Statement of Purpose
To create a positive, loving atmosphere for young and old alike
of various abilities to train in dance and develop a deeper appreciation
for the performing arts.
To teach people about good health physically, mentally and spiritually.
To transfer my own love for movement and beauty to other people
with creative abilities.
To make affordable quality classes available for all students with
a passion to learn.
To give opportunities for students in the performing arts to display
their talents and bless our community locally and abroad.
We value...
- All People
- Family Friendly Values and good morals
- Tasteful, wholesome, age appropriate music, choreography and
costume attire
- Safe, loving and caring environment
- Fun – if you’re not enjoying yourself what’s
the point?
- Individual attention emphasized
- Friendly and personalable approach
- Disciplined proper technique and terminology yet with no overly
intense competitiveness
- Excellence – doing the best we can
- Controlled behavior and discipline
- Performing arts, creativity and freedom of expression through
dance
- Professional performances – you’ve got to see!
- Personal Friendly Family Home Business – on call for
your excellent customer service
- God, our Creator first & foremost who gave us the "gift" of Dance to glorify Him (we primarily perform for an "audience of One")
We didn’t set out to be Different than other Studios but
rather just be who we are. We have a strong value for Family and
so we decided to pull it off as a Home Business where Debbie could
be near the family and work out of “our home”. At times
there have been challenges but it’s definitely all been worth
it.
We have a value for excellence in what we do as well as having a
purpose. We feel an appreciation for Art in itself is an excellent
vehicle for creative expression as well as communication and sometimes
an even deeper message will come across in our Instruction and Performances.
Above all we should always enjoy what we do for with that comes
the satisfaction and pleasure of something beyond ourselves that
we couldn’t have done in our own strength.
Debbie taught at a Studio in Ohio that was very strong in lots and
lots of Competitions. She thought that was great for some people
but that would not be our Studio’s emphasis. We do work hard
at putting on many Performances every year that really benefit not
only the performers but the many audiences as well. Over the last
several years we’ve been working hard at developing an actual
senior Dance Performance Team (Cerulean Dance Company) that can
perform at many different venues throughout the year as well as
someday be able to go on performing tours even in other countries.
We are also now working at doing the same thing with a Junior High
age Dance Team (Jr. Performance Team & “Friday Crew”).
Of course our biggest Performance is our end of the year Dance Recital
(see Recitals Info). We put a lot of time and energy into this and
many people have told us how rewarding it is. We usually hold this
the 3rd weekend of June in a Performing Arts Center with over 35
Volunteers and workers as well as over 1000 people attending.
We usually do a mixture of December Holiday free Performances
in house for the smaller ones and at a Mall or Seattle Center House
for the older ones. Over the years we’ve done many Performances
at 3 different local Senior Nursing Homes, Everett Mall, Alderwood
Mall, Auburn Super Mall, Seattle Center House, Churches, Schools,
Festivals, Warm Beach Lights of Christmas and Freedom Fest in Snohomish. |
The mission of Reflections School of Dance is
to serve the community with unparalleled quality in creativity and
dance technique that expresses truth and influences our culture.
This is accomplished by:
1. Offering a well balanced schedule of ongoing, high quality technique
classes.
- Technique classes provide the discipline and foundational structure
upon which beautiful dancers and choreographers are built.
- Technique classes encourage healthy esteem in young dancers.
- Technique classes improve the strength and fitness level of
the body.
2. Providing esteem building performance opportunities.
- Cerulean Dance Co. and Apprentices
- Jr. Performance Team and the Friday Crew
- Annual Spring Recital
- Seasonal in-house and community wide performances
3. Offering workshops to help expand a dancers’ creativity
and encourage her/his God given gifts.
4. Carefully choosing and creating costumes, music and choreography
that reflect our values.
5. Training dancers from the inside out. We attempt to push our
dancers beyond technical excellence inside the classroom/studio,
to value what God values and influence the larger world around them
when class time is over.
And how did it all start?
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