Regina Owens-Snyder
Regina Owens-Snyder is the co-owner/director of Encore Dance Center. She has been dancing for over 29 years and teaching for 18 years. She is trained in various styles of dance from ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, hip-hop and gymnastics. She has been trained under the direction of Jeremy Miller (current instructor at Broadway Dance Center in New York), trained at Ballet Arizona (now known as Arizona School of Ballet) & also trained at Alvin Ailey Dance Theater in New York amongst other local dance studios valley wide. During her senior year at Maryvale High School, Regina cheered professionally for the Arizona Rattlers. Regina was adjunct faculty for Estrella Mountain & Glendale Community College where she taught hip hop, ballet and jazz. She is currently adjunct faculty at Phoenix College. She is also the guest choreographer for many of the local high schools such as Paradise Valley, Apollo, Sunnyslope & North Canyon. Regina has danced professionally for The Beat Dance Company as well as Epik Dance Company.
Regina teaches ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, pointe, contemporary & tumbling for all ages and levels. Her versatility has not only helped with instruction at Encore but has also been a great asset in operating her dance apparel store, Evolution Dancewear Co.