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4 Tips for Successful Dance Classes

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Dance is a skill that takes hours and hours of practice to master and perform well. Much of the time a dancer spends practicing happens in the studio, during class. Making the most use of class time is important to helping individual dancers grow and develop in their art. While there’s much to be said…

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Can Dance Help My Child Perform Better in School?

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Dance lessons provide children with a wide variety of benefits. They remain physically active, improve their memories, learn new skills, and gain the confidence that comes with performing for audiences. But a background in dance, even recreationally, can help your child succeed in the classroom and beyond. Here are 4 ways dance classes can help…

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Why Creative Movement Is Important in Early Childhood

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Dance as an art form is beautiful and breathtaking. There’s nothing quite like watching a skilled dancer turn and leap across the stage in time to the music, telling a story with their body. But dance provides benefits far beyond that available to those trained in the discipline. For young children, dance and creative movement…

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4 Benefits of Summer Classes for Young Dancers

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With recital season comes the end of the regular dance year.  From September through June, dancers big and small dutifully file into the studio week after week, practicing basic skills and learning the steps to put on a great show. But once summer rolls around, many dancers leave the dance floor behind for vacations, summer…

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Aerial Workshops & Performance

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Join former DU colleagues Thérèse Keegan and Lizard Walker (New Altitude) for an evening of aerial dance theater. “Lines Interrupted” is a 2017 performance collaboration from this family and creative team that uses humor, beauty, and insight to explore the balance of stability and growth.  Trapeze, aerial fabric, and invented apparatus set the stage for…

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OPEN HOUSE May 21st 1:00-3:00pm

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Come on by and take a tour of our facility, meet our friendly staff, take a free class, see our dancers in action AND enter for our grand prize raffle of FREE TUITION for ONE YEAR!! OPEN HOUSE Sunday, May 21st from 1:00-3:00pm Free Trial Classes Every 1/2 Hour (Kids Hip Hop – Tiny Tappers…

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