Dance That Moves You
Over the years, Kim Wild learned that no two dancers are alike. Some students need encouragement, some need a challenge, and some simply need a place where they feel comfortable stepping onto the dance floor again. My teaching style blends strong technique with patience, humor, and a genuine love of helping people succeed.
Find Your Rhythm Again grew from that philosophy. Whether you’re brand new to dance or returning after years away, you don’t have to arrive knowing the steps. You just have to take the first one.
Every journey begins with one step… Find Your Rhythm Again.
MY STORY:
Dance has been part of my life for as long as I can remember.
I grew up in Albany, Georgia, where I began dancing at a local studio as a child and continued through high school. One of my very first jobs was working as a teacher’s assistant at the studio. Looking back, I suppose that was the beginning of something I couldn't have known at the time—that teaching dance would become such an important part of my life.
After high school, I attended Columbia College in South Carolina, where I earned my B.A. in Dance. I knew I wanted to continue learning and growing as a dancer and teacher, which eventually led me to Florida State University. In 1989, I earned my M.F.A. in Dance—and, as life sometimes has it, I also met my future husband while I was there!
We married in 1991, and a few years later life took us to Puerto Rico. I continued doing what I loved, teaching ballet and modern dance at a local studio. Then, in 1998, our daughter was born, and soon afterward another adventure began when our family moved to the beautiful island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
What I didn't know then was that St. John would become home for more than two decades and would shape so much of who I am as a teacher.
I began teaching at the St. John School of the Arts, working with children and adults in ballet, creative movement and modern dance—and a few years later, tap became part of the mix. During my 23 years at the school, I had the privilege of teaching generations of students, watching children grow up, welcoming adults back to dance, and becoming part of a very special arts community. For my final nine years there, I also served as Executive Director.
Those years taught me something that has stayed with me: teaching dance is about so much more than teaching steps.It's about connecting with people, discovering how each person learns, building confidence and creating a place where students feel comfortable being themselves.
In 2021, our family returned stateside and settled in Northeast Florida. Once again, dance and the arts found their way into my life. I began teaching line dance at the YMCA and became involved with the local arts community, including serving two years on the board of Arts and Culture Nassau and volunteering with the Amelia Community Theatre and the Amelia Island Dance Festival. I also began a new professional chapter in real estate with Coldwell Banker The Amelia Group.
But after more than 35 years of teaching, I realized there was still another dance chapter waiting for me.
Find Your Rhythm Again grew from my desire to create something especially for adults—a place where it doesn't matter whether you've danced your entire life, haven't danced in 30 years, or have never taken a dance class at all.
At this point in my life, I'm less interested in perfection and much more interested in what dance gives us: music, movement, confidence, laughter, connection—and the joy of realizing that we can still learn something new.
Dance has taken me places I never could have imagined when I was that little girl walking into a studio in Albany, Georgia.
And I'm still dancing.
Every journey begins with one step… Find Your Rhythm Again.
