Press Release

Kinderdance® International is proud to be ranked in Entrepreneur magazine’s Franchise 500®, has awarded a Master Franchise to Beijing Risure Education for all of China and Taiwan. Since the opening ceremony in Beijing China, China’s growth has soared. 

"We are excited to expand our presence in China and believe that it provides a great opportunity for us, as we continue to grow our Kinderdance® brand internationally," said Kinderdance President/ CEO, Richard Maltese. The new franchises will offer developmental dance, gymnastics, yoga and fitness programs to young children throughout China.

Kinderdance®, established in 1979 is a worldwide recognized dance, gymnastics and fitness program for children age’s two to twelve.  Their 142 Franchisees currently teach to thousands children weekly at thousands of locations in the US and around the world.

The Kinderdance programs are all original worldwide dance, motor development, gymnastics, and fitness programs that combine academic readiness skills that are specifically designed for children ages 15 months to 12 years old. What makes Kinderdance® unique is that all of our programs incorporate educational concepts in a developmentally designed curriculum that teaches to the total child. We place special emphasis on building “self-confidence” and “self-esteem” in young children.