What We Offer
We Offer classes in ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, and hip-hop, to age 3 & up.  Toddler & Me classes are offered to
age 18-36 months.  Private lessons are also available for competitive & non-competitive purposes.  
Competitive students or those that wish to take private lessons also study various styles of dance such as;
musical theater, lyrical, contemporary/modern, & ballroom/swing/salsa. We perform two recitals per year and
attend 3 competitions during the spring. There are also many other performance opportunities during the
summer & the school year.  B.D.C., also offers themed Summer Dance Camps during the summer. We just
remodeled our entire studio! Now we have two dance studio's with brand new flooring, one of the studio's even
has a viewing window. Our studio's have beautiful wood floors, full length mirrors, ballet barres, we also have a
dressing room downstairs, & a waiting area. Parking is available all along Main Street or in back of the studio
in the alley parking lot.

Our History
Our studio opened in Sept. 2001.  We started with around 45 students in a small studio located in Austin by
"Buffy the Cow." In the summer of 2002 we moved to our new & current location on Main Street.  In 2004 our
business was nominated by the Austin Chamber of Commerce for business of the year. This is our ninth year
of offering dance classes to the families of Austin & surrounding areas. We currently have over 180 students
enrolled in dance classes.

Our Teaching Methods & Philosophy-
Instilling a  love/passion, strong technique, & hard work ethic is most important to B.D.C. We
pride ourselves in creating a fun, energized, & structured atmosphere for our classes.  Each
student is able to learn at their own pace, with instructors constantly correcting &
encouraging students.   It is also very important to teach each dancer how to perform on stage
with style, personality, confidence, & energy. To dance with all of your heart & soul, and to
let go and have a blast.  Music, costumes, & choreography are always age appropriate. We
offer recreational & competitive dance training.  To accommodate those dancers who just
want to have fun, and others who want to become a professional.  There are many benefits to
taking dance classes, it increases; flexibility, coordination, grace, posture, poise, rhythm,
memory, & self esteem.

About the Instructors;
Owner; Ms. Bridget-  Bridget started her dance training at the age of four at Joyce Matthies Dance Centre located in
Albert Lea MN. There she was a member of the dance ensemble for 5 years and a principal dancer for 3 years. She first
started teaching and choreographing for Joyce's competitive junior jazz ensemble, solo's, duets, & hip-hop routines,
which won several awards; such as, first place at a nationals.   Bridget went on to study dance at the prestigious Point  
Park University in Pittsburgh PA. Focusing on ballet, jazz, & modern.  Point Park University is one of the best dance
schools in the nation training with top instructors such as; Douglas Bentz, Judith Leifer, Ron Tassone, Susan Stowe,
Marion Petrov, and several others.  Then she began teaching at “Mirror Image Dance Academy” in West Bend
Wisconsin, which is one of the largest dance studio‘s in the Midwest. Their she taught classes to children preschool
through advanced.  Bridget started her own dance school “Bridget’s Dance Conservatory” in the fall of 2001.  She
choreographs around 80 dance routines per year, attends three competitions, produced a full-length Nutcracker, &
spring recital. Bridget attends two workshops annually, constantly striving to improve and learn more. Some of the
workshops she has attended in the past include; Radio City Music Hall Rockette Experience, Dance Olympus,
Pittsburgh Ballet Theater master classes, Gus Giordano‘s Jazz Dance World Congress, The Pulse, with; Mia Michaels,
Shane Sparks, Dave Scott, Brian Friedman, & Chris Judd.  She has also studied one on one with ex-Larkin dancer
Trump Card.  Her combined experience dancing, choreographing, & teaching total over 24 years.  Her platinum
winning choreography is very cutting edge, creative, fun. Her students & choreography has won numerous high score
awards, cash prizes, and several special awards such as; best technique, most entertaining, most classy, best intensity,
emotional execution, best precision, most age appropriate, dare to be different, & best creative character .  Ms. Bridget
instructs; Mon. Twinklestars age 3-5, Diamonds age 13 & up, Pointe, Hip-hop, Dazzlers age 9 & up, Sapphires age 10 &
up, Dragonflies age 7-9, & Toddler & Me.  She also instructs the competitive groups, solo's, duets, & trio's. Her
current project is to produce "Peter Pan" a full length contemporary ballet version to debut in Dec. 2009.

Ms. Barbara- All the kids love her!!! Barbara is a fun teacher. She's very patient & kind!  She has studied   
ballet, pointe, lyrical/modern, musical theater, tap, hip-hop, & jazz dance for 15 years.  She has been teaching
Level 1, 2, & 3 with Ms. Bridget at B.D.C., for 5 years.  She was a member & dance captain of the Senior
Company for jazz, tap, & lyrical.  Barbara has won numerous high score, platinum, & high-gold awards at
competitions.  She has danced the roles of Dew Drop, Spanish, & Snow Queen in the Nutcracker.   Barbara
furthers her dance education by attending workshops with Ms. Bridget each year taking classes from top
instructors from NY & LA. She also choreographs & instructs the Junior Company lyrical, as well as; Thurs.
Twinklestars age 3-5, Tinkerbells age 4-6, & Butterflies age 6-8.

Ms. Amanda- Amanda is an expert tapper.  She has mastered just about every tap step in levels one through
eight, including advanced tricks such as a quintuple wing.  She's been studying tap, ballet, lyrical/modern,
pointe, musical theater, hip-hop, & jazz for 11 years.  She currently competes on the Senior Company and is
one of the dance captains for lyrical, jazz, & tap and has danced the lead roles of Spanish Dancer & Dew Drop
in The Nutcracker and Tiger Lilly in Peter Pan.  Amanda has been teaching with Ms. Bridget for the past four
years, and has completed the teachers training program in 2007. Amanda also choreographs & teaches for the
Junior Company Tap. She's a very creative, energetic, structured, & attentive teacher! Amanda teaches the
Mon. Twinklestars age 3-5, & the Butterflies age 6-8.

Ms. Maggie; Instructor & Choreographer for The Petite Company- Maggie's been dancing for 12 years.   
Training in ballet, tap, jazz, pointe, lyrical/modern, musical theater, & hip-hop.  She competes with the Senior
Company and is one of the dance captains for lyrical, jazz, & tap and has danced the lead roles of Russian &
Doll Dancer in The Nutcracker and Tiger Lilly in Peter Pan .  She's been teaching with Ms. Bridget for the
past three years, and completed the teachers training program in 2008.  She's a very fun, innovative, &
motivating teacher!  Maggie attends dance workshops annually constantly striving to improve and learn more.
She lead the Petite Company to three high golds & a Platinum at nationals last year.   This was there first year
also to get high golds at all three competitions & a Platinum at Nationals, WOW! Congrats to the Petite
Company & to Maggie, what a wonderful teacher, so PROUD of you!

2009-2010 Assistants; Ms. Athena- Tinkerbells, Ms. Kelsey-Thurs. Twinklestars,
Ms. Danielle- Dragonflies & Dazzlers, Ms. Mollie- Mon. Twinklestars
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Ms. Bridget with her
daughter Kira (age 3)