Teaching dance is far more than just training bodies to move in a particular pattern. While students of dance certainly learn self-discipline and persistence, they also gain a valuable education in social skills. Each time a student learns a move they thought difficult to master, they gain
Helping Children be Healthy through Dance
Learning to dance gives children confidence, poise and grace. It can help children learn to focus their attention and helps teach discipline that will have benefits socially and in school. However, there are other benefits to learning dance that are very important to consider in modern
Dancing as a Universal Language
As a child grows up, she is learning who she wants to be. She may try on different models of living, first being like her mother and then perhaps like entertainers who may impress her with their art. As she matures, she learns also what is in her heart to express and what words to use to make her
Looking for an After School Activity? Try Dance!
We all want our children to be interested in life and engaged in their own personal development. Ideally, our children will not only stay out of trouble, but will find pursuits that they can be passionate about - pursuits that will hopefully have long-term benefits into adulthood. Dance
Teaching Children to Dance with Poise and Confidence
Down through the years, well-known dancers have embodied the perfection of poise and confidence that accompanies the mastery of this performing art. Think of Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Martha Graham, Gene Kelly, Rudolf Nureyev, Michael Jackson and Beyoncé. These well-loved dance icons help to
Student Highlight
Meet Camdyn!! Favorite Food: Mac & Cheese Favorite School Subject: Reading Favorite thing to do in tumbling: Backbends
9 Health Benefits of Dance
Dancing has many benefits! Check out this article to find out 9 Health Benefits of Dance. "Studies show that dancing can help you lose weight, stay flexible, reduce stress, make friends, and more." http://www.everydayhealth.com/fitness-pictures/health-benefits-of-dance.aspx
Dancing is a Great Form of Exercise!
American adults, including those in Hazelwood, are continually searching for effective ways to control their weight and increase their fitness level, as obesity is one of the top health issues in our country. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 34 percent of American adults
What Training Do You Need to Become a Ballet Dancer?
Becoming a professional ballet dancer takes many years of discipline, hard work, and training. Most professional ballet dancers start their training at an early age, somewhere around eight to 10 years old. There is much practice involved and training can be intense, perhaps with three or more
Tumbling with Your Toddler – Sharing Dance!
Whether you grew up in Hazelwood or somewhere else, did you ever notice how everything seemed bigger when you were a child? The perception has to do, in part; with the fact that it wasn’t that anything else was actually bigger, but that you were so much smaller. That is why small children appreciate
All the World’s a Stage … Especially When You’re Involved in Musical Theater
In the musical theater world, they are known as triple threats. A triple-threat is an actor who can sing and who has studied with a dance studio. They are considered a triple threat by others who audition with them for a role in musical theater because there are three ways in which they could beat
Dance Recitals: Creating Memories One Step at a Time
If you ever took a dance class at a studio in Hazelwood, you no doubt remember springtime dance recitals when you got to show off everything that you had learned over the year. Recitals were also the time when you got to see the different dance moves that the older students in the advanced classes