Amanda E. Howard started her first dance studio in 2014 in Delaware - Praise Him with a Dance - with the goal to create a ministry opportunity through dance. Praise Him with a Dance grew but the Lord called Amanda to Florida where she taught competitive dancers injury risk reduction practices at a studio in Palm Bay for a season. But God kept calling her heart toward re-opening a studio, so she started from scratch and renamed her studio to La Belle Vie Fitness & Dance, filling a deep desire for a faith-based studio in Vero Beach. She wanted to create a safe, welcoming, loving space for dancers of all ages and backgrounds to learn ballet while nurturing their minds and spirits toward worship. La Belle Vie has been deeply blessed with a beautiful community of dance families and we hope to continually grow and flourish where God has placed us!

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Amanda specializes in functional training techniques and neuromuscular training for injury risk reduction. For the past 12 years, she has worked alongside her grandmother, a Naturopathic doctor to learn many facets of functional medicine. Using this knowledge, and over a decade of personal research, Amanda has created programs that combine prevention methods for injuries and illness while also incorporating neurological support for nervous system balance. As a Pre & Postnatal Fitness Specialist, Amanda also offers prenatal strength training, and postnatal recovery.

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As a dance teacher and Athletic Injury Prevention Specialist, Amanda works with athletes, dancers, and performers to help them with proper training techniques, flexibility and ROM training, strength, and movement. The goal of the specialized programs she has created is to provide a healthy, pain-free career and retirement without degradation to joints and important connective tissue.​ This extends from our littlest dancers to our adult dancers.

Mrs. Sherry is a former preschool teacher and social worker. She has been working as a children's ministry director for more than 20 years and was trained in classical ballet for several years before going to college. Later, Sherry was a traveling ballet teacher and taught pre-ballet classes in various private preschool and kindergarten schools throughout the Baltimore and Washington D.C. area.

From the moment Julia stepped onto the stage at nine years old, she knew that acting was a part of her calling.​ Since then, Julia has built up her resume performing in various theater productions, web series', and short films.

In 2022, she made her feature film debut in indie film "Glass Walls". Julia's most recent credits include an award-winning short film, "Orchid Island", in which she played an aspiring young dancer, and an indie film, "A Wave of Kindness", starring alongside Kevin and Braeden Sorbo.

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Off-screen, Julia is also a passionate artist and small business owner of Art by Jules. Art has always been a passion of hers and it brings her so much joy to be able to share that passion with others. Edgar Degas once said, "Art is not what you see, but what you make others see." Her hope is that, through her art, you see the beauty, the perfections, and the imperfections of life. She is inspired by the fact that life is short and the world is wide. Bringing the beautiful places of this world right into your home is what she specializes in. Now, partnering with La Belle Vie Dance School & Company, Julia is able to use her artistic talents to create elaborate and beautiful performances for the community of Vero Beach.

​Nadia has been doing ballet for 14 years and has mainly been taught Vaganova technique. She is also trained in other dance styles such as contemporary and jazz. In addition to dance, she is studying to earn her bachelor's in Medical Laboratory Sciences with an associates in dance. Aside from dance, Nadia also loves to do her nails, volunteer at church and Youth For Christ, and spend time with her family. Miss Nadia is so excited for this opportunity to teach dance!

​Natalie was classically trained in Ballet since the age of 4 under the tutelage of Martha Mahr in Miami and John Walker in NC and has added Lyrical, Modern, Contemporary, Jazz, Tap, Ballroom, Latin and more to her repertoire for the past 30 years. She was part of Arts Alive Studio’s dance company in NC for 4 years as well as a dance ministry that would tour in the community for 6 years. While attending college at Palm Beach Atlantic University, she was a founding member of the Dance Redemptive ministry on campus. Most recently, she choreographed and taught students Tap and Musical Theatre numbers for a high school production of Mary Poppins. She continues to dance and choreograph for local events and churches to this day. She now works as an Optometrist and Adjunct Faculty Member of Biology at PBA and is thrilled to bring Lyrical dance and her Ballet experience to La Belle Vie.

Gianna has loved ballet for as long as she can rememer and has been dancing since she was four years old. She has been blessed to be part of the La Belle Vie Dance School family for several years and is incredible grateful for the Christ-centered environment that has nurtured her growth not only as a dancer, but also in her faith, confidence, and character. Through the guidance of Miss Amanda and the love poured into every student, the studio has truly become a second home.

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Naturally curious and always eager to learn Gianna loves classical ballet and also enjoys the studio's strength and conditioning classes that continue to challenge and strengthen her as a dancer. Beyond the studio, she has a passion for studying neuroscience, anatomy and physiology, psychology, and the incredible connection between the mind and body. Learning about the beauty and complexity of God's creation only deepens her appreciation for the One who designed it all. When she's not dancing - which isn't often - she can usually be found reading, crafting, or spending time with her cats.

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While continuing her own training as a student, Gianna is excited to serve as a student assistant for the younger classes. Having experienced that love and encouragement herself, she is thankful for the opportunity to pour into the younger students while continuing to learn and grow alongside them. Her prayer is that every child who walks through the studio doors feels seen, encouraged, and loved; growing not only in confidence and technique, but also in the assurance that they are "fearfully and wonderfully made."

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"I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Your works, my soul knows it very well." Psalm 139:14