River City Dance & Performing Arts

River City Dance & Performing Arts is Richmond's home for performing arts education. Our team is committed to helping you and your family with all performance arts needs. River City Theatre, an educational facility for children to train in performing arts, is not just a dream. We are committed to teaching and exercising the following values that we believe are paramount to nurturing a successful artist and productive community member: positivity and diversity, confidence and determination, and a safe and supportive community. AMI DOWDEN FANT is Richmond Virginia-born. She began her lifelong journey into dance at four. She trained in Ballet, Jazz, and Modern dance as a young child. She acquired her BFA in Dance & Choreography from Virginia Commonwealth University. Over the years, she collaborated with artists such as Jawole Jo Zollar and Tania Isaac. Numerous awards have been won by Miss Ami DowdenFant, including the VCU Outstanding Choreographer & Performer Award. She has had the privilege to present her choreography in places such as the National American College Dance Festival Gala or the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Miss Ami DowdenFant has the innate ability to teach as well as empathize with young dancers. She is River City's Artistic Director.

Families are thrilled with the results that River City Dance has achieved in several reviews. A majority of parents said that their kids had loved every minute of it. The environment and staff encourage a strong sense of community amongst the students and their relatives. Children, newcomers and seasoned people alike are bonded by the bond. Safety and security, communication and connection and overall professionalism are also key highlights of their ballet training. They have a lot of fun at the kids during birthdays making it an exciting place to be as they teach young kids ballet. River City achieves this by putting in the effort to maintain a good sense of community. The reviews recommend River City luxuriously as a stable, happy place to learn and practice ballet. Pupils are not only surrounded by beginner classes and adults but can “grow and become comfortable skillfully” while checking them out. River City Dance's impact on children is not limited to their development as artists. The small costumes and demanding, high-end choreography tests them all around. Parents praised their children for moving and singing and dancing than it once was. A curriculum that "builds character" is something parents genuinely appreciate. Ultimately, they all work hard to make this a competitive training location with same level teachers. This appears to be the “perfect climate” for talented young dance enthusiasts in River City. Several mothers mentioned how much their daughters had discovered themselves while spreading out with this initiative. Lord Almighty that their daughters would learn much and safe while earning the right to be comfortable. “teachers watch over the children like a hawk” and make sure the children are safe, loved, and happy.