentum Dance Studio

Faculty

Nine working dancers and choreographers, every one of them in front of a class every week.

Maya Reyes

Maya Reyes, Ballet Hispánico (former), RAD-trained

Founder & Artistic Director

Devon Marshall

Devon Marshall, Working choreographer, 14 years touring

Hip-Hop Director

Cassie Walker

Cassie Walker, Hubbard Street apprentice (former), MFA Choreography

Contemporary Lead

Sara Whitfield

Sara Whitfield, Broadway National Tour, Tap & Jazz

Adult Programs Lead

Theo Park

Theo Park, Early Childhood Dance Pedagogy certified

Tiny Dancers Lead

Lena Ortiz

Lena Ortiz, RAD Registered Teacher

Junior Ballet Faculty

What We Promise Every Dancer

These aren't aspirational. They're operational — checked every season, by the parents and by us.

Twelve Dancers Maximum

Every class — every level, every age — is capped at twelve. Real corrections need real eye contact.

Working Faculty

Every Momentum teacher performs, choreographs, or competes outside the studio. We bring our day jobs into class.

No Hidden Fees

Tuition includes costumes, recital tickets for immediate family, and one annual photo session. What you pay is what you pay.

Placement by Skill

Levels are technique-based, not age-based. Every dancer auditions twice per year — and moves up when they're ready.

Performance Every Spring

Mainstage Spring Showcase at Durango Arts Center every May. Every dancer performs. Every dancer takes a bow.

Open-Door Policy

Parents are welcome to observe any class, any week. No appointment, no warning, no exceptions.

Come See a Class

Walk-in observations welcome any weekday after 4pm. 1180 Main Avenue, downtown Durango — across from the Strater Hotel.

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