Our daughter has been there 3+ years, getting excellent classical ballet training, making good friends, and staying in excellent shape (we get a PE waiver from Seattle Public Schools). Some of her friends there intend to go pro, others are aiming for a lifelong love of hard work and dance. Bonus: the Arc Youth Dance Company performs numerous times over the year - lots of sweat and fun! All Arc students may participate in the annual Nutcracker show -- the best ballet school production in W. Washington, hands down.
I've been taking their fine continuing 5-week progressive beginning adult/teen ballet classes, with follow-ons at the beginning-intermediate level. They offer Sunday drop-ins for seasoned ballet dancers, but I ain't there yet.The best shape I've been in for 20 years, learning new skills, staying young, making new friends.
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