| What We Offer We offer classes in; ballet, pointe, tap, & jazz to age 3 & up. Toddler & Me classes are offered to age 18-36 months. Private lessons are also available for competitive & non-competitive purposes; however, during the school year when scheduling competitive soloists, & duets/trios have priorety over non-competitive private lessons. Competitive students or those that wish to take private lessons also study various styles of dance such as; musical theater, hip-hop, lyrical, & contemporary/modern. 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. 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 10th year of offering dance classes to the families of Austin & surrounding areas. We currently have over 100 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; Petite Company Lyrical, Junior & Senior Company Ballet/Tap/Jazz, Turns & Jumps, Twinklestars, Pre-Pointe, Pointe, & Toddler & Me. She also instructs the competitive solo's, duets, & trio's. Her current project is to produce "Alice In Wonderland" a full length contemporary ballet version to debut in Dec. 2010. Ms. Amanda- Amanda is an amazing teacher & dancer. She's been studying tap, ballet, lyrical/modern, pointe, musical theater, hip-hop, & jazz for 12 years. She currently competes on the Senior Company and is one of the dance captains for lyrical, jazz, & tap. She won a dance scholarship this year at competition & was in the top five scores for her tap solo. She 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 5 years, and has completed the teachers training program in 2007. Amanda is also an award winning choreographer winning 2 high golds, 1 gold, and a fabulous feet award for her work with the Junior Comapny tappers in 2010. She's a very creative, energetic, structured, & attentive teacher. Amanda teaches the Tinkerbells & Dragonflies. Ms. Maggie- She's a very talented, fun, & motivating teacher! For 13 years she's trained 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. Maggie has danced the lead roles of Russian, Chinese, & Doll Dancer in The Nutcracker and Tiger Lilly in Peter Pan. She's been teaching with Ms. Bridget for the past 4 years, and completed the teachers training program in 2008. Maggie attends dance workshops annually constantly striving to improve and learn more. Maggie's award winning choreography has lead the Petite Company to six high golds & a Platinum award at nationals. As well as most entertaining award & several high score awards. Maggie instructs the Petite Company jazz-funk. Ms. Kelsey- She's super nice & caring to all the kids! She has danced for 12 years. Studying ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, musical theater, hip-hop, & pointe. She's been teaching with Ms. Bridget for the past 3 years. She has successfully completed her teachers training. She's had such lead roles as; Arabian in the Nutcracker & the Queen of the Fairies in Peter Pan. She competes with the Senior Company for tap, jazz, & lyrical and also does solo's. Kelsey teaches Dragonflies. Ms. Danielle- She's Fun & Fabulous with all the students! Danielle's been dancing with B.D.C. for the past nine years. She started assistant teaching four years ago and has successfully completed her teachers training. She was a member of the senior company tap, jazz, & lyrical groups and also danced many lead roles such as; Chinese Dolls & Russian in the Nutcracker. Danielle graduated AHS this past June and is returning to teach the Petite Company Ballet/Tap/Jazz classes. Ms. Julia- She's very Detailed & Technical and takes time to make sure the kids are getting it right. Julia has been dancing with me for nine years and assisting/teaching for 3 years. She has completed the teachers training program successfully. She competed on the senior company for tap, jazz, & lyrical and has danced the lead role of Chinese Doll in the Nutcracker. Julia recently graduated from AHS and is returning to help teach the Petite Company Ballet/Tap/Jazz classes. 2010-2011 Teachers Assistants; Athena Hansen, Rachael Bernand, Madison Klein, Shayla Pacholl, Laney Hoag, & Emily Grav |
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