Nanticoke, Luzerne Co. — In honor of Hispanic heritage month, FOX56 is highlighting a new Latina owned dance studio in Nanticoke scheduled to open on Wednesday, October 18th.
The studio highlights showing pride through traditional dances.
Marcie Curry, a Mexican American and the owner of Rhythmic Republic Dance Studio, has been dancing for over 20 years.
Her first dance studio was located in Chino, California. However last year, she made the move from Chino to Nanticoke to continue her dream of enriching others with the culture of traditional dance and expression.
“It’s not just about dance, it’s about expression. So for example you express your feelings along with what’s going on with the song. Let’s say a toddler maybe, they’re going to expressing whatever they’re going through, not only the routine”, Curry added.
One of the many styles covered at the Rhythmic Republic dance studio is regional Mexican dance from the state of Jalisco, Mexico.
For this style and many others, performers wear Mexican folklore shoes with nails.
The nails add noise to the dancers steps to make the shoes a part of the musical experience.
The Rhythmic Republic Dance team has been operating on a smaller scale for the past few months.
The team have performed in multiple festivals throughout NEPA including the Wilkes-Barre Multicultural festival last month.
Evolet Vazquez has been dancing and performing since she was three years old.
She says despite the large number of people at their performances she just focuses on dance moves and lets everything else fall into place naturally.
“It’s a lot of work, but my mom tells me that I’m going to do a good job and I just believe in myself. Just stop worrying about other things and you’ll do fine”, Vasquez said.
Jules, one of the dance instructors encourages all people to consider joining…
