Company Bio
Welcome to The Dance Center at Severna Park Community Center, members of Dance Masters of America and The Cecchetti Council of America.
The Dance Center at Severna Park Community Center (DCSP) opened its studio doors as part of SPCC on July 1, 2013 with staff rooted in the rich legacy of The Carter School of Dance, a local studio whose 50-year tradition of excellence launched thousands of young ballerinas. Many of our instructors grew up dancing for the Carter School of Dance and have returned to the program to extend that legacy to new generations of dancers.
Our philosophy encourages all dancers to grow emotionally and physically through the discipline and continuity of the art of dance.
Building on the artistic vision and creative foundation of local dance legend Mary V. Carter, founder of the Carter School of Dance, DCSP offers classes for students age 3 through adult, beginner through advanced levels. We emphasize the development of disciplined dancers: our beginner classes practice to live musical accompaniment so that our teacher can fully focus the needs of her students, allowing her to reinforce technique and instruction while encouraging the students' self-confidence. Most of our classes culminate in a June recital.
We train our dancers using the Cecchetti Method of classical ballet technique, a rigorous curriculum that develops essential dance qualities: balance, poise, and strength. We believe that ballet is the cornerstone of dance, forming a strong foundation for all other styles of dance that our older students may choose to pursue in our studios.
In this same tradition, we teach Broadway-style, classic tap to our dancers. We focus even our youngest dancers on musicality, rhythm, and technique. We use tap as a secondary building block: it gives our dancers a different style of movement, allowing them to transition more easily to other styles of dance as they continue their training.
We are especially proud of DCSP's rich local history and our well-earned reputation of producing disciplined, graceful ballerinas with elegant, classic style.
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