At OIDA, we love Irish dancing -- and it shows! Our goal is to build self-esteem and confidence through the wonderful sport and art of Irish dancing. We want our students to leave each class feeling successful and excited for next time. Through example, we show our students how to see the good in every experience, while recognizing, valuing, and being excited about the fact that there is always room for improvement.
We teach our students to enjoy the journey and the hard work that gets them somewhere, and we encourage our students to be creative, ask questions, and be the best that they can be! During Winter, Spring, and Summer Breaks, we hold uniquely awesome Irish Dance Day Camps on weekdays from 9 am to 3 pm.
We teach our students to enjoy the journey and the hard work that gets them somewhere, and we encourage our students to be creative, ask questions, and be the best that they can be! During Winter, Spring, and Summer Breaks, we hold uniquely awesome Irish Dance Day Camps on weekdays from 9 am to 3 pm.
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OIDA was founded by sisters Christina and Victoria White. Born and raised in Portland, Christina and Victoria fell in love with Irish dancing after seeing Riverdance as young girls. They grew up performing with world-renowned Irish musicians and competing internationally, both earning world rankings!
At OIDA, we have developed a program that sets attainable goals, provides level- and age-appropriate challenges, and promotes a positive learning mindset. Our curriculum has seven levels, each one containing its own step-by-step requirements for progressing as an Irish dancer. We've crafted our structure to be based on clear, simple-to-understand requirements for how to move up to our next level.
My daughter has been taking classes with Christina and Victoria for several years now. They are incredibly warm, caring, talented teachers. My daughter is in a great mood after every class, always feeling positive about her experience and her progress. She really admires her teachers and also feels comfortable and confident in their presence.
We believe our program has something for everyone, and we want you to be confident in that as well! All prospective students (kids and adults!) get a free trial class in our in-person classes at our Portland location, The Children's Gym. All new students in our Zoom classes AND students who sign up within a week of their free trial in-person class get our New Student Special Offer!
Dancers begin by following along to a 15-minute pre-recorded warm-up video, then log in with their teacher for 45 minutes of live Zoom instruction, interaction, and feedback in small groups! Dancers then end class with a 5-minute pre-recorded cool-down routine. Teachers structure class to allow for one-on-one time with what each dancer is working on, as well as group exercises, activities, and socializing.
Reviews (9)
Manuel Pina Ugalde
Dec 13, 2019
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This is such a unique, empowering and fun dance program. My daughter has been dancing with Christina and Victoria for four years now and has never once wanted to miss a class. The teachers are supportive, focused, caring role models for our girls and seem to strike the perfect balance between discipline and acceptance of children as they are.
Cat Livingston
Dec 04, 2019
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Chris Dunning
Oct 19, 2019
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Kelly McCain
Sep 11, 2019
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Casie Dunning
Jul 31, 2019
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Whitney Rutz
Jul 30, 2019
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Melissa Sowers
Jun 22, 2019
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My daughter is loving hard shoe with Miss Christina. At times my daughter is a little shy and I see the love of Christina’s art when she is so welcoming and patient. Miss Christina uses simple games and stories to build each step and dance. Each child in the class moves at their own pace. Thank you for creating such a fun place to learn!
Meika Goldring
May 11, 2018
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The amazing instructors at OIDA make this program an incredible place to learn, laugh, and dance! Their Irish Dance school is unique by offering a non competitive performance team dance program. This allows dancers to experience the responsibility of being part of a team while learning the technical skills of Irish dance, but all done in a safe and encouraging environment. We feel so lucky to be involved in the OIDA school and have recommended it to many friends and family!
Courtney Jarecki
Jul 10, 2017
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