At just 23 years old, Brooklin Pace, the owner of Studio 19 Dance, creates a welcoming atmosphere for all of her students. The number one focus at Studio 19 is on the kids, and on making sure they enjoy dance. Dance has always been a huge passion of Brooklin’s, and her teachers and mentors helped her not only in dance, but in life. Brooklin uses her background to intentionally create a healthy atmosphere for the kids, while ensuring they’re set up for success.
Brooklin has been dancing since she was two years old, training in ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical and tumbling. She danced on the Herriman High Drill Team in high school, serving as a captain her junior and senior year. She recently graduated from Utah Tech University, where she danced on the Utah Tech Blaze Dance Team and was named part of the All-American Collegiate Dance Team, with a bachelor degree in business management. Brooklin has competed for and won many prestigious dance awards. She has danced with Odyssey and Salt dance companies, danced in Alex Boye’s ‘Bend Not Break’ music video, and competed a dance routine at Miss Utah 2023 as Miss Greater Zion 2022. In addition to owning Studio 19, Brooklin works as an assistant coach for Cedar Valley Drill Team.
Brooklin started Studio 19 in 2024. “From a very young age, this was what I wanted to do. So when the opportunity came, I knew I couldn’t pass it up.” The number 19 has a few special meanings to Brooklin. It was her favorite number growing up, and it’s the year she graduated from high school. She chose ‘Studio 19’ for the name of her dance studio because the number 19 has always brought good things for her, and she hopes it will bring good things for her students.
It can be hard for Brooklin to get people to trust that what’s happening at Studio 19 is great because of her age. “I’m very young, but I have a lot of dance experience, and I’ve been teaching for a long time. It can be a challenge at first, but then people come in and see for themselves that I know what I’m doing and that Studio 19 is really great.”
Studio 19 offers classes in ballet, ballet technique, pointe, tumbling, jazz, contemporary, tap, hip-hop, and Broadway. Dance and creative movement classes are for kids ages 2-5, which prepares them for competition dance, where the teams bring home award after award! In the summer, Studio 19 offers summer classes and themed camps.
When hiring staff for Studio 19, Brooklin looks for hard workers who are willing to try new things and have a positive attitude. She also looks for friendly people with the ability to get along with the students and the environment of the studio. She ensures that teachers will be a good fit by doing a trial class. “I think it’s super important that they fit the mold of the studio and get along with the students and the way that the studio is run.” Every teacher is hand-selected by Brooklin, and any class with more than ten students has two teachers.
Studio 19 is focused on being welcoming, having fun, and enjoying the craft of dance. “We believe in bringing a great, fun atmosphere into the studio, then creating the dance culture and technique off of that.” To bring a good culture and community into the studio, Brooklin puts on fun activities for the kids throughout the year, including pool parties in the summer, a competition team banquet, and a carnival kick off with other small businesses in August, plus a Nutcracker performance in December and a spring recital in May. 2025’s spring recital was Alice In Wonderland themed! “It is for sure a lot of work behind the scenes, but in the end, you see the joy on the kids' faces and the parents' faces. So it's always worth the work.”
Studio 19 helps kids prepare for their future. “Not only if they want to dance forever, but building good communications skills, good work ethic, and learning how to speak with others and putting them in the real world.. Because we're teaching not only dance, but life lessons.” Dance has been proven to lead to success in later life, and Brooklin has noticed many lessons she learned in dance being important in her adult life. “Dance has taught me so many different life skills, like time management, knowing how to balance a whole bunch of things at once, and how to carry myself and carry confidence in day to day life.” Seeing the growth and excitement in the dancers has been the most rewarding success for Brooklin. “We’re being super welcoming and uplifting, and we’re pushing them to be better individuals and dancers.” Studio 19 values hard work, being kind to others, and learning when to let others shine.
Brooklin hopes her dancers feel proud of themselves, and that they always put their best foot forward, knowing they did everything they could. She also hopes they leave wanting to come back and wanting to dance more, because even on the hard days when they get lots of corrections, their teachers want them to know that they love them, and that they want them to love dance.
Bring your kiddos to try out a class at Studio 19! The new season starts in August, and they will be welcomed with open arms and supported through their dance journey, because “you have to love what you do to get good at it.”
“We believe in bringing a great, fun atmosphere into the studio, then creating the dance culture and technique off of that.”