Why Should I Send My Child To A Quality Dance School?

Many people did not have the opportunity to attend dance school as children, and thus may be unaware of the vast benefits of receiving quality dance training. If you have not studied dance, you are not alone. Many parents seek out dance training for their children upon learning the many benefits that can be obtained from dance. The benefits of quality dance training are immediate and far reaching.

Dance is fun! But dance education must be thought of as any other form of learning. People have often said, "I don't expect my child to be a professional dancer..." No, but this is no reason to keep a child from studying dance, and getting the best training available. Being well trained in dance is never a bad thing. After all, a child studies math with no intention of becoming an accountant. We all need to learn how to add. Dance has so many benefits, so too do we all need to learn dance.

An investment in your child's education in an activity that they enjoy is an investment in their future. Getting the best training possible in dance opens many doors. For the student who dances purely for the joy of it, encouraging them in an activity that is so good for both body and mind is a wonderful thing. Knowing that they have been given the best dance training is something they can be proud of. Many times teens realize that they want to try for a career in dance, or the arts. For those without a solid dance background from a quality school, these goals are much more difficult, if not impossible to achieve. However for those with solid dance training, these dreams are possible. The lessons learned in dance class carry over into a multitude of careers.

Quality Dance Training has many benefits: BCDC Students

Students learn to be more aware of themselves
Dancers discover the joy of working towards a goal- not just achievement
They learn control and self-discipline
Enhanced academic understanding and performance
They learn to discipline both mind and body
Doctors have found that people who were athletically active as children heal more quickly after surgery
Dancers have better peripheral vision, posture, and are stronger both mentally and physically.
Stronger focus, memory, spacial and mathematical understanding
Learn to play sports better (this is why most professional players take ballet lessons and many colleges offer ballet to their players)
Many former dancers go on to demanding careers as CEO's, doctors, or lawyers, finding that the discipline that they learned in dance helped them to more easily reach their non-dance career and life goals

Why Choose the Academy of Classical Ballet for Your Child's Dance Education?

An Academic Edge

The difference is clear; children who study dance have better problem solving skills, stronger creative thinking abilities and better grades than non-dancers. The Academy of Classical Ballet gives students a further academic edge. Meaningful academic content is incorporated into each dance class at every level of training. This goes well beyond the learning of French ballet terminology, incorporating everything from fairy tales to physics. At ACB, the dance studio meets the school classroom with amazing success.

Medical Expertise Creates Distinctive Dance Training

The Academy has taken a pro-active approach to student health and safety. Our ballet curriculum was created with the help of medical experts specializing in dance. It is with medical backing that many of the most common dance steps are banned from our curriculum until students have reached a certain level of training, and in some cases banned entirely. Even something as 'simple' as a plie can cause lasting damage if taught too soon. Taking care of our dancers is the Academy of Classical Ballet's top priority.

The Dancing Difference

Due to the unique training at ACB, our dancers are accomplished artists who truly understand their craft. These dancers can do more than just 'show what they know'; they can explain it, illustrating their knowledge in great detail. A four year old ballerina leaves her first class at our school knowing more than most dance teachers do- that it's not safe to do a 'plie' until the age of eight. We drill this and other developmental fundamentals into all of our students, so that they may dance safely. Strong dance technique coupled with fundamental understanding and an academic base builds strong, smart, confident dancers. We wouldn't have it any other way.

The Academy of Classical Ballet, At a Glance:

Directed by a licensed school teacher who is also an experienced dancer and dance educator

Is one of the only dance institutions created using both dance experience and the guidance of medical professionals

Takes care of it's smallest dancers, whose muscles bones and ligaments are at their most formative, with a special curriculum that caters to their unique developmental needs

Classes take students’ natural growth spurts (a point in time where bones, muscles, and ligaments are at their weakest and young people often at their clumsiest) into consideration and progress at a developmentally appropriate pace

Ensures that only students ages 13 and up are allowed to utilize 5th position

Safe guards the health of pre-adolescent and adolescent students whose physical needs such as bone growth plates, growth spurts and muscle tone differ from younger students

Believes that a quality over quantity approach develops a better, healthier dancer

About Studio Director, Hillary Evans:

Ms. Evans began her dance training at the age of four at the Esther Moody Ballet Studio in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. After high school, wanting to better herself as a dance educator, she enrolled in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Education. Ms. Evans has danced as well as taught in Milwaukee, Chicago, and New York.S

Ms. Evans has her Educator’s License from the Wisconsin Department of Instruction, her Bachelors of Science in Education, and her Bachelors of Arts in Dance, with high honors. She has taught in both the classroom and in the dance studio for over a decade.

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