Step by Step Dance Studio

Step by Step Dance Studio was funded on September 6th 1992 in Aruba and it first operated in the Layex Building on Wihelminastraat, Oranjestad. The funder, Ms. Sonja Geevers is a well- renowned and respected dance instructor on the island. She carries a beautiful trajectory obtained through her studies in the prestigious Rotterdamse Dans Academie in Holland.

Her studies were specialized in classic ballet and contemporary dance. She has professionally performed in Munchen, Germany and she took 1 year of specialized lessons in choreography at the Werner Ulbrich Academy. Sonja was not only trained in the best dance academies of Holland and Germany but she shared and taught her talents to students in such countries. Also, did she embark in a journey to South America where she gave lessons in Argentina, followed by 10 years of teachings in the Arubaanse Dans en Balletschool in Aruba where she currently resides and continues to share and enlighten her students with her marvelous experiences as a student and as a professional dancer.

Step By step Studio is the inspiration and initiative of Ms. Sonja Geevers and Mr. Humphrey Lauffer to promote a healthy environment and future to the youth through dance and the preservation of our local folkloric dance.Step by Step carries approximately 180 students.

We are here for those who want to make of dance a career as well for those who love dance and music and wish to merely take part of our studio as an extra activity or hobby. Our purpose and inspiration is to prepare and support through our studio all students who want to make of dance a career.

Our students are recommended and prepared to become part of the Rotterdamse Dans Academie in Holland.

We welcome you to visit the studio and take a tour of our new location.