Our Story
The Idaho Ballroom Academy started in 1998 when Shawn Fisher was asked to take over a small struggling 8-couple youth team. We thought it was a one-year one-time deal. It has now grown into a full program in Rexburg serving over 400 students a year on 20 teams.
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Our Vision
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Our underlying desire is for our young dancers to become lifetime dancers. Ballroom dancing is one of the greatest life skills, but has largely died out as a social activity in our communities. We hope that the dancers will come to love ballroom dancing and take it into their marriages, families, and communities so that it will once again become a vibrant social activity that will live on for generations.
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About Us
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The Idaho Ballroom Academy is a dance program for youth ages 6 - 18. Dancers meet once a week during the school year for a team practice where they learn performance routines and ballroom technique. They perform at many local events including Dancing with the Rexburg Stars, school assemblies, and concerts. The dancers also compete at 3 competitions, 2 in the local area, and 1 in Utah. During the summer they offer a week-long summer camp, as well as traveling and performing opportunities. IBA has traveled to Europe, Southern California, the East Coast, and many other locations, all of which consisted of a family-based travel performance experience.​​ We are always open for new registrations and would love to see you in our studio!
TESTIMONIALS
"I FEEL IN AWE
OF HOW MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES
YOUR PROGRAM
HAS TOUCHED AND INFLUENCED."
"Every year I feel so much amazement as I watch the final spring show. I look at all those many many kids on stage for the finale and feel in awe of how many people's lives your program has touched and influenced. The organization and coordination that a program of this scale just blows my mind yet you manage it all so gracefully and professionally.
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There is a wide variety in all the different costumes and choreography. You have influenced and affected our whole family through the culture of this program and I wanted to take a minute tonight to tell you of our gratitude and admiration."
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Dianne and Bradley Petersen and family
"As parents of five sons (no daughters) my husband and I wondered where to seek help to raise our sons with knowledge of how to appropriately interact with girls since they had no opportunity to practice at home. Idaho Ballroom Academy has been an answer to our question and much much more.
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One of the main goals of IBA is to develop a love of ballroom dance that extends beyond one's youth. I am most appreciative of the vision of IBA that they support a "well-rounded" dancer. Through the years, our sons have all been involved wih sports, music, academics, student council, scouting, and much more.
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Now, I won't say it has been easy making it possible for our sons to honor all commitments, but through the help fo great carpools, planning and flexibility, ballroom has fit very well in their lives. (In fact, they would rather go to ballroom because there are no cute girls at scouts). We are extremely grateful to Shawn and Janie Fisher and our entire IBA famiy for their influence on our sons."
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Jan and Brett Bagley