Me and Tom taking our Organizers Bow at the end of an INCREDIBLE day, evening, and event - The 2010 Cosmopolitan Classic!
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Organizer's Bow
Me and Tom taking our Organizers Bow at the end of an INCREDIBLE day, evening, and event - The 2010 Cosmopolitan Classic!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Exclusivity (And Why its Important!)
Ever wondered why DanceSport Carolina is "the Carolina's ONLY exclusive Ballroom and Latin Dance Studio", and why such pride is taken in that fact? For both students new to DSC, wondering what all the fuss is about, and for our veterans who maybe never quite got it either, here's why being part of an exclusive dance studio is the way to be!
1. Curriculum- Many of you have by now have come to realize that your lessons are more than just an hour (or more!) per week of fun and exercise. Your teacher is diligently moving you through a curriculum that GUARANTEES you developing into the dancer you (and your partner) have always dreamed of! Much like a mom hides vegetables in delicious and seemingly unhealthy snacks, your teacher uses their skill, experience, and renowned (and DanceSport Carolina exclusive!) training to seamlessly weave this more serious and intense instruction into the fun and energetic lessons that you enjoy weekly!
2. Accountability- Not only is your teacher responsible for your curriculum and dance plan, but each and every curriculum devised by the instructors is reviewed and approved by one of our studios's dance directors and gone over with the ENTIRE STAFF in DSC's weekly staff meetings. That means while you are paying for one instructor, you actually have an entire STAFF of people committed to and passionate about your time and learning experience here at DSC! Ever wonder why when you walk through the door of one of DSC's studios the entire staff greets you as if they know you personally? Because they feel like they do!
3. Training- DSC owners Thomas and Elizabeth remain as committed to what happens on their floor as they were when they were the ones teaching! Each and every professional hired, regardless of their past dance experience, must complete a month long, INTENSIVE training program and pass a two-hour, standardized teaching exam. Upon completion, all staff must log a certain number of hours per week in dance training, paid for by DanceSport Carolina. The staff is tested throughout the year on the various syllabus from which they are teaching. DSC takes very seriously the knowledge that being a good DANCER and being a good TEACHER are two different skills and invests tremendous amounts of time and money to makes sure their staff is the absolute best of both! Sure, there are a lot cheaper and less time consuming ways to staff a studio, but they just wouldn't cut it for DSC's high standards!
4. Environment- DanceSport Carolina is more than just a business, or even just a studio. It is a dance home to a one-of-a-kind dance family. It is important that each and every person feels comfortable and secure in their time spent at a DSC studio. You will never attend one of DanceSport Carolina's group classes and have people who are not learning the same curriculum as you holding up your learning. You will never take a class that doesn't perfectly compliment your private lessons. You will never come into contact with a student whose heart (or attitude!) is not in the proper place, nor a teacher who dedication, commitment, and spirit is not on par with that of the studio as a whole. DSC takes great pride in being the ONLY studio to have ever denied admittance or continuation to a student! What business owners are willing to put integrity, morality, and decorum over money.....Thomas and Elizabeth! And they will continue to do so in their never-ending effort to make DanceSport Carolina the highest caliber, of un-matched integrity, happiest students and staff, in the city!
5. Students Come First! - Because DSC students are actually enrolled members of the studio, it is easy maintain a commitment to them and their learning above all else. At any given moment, a DanceSport Carolina instructor knows how many students they are responsible for, where their students are in the curriculum, and what amount of time (outside of teaching hours) they therefore need to be dedicating to lesson prep, choreography, and otherwise. DSC is able to make adjustments to their staffing, group class availability, open-floor times, and otherwise, based on their students specific goals and needs. As an enrolled student of DSC, decision are actually being made based on YOUR specific needs, goals, and journey! How incredible is that?! The focus of DanceSport Carolina and its entire team is to help and allow YOU to shine and to make the most of your dance journey. Our teachers do not consider students a mere means by which to further their own careers, rather, their careers a means by which to further enhance the lives of their students!
1. Curriculum- Many of you have by now have come to realize that your lessons are more than just an hour (or more!) per week of fun and exercise. Your teacher is diligently moving you through a curriculum that GUARANTEES you developing into the dancer you (and your partner) have always dreamed of! Much like a mom hides vegetables in delicious and seemingly unhealthy snacks, your teacher uses their skill, experience, and renowned (and DanceSport Carolina exclusive!) training to seamlessly weave this more serious and intense instruction into the fun and energetic lessons that you enjoy weekly!
