What is the studios attitude toward recitals?
• An end of the year performance is important. It gives a young dancer valuable stage experience, as well as the opportunity to use what they have learned in class during the year. Dance is, after all, a performing art! But the real question here is how the school deals with the recital…not if they have one. • Some schools put too much emphasis on the recital dance starting soon after classes begin in September. A child who spends most of her time learning a routine for a recital or a parade does not learn much about the technique of dance. • At TSDC our year end performance is designed to compliment the childs classroom trainingnot replace it. • Out students also have the opportunity to participate in a full length story ballet, The Nutcracker if they desire. Rehearsals are held on the weekends during the Fall. • Our dance troupe, “TSDC Dance Company”, displays its talents many times throughout the year in community events, local and national level dance competitions, the Spring Sho
