NOKESVILLE, VA (October 12, 2026) — For nearly a quarter century, there has been a lot of movement inside the little chapel on Fitzwater Drive that Prince William Dance Academy calls home.

First ballet classes. Tap shoes. Recital rehearsals. Generations of dancers growing up together. Families waving from the sidelines of the Nokesville Day Parade.

Now, as Prince William Dance Academy celebrates its 25th season in Nokesville, founder and director Kim Teachout Thomas is adding something new to the studio she has spent decades building: yoga for the community, offered in partnership with Alternative Energy Hatha Yoga.

And the woman leading it already knows the studio well.

Gwen Fletcher grew up in Nokesville and graduated from Prince William Dance Academy in 2009. After continuing her dance education in Boston and Washington, D.C., she completed her yoga teacher training at Satchidananda Ashram-Yogaville and eventually returned home.

Today, Ms. Gwen serves as Director of Studio Operations and Enrollment at PWDA, owns and teaches through Alternative Energy Hatha Yoga, and serves on the board of the Nokesville Business Association.

For Ms. Kim, that makes this partnership about much more than adding yoga to the schedule.

“One of the greatest gifts of being here this long is getting to watch our dancers grow up and then seeing the ways they come back and become part of this community as adults,” said Thomas. “Gwen grew up here. She knows PWDA, she knows Nokesville, and she shares our belief that people need places where they can move, connect and feel like they belong. I’m incredibly proud to have her bringing something of her own back through these doors.”