About Us
Located in beautiful North Bend, WA, IGNITE Dance & Yoga offers movement classes to all ages and abilities. IGNITE is the premiere studio in Snoqualmie Valley, offering the highest level of dance and yoga education in the most supportive and positive environment. Home to families from North Bend, Snoqualmie, Fall City, Preston, Issaquah, Sammamish, Redmond, Bellevue, Kirkland, Snoqualmie Pass, and Cle Elum. IGNITE offers something for every age and level, youth and adult students.
“My son struggled at an early age to find a sport that he enjoyed. We are so thrilled he not only found dance, but specifically found IGNITE. While we escalated quickly from a once weekly class to dancing several nights per week, we wouldn’t change a thing. He gets excited to go to dance every day, he comes out of dance class smiling with a positive report from class every day, and it just feels overall like he found a second home. I want to scream it from the rooftops – sign your kid up to dance at IGNITE!”
— Andrea Zier who has a son on the team (age 8)
How we IGNITEd the flame…
After ten years of dancing professionally, owner Katie Black found herself back close to home deciding which path to pursue next. Katie has been passionate about inspiring people to move since the age of 16. In addition to pursuing a career in dance, her love for movement introduced her to yoga which sparked the desire to complete her Yoga Alliance Certification in 2008. Her life had been transformed by movement and she wanted to share that experience with others through teaching dance and yoga. With the encouragement and support from Snoqualmie Valley locals, Katie decided to open her own studio. The name IGNITE was born from the word agni (a Sanskrit word for “inner fire”) which came to Katie in the middle of the night. She scribbled that word on a scratch piece of paper on her bedside table and sparked the flame. IGNITE Dance & Yoga was to become a place that people of all ages and all abilities could thrive, feeling supported and challenged in a safe and loving environment. With the help of her husband, their families, and local families, IGNITE opened with two studio rooms in the fall of 2010. 12 years and three studio room additions later, IGNITE has just started season 13, employing over 30 incredible professionals. Katie is humbled by the support of her community, and is looking forward to many more years to come!
