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
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
