About Us
Strut is committed to exploring, training, and celebrating heels dance while honoring its roots in jazz and embracing its influence within today’s commercial dance industry. By blending historical awareness with contemporary practice, we provide dancers with the tools to develop strong technical foundations, versatile performance skills, and authentic self-expression. We strive to cultivate confidence, artistry, and body awareness, recognizing heels dance as both a powerful art form and a source of personal empowerment. Through technique classes, choreography workshops, industry masterclasses, showcases, and community-building events, Strut creates an inclusive space where dancers of all identities and experience levels can thrive. Our mission extends beyond the studio. Strut prepares members to enter the commercial dance world with artistry, professionalism, and confidence, while also cultivating skills that carry into everyday life—self-expression, resilience, and leadership. We believe heels dance is more than a performance style; it is a vehicle for empowerment and connection, capable of shaping how dancers see themselves and how they engage with the world. By fostering an inclusive and supportive community, Strut equips its members not only to thrive in their craft but also to contribute meaningfully to the cultural landscape of dance at UCI and beyond.
