Second Chance Dance isn't your typical dance studio. It caters specifically to adults who may have harbored a lifelong love for dance but never pursued it, or perhaps danced in their youth and are yearning to return. The studio provides a safe space for individuals to overcome self-doubt and embrace the joy of movement, regardless of experience level.
Led by seasoned and passionate instructors, the studio provides a wide range of dance styles, catering to diverse interests and skill levels. Whether you're drawn to the elegance of ballet, the expressiveness of modern dance, the energy of jazz, or the rhythmic joy of tap, Second Chance Dance has a class to ignite your inner dancer.
Genuinely one of my favorite experiences. I have been looking for a dance class that caters SPECIFICALLY to adult learners with ZERO experience & THIS IS IT. As someone who takes a while to learn new things, I felt so encouraged not only from my teachers, but the environment itself to be vulnerable and open to this new experience. While we do learn the technical and historical stuff, which is incredibly helpful for someone like me who likes to know the, "WHY/HOW"...the physical instruction itself is broken down into layman's terms as to not overwhelm, but to truly TEACH. Whether you're a true beginner like me or someone who just wants to polish what they already know, SECOND CHANCE DANCE is the place for you. 10/10 experience.
I have been a martial artist for over two decades. One of the most beneficial things that I have done was to include dance in my training regiment. I became a member of Second Chance Dance Studios, and it has improved my footwork and spatial awareness. The Second Chance Dance will enhance your training to the next level.
SCD is the perfect place for adults if you're looking to bring dance back into your life or if you're a beginner looking to try something new! Alyssa is so supportive and patient, but she pushes and challenges you to grow as well. She offers a fantastic array of classes, and the dancers there readily welcome you into the SCD family. It's an amazing and flexible environment for working adults who love dance. As a 40-yr old, I thought my time dancing had passed and I'm so grateful to be back at it!
In her first published work, Wisconsin string teacher Sarah Siegler has created an intriguing and engaging work for young strings. This fun and mysterious minor waltz portrays a sense of taking a chance on something new or unknown and gives young players experience in 3/4 meter, pizzicato, and col legno techniques.
The recreational dance program at Chance 2 Dance Studio is the best in the River Valley! Classes are available for students ages 2.5 to adult. Our dancers participate in classes specializing in ballet, lyrical, tap, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, musical theatre, and pom, as well as, tumbling and technique classes. Dancers are introduced to a variety of dance and movement concepts, vocabulary, and proper technique. Each recreational class emphasizes a fun, up-beat environment with age appropriate music. All of our recreational classes perform in our annual spring recital.
Chance 2 Dance strives to provide unique opportunities and outlets for the youth in the River Valley. So stepping into the All Star Cheer and Dance world is a natural fit. The C2D All Star Cheer and Dance Teams are groups for girls and boys ages 5-18. This program is for athletes that want to take their skills to the next level, be a part of a team that is like a family, and showcase their talents. Program goals include:
I will never have the opportunity to get frisky at club Lau again (sigh), but I do have one more chance to DFMO in front of every senior and teacher I know in the middle of Copley formal. Although, Georgetown Day might provide another fine opportunity for this one.
Chance to Dance gives primary school children from across the country, who do not have access to ballet / live in areas facing numerous disadvantages, their first opportunity to engage creatively with ballet, connecting closely with the inspirational repertory, choreographers and dancers of The Royal Ballet.
With its 27-year track record for excellence, Chance to Dance is now building a national presence and being the catalyst for systemic change in who has access to ballet and the opportunity to train professionally. The programme seeks to find points of relevance within the art form for every participating child, their families and teachers, particularly in culturally and ethnically diverse communities. Chance to Dance aims to broaden and diversify the pool of young people with potential in ballet, to provide pathways to nurture and develop talent, with the aim of diversifying the range of dancers who have the opportunity to enter vocational ballet training and graduate to become professionals in the sector.
To create more opportunities for aspiring young dancers to engage in further training, the Royal Opera House and The Royal Ballet work collaboratively with local and national dance industry partners to model best practice in the creative teaching of ballet and establish more accessible pathways, especially for those who face difficulty accessing existing opportunities.
