Growing as a teenager, and even now as an adult, I am often complimented on my leadership. What stands out is my attention to detail, compassion, and initiative. This is all thanks to being raised in a dance studio where these qualities of leadership are highlighted. We were expected to be leaders in the studio, not just in the competitive company. Leadership is valued just as much as dancing ability and talent. My studio’s leadership program creates weekly lessons on five character values: Trust, Serve, Love, Excellence, and Growth. Throughout my time as a dancer at my studio and as an original member of the leadership program, I found these five values quickly found themselves into my leadership skills, dancing, and life as a whole.

Dance is a great way to get your PE credit, and gets you out of the house. There are so many reasons to enjoy dancing, but why do YOU enjoy dance? Is it the physical activity? Or because it’s a way to express yourself? We reached out to our dance community and asked them, why do YOU enjoy dance? Here’s what they had to say.

While there may never be an end to the dance season, there is (thankfully) an end to school. And with that, many seniors are going off to college. So this article is dedicated to all the relationships between the older and younger dancers at the dance studio. The seniors have become role models for the younger dancers to look up to. So when the younger dancers get older, they can become great role models, too. And when the older dancers leave the dance studio for college, they know they have made a difference in a dancer’s life.

We enjoy movie nights with our friends, and it’s even better when you’re watching a dance movie! Dance movies are so fun to watch, and as dancers, we can relate to them. We reached out to our amazing dance community and asked them what their favorite dance movie was, and here’s what they said.

Even though we may be flexible and be able to do multiple turns, dancers want superpowers too. Wouldn’t it be nice to do turns all day without getting dizzy? What about getting to dance early from school instead of late? We reached out to our amazing dance community and asked them, and here’s what they came up with!

As dancers, we enjoy telling jokes sometimes. They may be bad jokes occasionally, but doesn’t that make it even funnier?! I’ve compiled a list of some funny jokes only dancers will be able to laugh about, and here they are!

Dance is such a fun and exciting way to express emotions. It is also a great way to stay in shape. But that doesn’t mean there are things not to like about dancing. We reached out to our dance community and asked them what they like least about dancing.

First impressions are so important and they happen in the first 7 seconds. They can also be positive or negative. As dancers, we know the first impression is a lasting impression. How are you showing up when you walk into the studio, into rehearsal, on stage or even into competition. Your first impression says a lot about who you are.