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The Dance Conservatory Program

The school is a Classical Ballet based program with supplementary classes in numerous other dance styles including Jazz, Modern, Tap, Theatre Dance and Voice. The Repertory and Performance classes are designed to challenge students to apply technical aptitude and stylistic awareness to diverse choreographed pieces.

Dance Conservatory prepares its students for performance, if that is their goal, and uses performance as part of their training, but our Mission is, as it was for Balanchine:
"But first, a school."

A Tradition of Excellence - Our 23rd Year

        Dance Conservatory's Pre-Professional Program offers numerous  opportunities for students to pursue careers in the performing arts. Our students have gone on to perform with companies such as Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Los Angeles Ballet Theatre, Ballet Tech (NY), Dutch National Ballet (Amsterdam), Pennsylvania Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Richmond Ballet, and Broadway touring companies. Students have also received scholarships to institution schools, colleges and universities including School of American Ballet (SAB), University of the Arts (PA), Mercyhurst College, Boston Conservatory, Butler College and Long Island University.

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        Dance Conservatory is proud to have our graduates finish high school in their home environment and qualify for the highest levels of America's prestigious dance colleges and institutions. Our outstanding faculty includes Mrs. Carla Fillman, who has a BFA in Dance from Pointe Park College in Pennsylvania, and teacher/choreographer Destiny Kerstetter.  During the summer, the students enjoy the classes of Master teachers like Ruben Graciani, a teacher and dancer from the Mark Morris Dance Company; Alexander Boitsov, formerly of the Donetsk Ballet in Russia; and Giuseppe Canale, of the Maurice Bejart Dance Company and the Dutch National Ballet (home to one of our graduates, Chelsea King).

        Our tuition structure ensures that students progress at their own pace and maintain the most productive training. It is a structure comparable to that of the finest private academic schools and dance institutions. This year, we will again offer Performance classes, in which repertory pieces in jazz, tap, and other dance styles will be learned for community performances throughout the year. 


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