Dance Costume Tips and Tricks! Now that you have your child’s costume at home, you might be wondering: What’s the best way to take care of it? This thing is full of lycra and sequins and glitter! It’s a great question (and observation) and because costumes aren’t like regular clothing, they do...
How Dance is Shaping Social-Emotional Growth You hear a lot these days about social-emotional development in children, especially how important it is for building empathy and meaningful relationships. Social-emotional skills equip our kids with the tools they need to manage their emotions, make friends, and connect to other people on a...
Practicing Dance Steps At Home We love it when our students say they want to practice at home! Sometimes they’ll tell us how they like to create their own dances; other times they want to practice what they’ve learned in the classroom. As a parent, you might be wondering how to...
The Positive Effects of Dance- Teens At Showcase Dance Studio, we believe in the amazing benefits dance has to offer kids of all ages. But during the tween and teen years, we’ve noticed some particular advantages that are helping our students become the best version of themselves. Dance takes hard work; there’s...
The Positive Effects of Dance-Young Children For our littlest dancers at Showcase Dance Studio, dance is about much more than learning how to move to music! While the steps are important, of course, what’s even more special are the life skills that are introduced in our younger classes. Learning how to be...
What is Acro? At the heart of Acrobatics class (or “Acro” for short) is a fusion of endurance, flexibility, strength, balance, limbering, tumbling, basic contortion, and stunting for dancers. In our Acro classes at Showcase Dance Studio, we teach Acro Arts professional curriculum for acrobatic dance. We stress technically correct work...
From the Desk of Ms. Crystal-August Dear Showcase parents and dancers, It is with great joy that we announce that registration for the new dance season is OPEN! What an incredible feeling it is to be preparing to welcome our students to our 13th year of dance! While this year may look different...
From the Desk of Ms. Crystal-July Dear Showcase parents and dancers, As I write this, my heart is positively bursting with happiness that SDS has finally been able to reopen! While things may look different for a while as we take extra measures to prioritize safety, I am thrilled that we’ll be...
From the Desk of Ms. Crystal-June Dear Showcase parents and dancers, When I sat down to write this post, I had a hard time at first finding the words to express the gratitude I’ve been feeling about our virtual recital experience. To see our dancers giving their all during our performances online,...
From the Desk of Ms. Crystal-May Dear Showcase parents and dancers, What a whirlwind life has been these past several weeks. Social distancing, virtual dance classes, homeschooling … it felt like the world turned upside down in March! And yet, here we are, persevering and making it work. We are stronger together,...
