Thanks to extra-large interest this year, the LaSalle dance student Dans\u2019Atout still has space for a few more students interested in taking ballet, modern dance, hip hop or tap lessons.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll my hip hop classes were full, so I\u2019ve opened another one,\u201d said studio owner Melanie Beaudet. \u201cMy four year olds\u2014we were 24 students, so I split that one too so that now we have space.\u201d<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re on the fence, their website (www.dansatout.com) offers trial certificates, but you have to act fast. Beaudet won\u2019t take registrations for students over the age of 10 after November because it gets too tough to integrate students into classes.<\/p>\n
Students from LaSalle Comprehensive Community Highschool will have one last chance to consider participating this year. On November 30, the school will perform and have a booth during the \u201cMake the Right Choice\u201d event organized by the police from Station 13.<\/p>\n
After that, newcomers will join the 220 current students in the school to prepare for the school\u2019s public demonstrations the week of December 13. That\u2019s when parents will have their first chance to see their children participating in a regular class.<\/p>\n
Younger students can sign up after the demonstrations or as late as early next year. \u201cThe three or four year olds, I take registrations even in January,\u201d says Beaudet. \u201cSwimming lessons are over and the parents are looking for things to keep their children active.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ballet students at the school follow the Royal Academy of Dance curriculum, while tap and modern students follow the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing program. Both certificate programs are run out of the United Kingdom. Some years, examiners have had to fly in from overseas to test students who are ready for the next level.<\/p>\n
Once students get the dancing bug, Beaudet says they spend a lot of time at the studio and many volunteer for community events on a regular basis. \u201cMost of our students cross-train\u2014they\u2019re dancing easily 7 to 14 hours a week,\u201d she says. \u201cThey\u2019re really good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Near the end of the year, students start preparing for the school\u2019s big performance in May, an event that Beaudet still finds bittersweet.<\/p>\n
Two years ago, Dans\u2019Atout\u2019s founder Carol Bolster died of cancer on May 6, a month before the final show. \u201cI\u2019ve been her student since I was 5 years old, says Beaudet. \u201cIn the hospital, she told me \u2018whatever happens, the show must go on.\u2019 We had 170 students that year, so we had 170 broken hearts. They all performed and they did a fantastic job.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beaudet still misses her mentor. \u201cI\u2019m in my dream job. I wanted to be a dance teacher for as long as I can remember. When that became true, I wanted to own a studio. And my dance instructor and I always talked about me taking over. It\u2019s just it was never anticipated to be this soon.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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