2. Accountability- Not only is your teacher responsible for your curriculum and dance plan, but each and every curriculum devised by the instructors is reviewed and approved by one of our studios's dance directors and gone over with the ENTIRE STAFF in DSC's weekly staff meetings. That means while you are paying for one instructor, you actually have an entire STAFF of people committed to and passionate about your time and learning experience here at DSC! Ever wonder why when you walk through the door of one of DSC's studios the entire staff greets you as if they know you personally? Because they feel like they do!
3. Training- DSC owners Thomas and Elizabeth remain as committed to what happens on their floor as they were when they were the ones teaching! Each and every professional hired, regardless of their past dance experience, must complete a month long, INTENSIVE training program and pass a two-hour, standardized teaching exam. Upon completion, all staff must log a certain number of hours per week in dance training, paid for by DanceSport Carolina. The staff is tested throughout the year on the various syllabus from which they are teaching. DSC takes very seriously the knowledge that being a good DANCER and being a good TEACHER are two different skills and invests tremendous amounts of time and money to makes sure their staff is the absolute best of both! Sure, there are a lot cheaper and less time consuming ways to staff a studio, but they just wouldn't cut it for DSC's high standards!
4. Environment- DanceSport Carolina is more than just a business, or even just a studio. It is a dance home to a one-of-a-kind dance family. It is important that each and every person feels comfortable and secure in their time spent at a DSC studio. You will never attend one of DanceSport Carolina's group classes and have people who are not learning the same curriculum as you holding up your learning. You will never take a class that doesn't perfectly compliment your private lessons. You will never come into contact with a student whose heart (or attitude!) is not in the proper place, nor a teacher who dedication, commitment, and spirit is not on par with that of the studio as a whole. DSC takes great pride in being the ONLY studio to have ever denied admittance or continuation to a student! What business owners are willing to put integrity, morality, and decorum over money.....Thomas and Elizabeth! And they will continue to do so in their never-ending effort to make DanceSport Carolina the highest caliber, of un-matched integrity, happiest students and staff, in the city!
5. Students Come First! - Because DSC students are actually enrolled members of the studio, it is easy maintain a commitment to them and their learning above all else. At any given moment, a DanceSport Carolina instructor knows how many students they are responsible for, where their students are in the curriculum, and what amount of time (outside of teaching hours) they therefore need to be dedicating to lesson prep, choreography, and otherwise. DSC is able to make adjustments to their staffing, group class availability, open-floor times, and otherwise, based on their students specific goals and needs. As an enrolled student of DSC, decision are actually being made based on YOUR specific needs, goals, and journey! How incredible is that?! The focus of DanceSport Carolina and its entire team is to help and allow YOU to shine and to make the most of your dance journey. Our teachers do not consider students a mere means by which to further their own careers, rather, their careers a means by which to further enhance the lives of their students!
"If just ANYONE could be part of it, would you really want to be?"
Friday, September 10, 2010
Class and Character
DanceSport Carolina's Elizabeth just published an article for planetballroom.com on keeping focused on the positive during the competition preparation process. Here at DSC, while we value good dancing, intense training, and dedication; above all, we value sportsmanship, conduct, and experiencing life's joy's through dance. We have always taken pride in the fact that we walk away from events not only laden with trophies, plaques, and medals, but with other studio owners, judges and pro's endless praise on the spririt of our school. While we can't put the ladder in our front lobby, make not mistake that it matters to us more than any prize ever could. We are firm believers that this spirit and code of conduct comes from the top down. From Thomas and Elizabeth's early days in the industry, to the way their staff is trained, and therefore, trains their students, there are two common trends: class and character. They were Tom and Elizabeth's legacy before DSC, and are as much a part of DSC's foundation as the bricks and mortar in which we dance! With that in mind, we wanted to share Elizabeth's blog article for planetballroom.com with you all, as a way of reminding you to focus on the positive in this crazy and exciting time of preparation. We'll see you at the Ritz!
http://www.planetballroom.blogspot.com/
http://www.planetballroom.blogspot.com/
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Why We Dance....
DanceSport Carolina is the SouthEast's only EXCLUSIVE and premier Ballroom and Latin dance training facility. Whether you are looking for a Who's Who's among national champions, or simply to be the best one on the floor of your next company Christmas party, DanceSport Carolina offers the curriculm, teaching system, and staff to accomplish your wildest (or tamest!) dancing dreams. But so often, we forget WHY we dance...what brought us to the floor to begin with.
