History
BDC (formerly Billings Dance Center) has been a pillar of excellence in the Portland dance community since first opening their doors in 1932 under the name Richard Billings School of Dance. Under the direction of Mr. & Mrs. Richard Billings, the studio quickly set the bar for dance education. After directing the studio for more than forty years the studio was then passed down to the next generation. Dick and Mary Louise Billings then took their place as the directors in 1972. They directed the studio until 2009. The current chapter for our studio is under the careful direction of Tony Loupe. Tony is a Portland native and is a very accomplished dancer, teacher and choreographer. He has been teaching since the age of 14 and regularly travels across north America to teach at dance conventions and speak to other dance educators about the lessons he has learned to this point in his career. Tony knows that he has big shoes to fill and looks forward to of taking BDC to the next level!
Specialties
BDC specializes in providing a fun, family friendly, positive environment in which its students can learn the art of dance. We offer a dance education for the 3 year old looking to boogie down for an hour, to the serious dancer looking to explore the world of dance for his or her career. We have over 300 years of teaching experience amongst our teaching staff and these incredibly gifted instructors are the same teachers that teach from our 3 years to our pre-professionals.