This summer, four SSOD students attended Joffrey Ballet Summer Intensives. Katherine Whitlock and Helen Piltner both attended intensives in Athens, Georgia. Abbi and Ceci Smith attended musical theatre intensives in New York City. Below are pictures submitted by Abbi and Ceci’s mom Amy. Summer intensives are a great way to fine tune your ballet skills...
This past January, four Statesboro School of Dance students auditioned for Summer Intensives and were accepted! Congratulations on all of your hard work! Katherine Whitlock, a current 7th grader at Bulloch Academy and daughter of Austin and Heather Whitlock will be attending Joffrey’s Summer Intensive for two weeks in Athens, Georgia. Helen Piltner, a current...
Every summer most children and teenagers lounge by the pool or hang out with their friends. Statesboro School of Dance student Katherine Whitlock chose to take one week out and study at the Joffrey Ballet Intensive at the University of Georgia in Athens. The Joffrey Georgia South program is led by Colleen Merwin a former...
Last month, Statesboro School of Dance Artistic Director Shay Morgan was honored with a Deen Day Smith to Mankind Award. Over the past 29 years, the annual prestigious, invitation-only event has recognized hundreds of members of our community for their efforts to help other people. This year, twenty people were recognized for their “unselfish acts…measure of...
Congratulations to our own Olivia Olsen on her crowning as Miss LCMS! We are so proud of you! Olivia dances in our B&B Advanced Level Class and is currently an eighth grade student at Langston Chapel Middle School.
Congratulations Miss Ella! A few weeks ago, one our Leaps of Faith dancers, Miss Ella Webb performed a special dance at her school pageant and won! Join us in celebrating with Ella!
Our own Caroline Burnette is headed to the Miss Georgia pageant! August 30, Caroline was crowned “Miss International City” in Warner Robins, which is a preliminary pageant to the Miss Georgia pageant, part of the Miss America program. From the Macon Telegraph, ” In the Miss portion of the pageant, Caroline Burnette was crowned Miss International City. A...
We are happy to announce our 2015-2016 dance season registration will be held July 29 & 30 from 3-7pm at the dance studio. This season will feature our winter performance, “Nutcracker”, our praise & worship performance, “Faith in Motion” and our spring recital, “Cinderella”. Classes are open to children ages 2 1/2 thru adult and offer...
Statesboro School of Dance dancers Paige Jones, Kate Lamb and Autumn Stokes are busy this summer participating in the Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education’s summer dance intensive at Georgia Southern University! These girls are working hard and their hard work shows during our dance season! Keep dancing girls! 🙂
Former Statesboro School of Dance student, Mallory Lanier, was recently featured in the Augusta Family Magazine. Mallory is the founder of Steps of Grace, a ballet program for special needs children in Augusta. She offers a true ballet experience with therapeutic benefits and an emphasis on fun. We are so proud of Mallory! Read her feature...
