About Us

Who We Are

Identity Dance Company was founded locally in Springfield Oregon by Lindsey Cooper in 2003. Her desire was to create a dance company that makes a positive impact on the community. Then primarily a Hip Hop company, and originally named “Breakdown,” it was geared more towards college age students, and it quickly became popular.

With dreams of reaching more hearts with positivity through dance, in 2010 Lindsey took a leap of faith, moved into a larger studio and opened classes for all ages and teaching more styles, and Identity Dance Company was born. Since then, Identity has grown from the 18 Dancers that started, to over 200 Dancers and still growing. We now teach a variety of styles, including Hip Hop, Contemporary, Ballet, Jazz, Acro Tumbling, and others.

Identity Dance Company is recreational dance company that strongly believes that every child should be given the opportunity to dance. Our classes are designed to be fun and inviting to dancers of all ages and skill levels.

Dance On Purpose

This is our motto here at Identity Dance Company. Dance On Purpose means to dance for something outside of yourself. Its the knowledge that if you don’t use your talent to better someone else’s life, it would be wasted. Dance is a GIFT. This is the lesson we hope to instill into our dancers. Dance On Purpose also means we won’t dance to any music just because its popular, or because we think its cool. Our choice of music, will always be with a reason. Our shows and productions all have a story-line or theme, and are designed to encourage and inspire not only our dancers, but our audience as well.