Supporting and sharing practice between dance artists and teachers working in the public and private dance sectors is a priority for Chance to Dance. A professional development programme designed and delivered in collaboration with the Royal Ballet School provides the forum to explore and strengthen the convergence between recreational, vocational and community dance practice. The programme is delivered as a core part of each cycle of Chance to Dance and provides artists with the opportunity to practically and creatively explore classical ballet technique, artistry and pedagogical topics relevant to current dance teaching practice.
In 2018/19, we are testing a new model of delivery for Chance to Dance, working in five primary schools in Thurrock and partnering with local dance schools in Essex. We are delighted to be working with Junior Masters, Anthony Clifford Dance Studios, Dance2Drama and Essex Dance Theatre.
Generously supported by the Royal Opera House Endowment Fund, The Linbury Trust, Orinoco Foundation, The Thistle Trust, Weinstock Fund, Chapman Charitable Trust, Gonzalo and Maria Garcia, Simon Holden, The Anthony and Elizabeth Mellows Charitable Trust and donors who wish to remain anonymous.
Merce Cunningham, considered the most influential choreographer of the 20th century, was a many-sided artist. He was a dance-maker, a fierce collaborator, a chance taker, a boundless innovator, a film producer, and a teacher. During his 70 years of creative practice, Cunningham's exploration forever changed the landscape of dance, music, and contemporary art.
Even at an early age, Merce Cunningham delighted audiences with his physical and expressive abilities, and his compelling stage presence. He had a deep well of energy for performing, a passion that would develop into an unparalleled and prolific career as a choreographer.
Cunningham started his own dance company in 1953 and created hundreds of unique choreographic works. Defined by precision and complexity, Cunningham's dances combined intense physicality with intellectual rigor. He challenged traditional ideas of dance, such as the roles of the dancers and the audience, the limitations of the stage, and the relationships between movement and beauty. Cunningham's embrace of an expanded possibility of dance, music, and visual arts reads like a how-to for pushing the boundaries of culture for subsequent generations.
Throughout his career, Merce Cunningham embraced technology in his work from early experiments with television and video to the use of computers, body sensors, and motion capture technology. These tools allowed him to sculpt, animate, and choreograph dance in entirely new ways and reimagine his understanding of the human body. In the 1990s, Cunningham pioneered the use of the computer as a choreographic tool. The software DanceForms could model and animate the human form, allowing Cunningham to visualize sequences and phrases of dance on screen, which he would then translate to a dancer's body.
In the 1970s and 80s, Cunningham became interested in creating dance works specifically to be filmed by a camera. Along with filmmakers Charles Atlas and Elliot Caplan, he developed imaginative new ways to capture and present the medium of dance through moving image. At the core of this strategy was the repositioning of the camera as the key part of the choreography, rather than a mere witness to the action. Through video, Cunningham could change perspective, move the camera through the studio, focus on unusual details, adjust scale and tempo, interweave scenes, and surround the viewing audience with movement. Utilizing unusual editing techniques and image manipulation, Cunningham and his collaborators invented a new genre of dance expression, continually pushing its practice in unexpected directions.
Multiple generations of dancers learned their craft from Merce Cunningham, often through classes he led in his New York studio. His rigorous and physically exacting technique explored, among other things, the idea of individual body parts operating independently of each other.
His philosophical teachings were just as influential. He taught his dancers to question commonly held assumptions about dance and the arts, inspiring legions of students through his commitment to experimentation and risk taking. And many with whom he worked would go on to become choreographic innovators in their own right.
One of the most fearless inspired artists of our times, Merce Cunningham's career was defined by discovery. Across seven decades, he reshaped dance into a new kind of art form, deeply influencing visual art, film, and music along the way. His ideas, artistry, and discipline continue to resonate with artists worldwide. Thanks to Cunningham and his collaborators, we live in a time of electrifying artistic convergence, a place where rigor and freedom can coexist in a common time.
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