Calling all adults who love to dance! There’s a new class of pop/hip hop that’s just arrived in Owensboro and we’re ready to smash it all in the blink of an eye. DANCE IS IN MY BLOOD Y’all Angel here and I think I danced straight from my mother’s womb when I was born. At […]
Pike Road Dance Academy founder Raquel Whitehead will lead three teams competing next month at the Montgomery Performing Arts Center, confirming her belief that Pike Road was ready for more arts. The former professional dancer said Pike Road has graciously supported the Academy since she opened the business in 2020 in the historic Marks House. […]
DULUTH, Minn. – “If you’re fresh off the street, that’s actually the best because you don’t have bad habits to fix, like if you can’t tell your left foot from your right foot, we can help you understand that outside.” Since opening the North Shore Ballroom Studio last summer, Rae Lyons and her business partner […]
Breadcrumb Links News Local News D2 held out for nearly two years, but just couldn’t resist the province’s latest shutdown order Stephen and Jennifer Dancey are packing up their failing D2 studio, forced to close permanently due to COVID-19. Photo by NICK PROCAYLO /PNG Content of the article The hundreds of comments on Facebook speak […]
Experience the spirit of Christmas as you retell Charles Dickens’ classic tale “A Christmas Carol” through dance It’s hard to imagine a Christmas season without Ebenezer Scrooge, “Bah Humbug” and “God Bless Us, Every One.” NLID and CCAC bring you this classic story told like never before. ***Gift at the door*** December 17 7:00 p.m.December […]
The sound of sliding, walking footsteps to music escapes from the dance studio and echoes throughout the basement hallway. Inside, the students diligently practice the routines to perfection. With only a few weeks until their next shows, the RM Dance Club (RMDC) strives to bring their best performance, rehearsing every Wednesday and Friday over lunch. […]
WALLINGFORD – When Natalie Cruz was a year old, her mother was a dance student at the Academy of Dance and Music, a school that Cruz enrolled in shortly after. In September, the school celebrated its 65th anniversary, continuing its tradition of seeing several generations of the same family attend the school. Cruz, who is […]
HAMDEN, CT – Entering the world of dance at age 2, Janet Bracale has lived her entire life with an abiding love of dance and a desire to spread and teach that love. “As I was doing my dance classes and conventions and getting into college, I just wanted to keep dancing,” Bracale said. Even […]
COURTESY PICTURESBonnie Curtis is retiring after 48 years at the Curtis Dance Studio. The torch passed to the Curtis Studio of Dance. Bonnie Curtis, who followed in her mother’s footsteps at the Carpinteria studio, is retiring after 48 years. Nikki Powell, who has taught for the past five years at the Curtis Studio of Dance, […]
The Triple Pointe Dance Academy, named after the three sisters who founded the company, is set to open in September. “It’s been a childhood dream we’ve always talked about, to one day open a studio together,” said Lexie Anne Stephens Brown, the eldest of the trio. “We had a little dummy dance studio in our […]
Stacey Wilms has loved dancing since she was 3 years old. She was so dedicated that her father built a stage in the backyard of their home in Omaha, Neb. Wilms enjoyed performing in the spotlight for family and friends. Kingwood Insider: Get local Lake Houston area news delivered to your inbox Performing and dancing […]
Tap dancers perform to “What Time Is It” at the Northeastern Dance Academy Dance Recital Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Logan County Courthouse Gazebo. (Callie Jones/Sterling Journal-Lawyer) Durante’s dance studio may have new owners and a new name, but the mission and vision remain much the same: to provide all young people with the […]
The town of Morehead City on the North Carolina coast has become a popular destination, not only for summer vacations, but also for people moving from the big cities and moving there. Over the past year, the area has seen a handful of new businesses pop up as more residents move in. What do you […]
Nicole Falgoust Tanner, Duanne Cormier and Laurie St-Pierre Falgoust “It all started with my mother. Nearly 50 years ago, Laurie St. Pierre Falgoust, mother of Nicole Falgoust Tanner, began dance lessons at Duanne Cormier’s Le Petite Danse. “The first dance studio was in Norco, next to my mom’s house,” Tanner said. “Ms. Duanne was her […]
Photos by Janelle Patterson Sarah Brooker, 18, of Williamstown, descends in a pointe dance at The Anchorage in Marietta on Friday. If you are going to ¯ What: Stacey’s Dance Studio Recital Honoring Local Businesses That Survived Coronavirus Closures. ¯ Where: Odyssey Theater at Lafayette Plaza in Marietta. ¯ When: Wednesday […]
NEW PLACE, SAME SPIRIT — Cathie Provan, owner of Main Street Dance Company; celebrates 50 years of teaching dance with its staff in a new location. Pictured in the School of Dance’s new studio on the second floor of the Wintersville Post Office at 201 Luray Drive are, left to right, seated: […]
KINGSFORD — The Dance Academy has two new educators for the 2020-21 season. Alexandra Bourne of Manistee, Michigan, was hired as ballet director. She teaches all graduate ballet technique classes; pre-tip and tip; flexibility; professional ballet; junior dance, a jazz and lyrical combination class; competition teams; the pre-professional program; and a team of dancers participating […]
As Pat Benatar notably sings in “We Belong”, we belong together – Brunswick Academy and dance, that is. “We Belong” was one of many songs Brunswick Academy’s new dance club performed during a Valentine’s Day-themed mash up on Thursday, Feb. 13 for the Brunswick Academy’s Basketball Night. ‘school. The dance club, better known as “The […]
When Notre Dame junior Ruth Hughes visited the college activities lounge in her freshman year, she felt a little nervous about joining the Notre Dame Swing Dance Club. However, Hughes, the club’s current chairman, quickly learned that the community was very welcoming to newcomers and enthusiasts. “Nobody ever made me feel judged even though I […]
Through Anderson Grove Elementary’s new club, students learn to be leaders, teamwork and boogie. Anderson Grove launched a dance club earlier this year after Olivia Lee, the school’s speech therapist, and Lauren Rutledge, a fifth-grade teacher, teamed up to give students a creative outlet. “We really wanted to do something that gets kids out there […]
TR PHOTO BY SARA JORDAN-HEINTZ Xtreme Dance Studio is now Remix Dance Academy. The business was taken over by families of dancers, left to right: Kevin and Dianne Griggs, Angie Torres and Skyler Evans. Rather than see a downtown dance studio close its doors, two local families decided to buy it and make it their […]
KINGSTON — They joined hands and jumped up, kicked the ground with their heels and toes, and at one point faked a scolding by wiggling their fingers at an imaginary boy named Johnny. That last bit was part of a Polish folk dance, and the 12 members of the Good Shepherd Academy Dance Club who […]
Jennifer Anderson teaches her class the moves for the song “Do You Love Me?” by The Contours. The class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays in the gymnasium at Halverson Elementary School. –Tiffany Krupke/Albert Lea Tribune By Tiffany [email protected] When the students walk into the gymnasium of Ms. Anderson’s after-school dance club, there is excitement in the […]