About Us
Our Mission Statement
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To provide world-class quality and personal dance education to
all students with the drive to learn, by employing
industry-leading instructors and maintaining leading-edge
facilities.
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To give our students experiences that they can draw on for the
rest of their lives, learn to overcome challenges through
discipline and dedication, and become the leaders of their
communities.
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To provide state-of-the art facilities, updated as new
technology and methods become available.
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To maintain a strict focus on safety and cleanliness.
Our Student Motto
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Compassion: For ourselves and others. This includes including
and accepting those around us. We are all on different paths,
and on different levels of personal growth. We judge others by
their past, they judge themselves by their potential.
Compassion is the ability to realize anyone can change, and
allowing them to show up in their continuous growth. Encourage
each other, healthy criticism is a learned skill, both to give
and receive. It allows all of us to recognize our skills and
weaknesses, and makes us stronger as a team.
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Integrity: Doing what is right even when no one will know. But
it is more than this, it is congruency in your words, thoughts
and actions. Doing what you say, and having the courage to be
who you are, to claim who you are, in strengths and
weaknesses. Understanding where we lack, and being truthful in
it to ourselves and others. Holding ourselves and others to a
high standard of truth, and congruency.
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Dedication: We are dedicated in our goals and ambitions, as
well as to our responsibilities. We may not always be happy,
but we do what we do not want to do to get where we want to
go. This is a hard lesson for a lot of people, to be able to
push themselves, realizing when they think they are done, they
are only 60% to their actual limits.
Our Facilities
Introduction
We have invested considerable resources to provide the highest quality facilities and instruction available. We are proud to offer a state of the art, world-class, dance facility. Spa City Dance and the Arts is the only studio in the area with full sprung, interlaced-wood, Marley dance floors. Many studios will use foam over concrete, this is not a sprung dance floor. A proper sprung dance floor involves a layered web pattern of wood that is designed in intricate detail to ensure that every point on the floor has an equal and adequate amount of spring action. The wood web is covered in a strong plywood that is coated and sealed to prevent moisture damage and splintering, and covered with Marley.
We also have the pleasure to work with some of the best instructors in the industry. We invest in our instructors, we choose those we find possess certain traits-compassion, integrity, and dedication, and then we invest time and other resources to ensure that they have the tools they need. They represent our student motto, which is Compassion, Integrity, and Dedication. We are not just teaching dance, our students are receiving conditioning through experiences that they will draw on for the rest of their lives. We expect them to lead their communities in the future, and so we do our part by teaching them these core values that will impact how they get there and how they treat others when they do.
We also put heavy emphasis on acceptance of others. We all have different skills and beliefs, and it’s our jobs to teach them to judge others by their standards, not our own. In our progression and growth as human beings, Safety, Feelings of Belonging, and Self-Esteem, are the first building blocks on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Everyone needs to feel these to realize their full maturity and reach their potentials.
Building
Our building is located in a convenient location, just south of downtown Ballston Spa, off exit 12 on the Northway. We began with 2 dance rooms, utilizing one of the four commercial suites, and have since expanded, now utilitizing half the building.
Inside
Let's take a look inside! We have expanded to include 3 dance rooms, with option of a fourth in the future. We offer 3 bathrooms and 2 changing rooms, as well as a large waiting area. Our waiting areas are equipped with large TVs that broadcast our classes for parents to watch while waiting. Of course, you can also drop your child off and return at the end of their class. We designed full-sprung wood-woven Marley dance floors, considered the safest and best in the industry. We are the only studio in our area to offer them. For more information on our floors, About Our Floors.