{"id":20828,"date":"2025-08-21T11:46:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T16:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcreditmontreal.ca\/?p=20828"},"modified":"2025-08-21T12:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T17:58:09","slug":"armel-and-jackie-co-owners-of-studios-uplift514-dance-studio-and-cultural-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcreditmontreal.ca\/en\/2025\/08\/21\/armel-and-jackie-co-owners-of-studios-uplift514-dance-studio-and-cultural-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Armel and Jackie, Co-owners of Studios Uplift514 | Dance Studio and Cultural Space"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20828\" class=\"elementor elementor-20828\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-293c2d9 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"293c2d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fd9b66 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5fd9b66\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91a59bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91a59bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>United by a passion for dance, Armel Omatoko and Jackie Traor\u00e9 are co-owners of Studios Uplift514 in the Rosemont\u2013La Petite-Patrie neighborhood. A key player in the Montreal dance scene, this dynamic space is dedicated to promoting Afro-urban dances and Afro-descendant cultures.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95e86cb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"95e86cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d287b3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9d287b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/microcreditmontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MCM-uplift514-0325_SO-2-Web-800x533.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-20414\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microcreditmontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MCM-uplift514-0325_SO-2-Web-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/microcreditmontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MCM-uplift514-0325_SO-2-Web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/microcreditmontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MCM-uplift514-0325_SO-2-Web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/microcreditmontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MCM-uplift514-0325_SO-2-Web.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2800444 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2800444\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Armel et Jackie | Co-owners of Studios Uplift514 | \u00a9Saphir Optimiste<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d478ff e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4d478ff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebb3751 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ebb3751\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90eb4a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"90eb4a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Armel and Jackie, Co-owners of Studios Uplift514 | Dance Studio and Cultural Space<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72167a1 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"72167a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c833125 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c833125\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f46656 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f46656\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Armel and Jackie both considered themselves citizens of the world before settling in Montreal. It was in 2015, after meeting on a dance floor, that they decided to go into business together by founding Uplift514.<\/p><p>At the time, Armel was working with youth. It was at the youth center <em>Maison des jeunes l\u2019Escampette<\/em> that he first began teaching dance, which later inspired him to take the leap into entrepreneurship.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0c73ae e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b0c73ae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3584831 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3584831\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bbe53d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bbe53d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cI wanted to take something that had always been part of my life [dance] and turn it into something serious, something I would commit to fully,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b359add e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b359add\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-625bcb7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"625bcb7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2443f1e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2443f1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As for Jackie, she was completing a bachelor\u2019s degree in English Literature at the <em>Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al<\/em>, which sparked her passion for all things art-related\u2014a major shift for her, as she had initially studied computer science.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1d727e e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b1d727e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ad3817 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2ad3817\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce497ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce497ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Growing Your Business While Managing Risk<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-941180e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"941180e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To build their clientele while minimizing risk, Armel and Jackie initially rented various spaces to launch their project. Based on their skills, they agreed that Armel would be in charge of teaching while Jackie would handle the administrative side of the business. Step by step, they developed their service offering and succeeded in building a regular clientele that has become like a real family to them.<\/p><p>To better meet the growing needs of their clients, they decided in 2023 to take a calculated risk and open their own studio\u2014an artistic and community-centered space. At that point, Armel and Jackie began questioning their business model and how to ensure its long-term viability. That\u2019s when they first connected with Microcredit Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5692b1 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d5692b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d42869 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0d42869\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b44180d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b44180d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Entrepreneurial Support: A Key Factor in Their Success<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12079d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12079d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In addition to helping them secure a loan to finance their business, Microcredit Montr\u00e9al provided strategic advice in marketing and business development, as well as significant support in improving the physical layout of their new studio. \u201cGetting into entrepreneurship is diving into the unknown. Having people who supported us, advised us, helped us think things through and offered us tools\u2014that really helped us,\u201d says Armel.<\/p><p>Despite their many successes, the business partners also faced challenges. Hiring teachers and assigning roles and responsibilities within the team has involved a lot of trial and error. \u201cBeyond that, there\u2019s also an inner struggle to not give up\u2014to keep pushing and to lean on each other,\u201d Armel adds.<\/p><p>Today, Studios Uplift514 has four teachers and a clientele from across Montreal and surrounding areas. \u201cWe love what we do, but we\u2019re still growing\u2014both as individuals and as a project,\u201d Jackie notes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71df51a e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"71df51a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85c04dc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"85c04dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e57ee2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2e57ee2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b1c5ed elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7b1c5ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/microcreditmontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/logo23093553.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA0NTYsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9taWNyb2NyZWRpdG1vbnRyZWFsLmNhXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI1XC8wNlwvbG9nbzIzMDkzNTUzLnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/microcreditmontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/logo23093553.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-20456\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microcreditmontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/logo23093553.png 360w, https:\/\/microcreditmontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/logo23093553-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59a0a38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59a0a38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a9Saphir Optimiste<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95345af e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"95345af\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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srcset=\"https:\/\/microcreditmontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MCM-uplift514-0325_SO-8-Web-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/microcreditmontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MCM-uplift514-0325_SO-8-Web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/microcreditmontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MCM-uplift514-0325_SO-8-Web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/microcreditmontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MCM-uplift514-0325_SO-8-Web.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c48e562 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c48e562\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b07285f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b07285f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdd20f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fdd20f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">More Than Just a Dance Studio: A Movement<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f70b317 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f70b317\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since the beginning, Armel and Jackie have aimed to create a community space for learning, expression, and growth\u2014well beyond just classes and performances. With this mission in mind, they look to the future with great enthusiasm and optimism.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/microcreditmontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Photo-de-leur-page-FB-Web-800x380.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p><p>There\u2019s no shortage of projects at Studios Uplift514! In addition to recently launching an intensive program for semi-professional dancers specializing in Afro-urban styles, they also plan to invest more in cultural projects.<\/p><p>\u201cWe want to offer artist residencies and collaborations with various businesses and institutions. Our goal is to create initiatives that further promote Afro-descendant cultures,\u201d says Armel.<\/p><p>In this spirit, Armel and Jackie also plan to organize trips with their students to immerse them in the cultures they celebrate.<\/p><p>With an unwavering sense of community, Jackie adds that they also want to take concrete steps toward becoming a socially responsible business. \u201cWe\u2019re a cultural business, but also a social enterprise, and we want to have a bigger impact in society,\u201d she adds.<\/p><p>Lately, the entire Uplift514 team has been busy preparing for the summer season, during which they will offer outdoor performances and a summer camp. Their full programming and class offerings are available on their website.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74ba9f9 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"74ba9f9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3a5e74 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d3a5e74\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d31aa6e text-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"d31aa6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n    <strong>\n        Studios Uplift514\n    <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n<p 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