PHILOSOPHY AND VALUES

The Dance Collective strives to provide a quality dance education through safe and effective programs that encompass holistic wellbeing to build a community of well-rounded, confident, and passionate dancers. 

Classes are taught by educators who understand both the intricacies of their respective genres and how to relay that information to their students. In each genre, we teach foundational technique, the art of performance and self-expression through movement, timing, teamwork, choreography, confidence, and a love of learning. 

Lesson plans begin with the basics to provide a strong technical foundation in hopes of preventing injuries and protecting the longevity of each dancer’s career. As a dancer becomes stronger and more self aware, we challenge the dancers with new skills to keep them progressing safely. 

Our instructors and staff look after the best interest of each dancer’s physical, emotional, social, and spiritual wellbeing. We intend to set each dancer up for success by providing the resources and tools they need. We recognize every person is unique, and strive to provide a space of acceptance, positivity, and motivation. 

Each dancer, regardless of age, ability, gender, race, sexuality, etc. is an integral member of our studio and deserves to feel as such. We value each individual and recognize that our differences are our strengths. We intend to lead by example when teaching our dancers that uplifting one another is what brings us together.

The instructors encourage our dancers to try different styles of dance and take classes from new instructors to develop a well-rounded understanding of dance and movement. We recognize that most of our dancers will not choose a professional career in dance, however we encourage them to find the aspects of dance that they can take with them in their future endeavors.

Our instructors build a strong rapport with their students through positive encouragement and teach our dancers to rise to new challenges with the belief that they are capable of achieving greatness. 

 Our classes teach a love of learning and a love of dance! Our instructors love what they do, and they want to instill that passion in their dancers!