We are a 501-C3 Non-Profit Educational Institution. Our dedicated faculty has been providing quality instruction to students for over 25 years. We offer classes and private lessons for Children through Adults, in Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Modern Dance and Aerobics. We are also a host facility for Starshine Theater and Traditional Pilates.

We are trained in classical as well as contemporary dance forms, which enables us to guide our students into the most satisfying pursuit. Because a dancer must train the mind and muscles carefully, we recommend that all students begin with the basics of Ballet. The methodical exercises that Ballet prescribes are one of the best ways to instill a thorough understanding of the body's movement potential. We then evaluate and help them find their niche in dance. For some, Ballet will be their passion, and for some it will serve as the foundation on which they will build other techniques, such as Modern, Jazz, or Tap.

Every performing artist deserves the opportunity to perform. The prospect of performance inspires honing of technique, presentation and expression, and is the ultimate form of teamwork. It allows the dancer to share the result of hard work and enjoy some well-deserved appreciation. All our students with the exception of the Pre-Ballet, participate in the Year-end Recital. Our upper level students also perform a Winter showcase. And family and friends are invited to a mid-year open house.

The classes we offer are pre-professional, most of our students are college bound and those committed to dance are well prepared to continue their training at the university level. We have many alumni working in the performing arts and related fields.  We also have alumni who continue to dance for enjoyment.

That question can be answered on many levels. It's fun, it's healthy? The obvious answers. But when you take a closer look, you find that dance is the only avocation that is such a complex synthesis of mental and physical abilities. On the physical side are posture, fine and gross motor coordination, strength, grace, balance, flexibility, control, speed, power and endurance. On the mental side are the appreciation and understanding of music, musical phrasing and nuances, familiarity with anatomy and muscle function, spatial perception, coordination and timing of movement with other moving bodies, dramatic expression and character, poise and confidence and the memorization of dance vocabulary.  Because there are so many components to dance, the technique requires constant repetition, not only for neuromuscular coordination, but strength, and injury prevention. For every student, the mastery of each aspect of dance requires careful attention and time so that at every level dance becomes the joyful experience it is meant to be.

To Register For Classes, please download a Registration Form and a Volunteer Form. (The Volunteer Form must accompany Registration.).  
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