If you are a couple, most likely your reasons center around passion (or lack thereof), boredom (yes, it happens, its okay!), the search for a date-night that doesn't involve your feet sticking to the floor, and the desire to truly invest in your significant other and your relationship. Where else can you take to the floor, wrapped in one another's arms, cloaked in darkness and dusted with glistening spotlight, while sensuous beats take you far, far away? Where else can you laugh, really laugh, both with and at one another? Where else can you grow together, both emotionally and physically, while learning to do something new? It's on the dancefloor.
If you are a single (either in life, of just in dance) most likely your reasons to dance center around the desire to REALLY show yourself and others what you are made of! To attain an air of grace, confidence, and success that follows you off the floor and into your everyday life. To challenge yourself, your VIEW of yourself, and others view of you. To be something you always wanted to be, but never thought you could. All this and more, happens on our floor.
No matter how you come to our studio, as a pair, as a single, straight from work, or in between running your children around town, one thing remains the same: you leave a different person than you walked in. Maybe happier, with the flush of excitement and physical exertion on your cheeks. Perhaps prouder, of yourself, your spouse, or a move that you finally mastered. Maybe even a bit more in love, having had an uninterrupted hour to spend focusing on your special other. You are not only different, but better. This truth is the heart of each and every passing hour at DanceSport Carolina. Through growing staff and adding studios, that focus and vision has remained the same. Every lantern hung was with the though of someone dancing under it, and every teacher hired with the dream of sharing DanceSport Carolina's passion with the world. This truth is our heart, and it is WHY WE DANCE.
If you are a couple, most likely your reasons center around passion (or lack thereof), boredom (yes, it happens, its okay!), the search for a date-night that doesn't involve your feet sticking to the floor, and the desire to truly invest in your significant other and your relationship. Where else can you take to the floor, wrapped in one another's arms, cloaked in darkness and dusted with glistening spotlight, while sensuous beats take you far, far away? Where else can you laugh, really laugh, both with and at one another? Where else can you grow together, both emotionally and physically, while learning to do something new? It's on the dancefloor.
If you are a single (either in life, of just in dance) most likely your reasons to dance center around the desire to REALLY show yourself and others what you are made of! To attain an air of grace, confidence, and success that follows you off the floor and into your everyday life. To challenge yourself, your VIEW of yourself, and others view of you. To be something you always wanted to be, but never thought you could. All this and more, happens on our floor.
No matter how you come to our studio, as a pair, as a single, straight from work, or in between running your children around town, one thing remains the same: you leave a different person than you walked in. Maybe happier, with the flush of excitement and physical exertion on your cheeks. Perhaps prouder, of yourself, your spouse, or a move that you finally mastered. Maybe even a bit more in love, having had an uninterrupted hour to spend focusing on your special other. You are not only different, but better. This truth is the heart of each and every passing hour at DanceSport Carolina. Through growing staff and adding studios, that focus and vision has remained the same. Every lantern hung was with the though of someone dancing under it, and every teacher hired with the dream of sharing DanceSport Carolina's passion with the world. This truth is our heart, and it is WHY WE DANCE.
Friday, August 13, 2010
How Do You Spend YOUR Friday Nights?
Remember the day when Friday night meant something good, something fun, something exciting? Maybe a homecoming dance, or football game, a night at the club, or some frat party with a friend? We all hit a point where those things are no longer a part of our life or social calendar (thank God, really!), but the strange part is, SO FEW people actually make an effort to fill that void with something that is equally or even more exciting. Something that is productive and constructive, something that gets your heart rate climbing, something that gives you a reason to buy that cute little dress or skirt! If you are part of Charlotte's ONLY exclusive Ballroom and Latin dance studios, DanceSport Carolina, you know the feeling! Your Friday nights once again hold all the thrill and excitement, romance and passion that they did in years past! EVERY Friday night one of DanceSport Carolina's studios is turned into a swanky and sophisticated PRIVATE NIGHT CLUB for its students and staff only! The evening kicks off with an hour long group class that runs directly into an hour of non-stop music and dancing! The lights go down, the passion and excitement climbs; the disco ball gets cranking and the bass explodes! Whether you are there to dance with your special someone, to mix and mingle with our extra-ordingary amateurs, or to enjoy the roller-coaster excitement of dancing with our DSC Pros, the evening is sure to be the highlight of your week! New to dancing and overwhelmed at the thought of being able to handle the crowd? Our staff is there to hold your hand through what is guaranteed to be the first of MANY Friday nights spent with us. There is no better way to gain confidence and comfort on the dance floor than trying you new moves in a real-life environment!
So join us this and every Friday night at your local DanceSport Carolina, and put a little SPICE back in YOUR life!
So join us this and every Friday night at your local DanceSport Carolina, and put a little SPICE back in YOUR life!
Monday, August 2, 2010
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