JOY – a feeling of great pleasure and happiness. Each year our talented Liberty Dance Center teachers and assistant teachers dance in our recital. We hadn’t gotten to do that since 2019, so when picking the song for this year “JOY” by Andy Grammer was an easy choice. My favorite line in that song is…
This fall we will be starting our 15th dance season! We love to celebrate milestones like this and also love a good year long theme to keep us all engaged, motivated and excited during both the highs and the lows. This year’s theme is GOOD THINGS TAKE TIME. You will see a giant 3 foot…
Another curtain call after a year of lessons learned, challenges overcome and new memories made. This past weekend we celebrated our 14th annual spring recital. The theme for our recital shows and our entire ‘21/’22 season was “LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE.” After spending a few years dealing with the challenges a global pandemic forced upon…
“I dare you to train for a marathon and not have it change your life.” Have you ever heard that quote? Being a 3 time marathon runner myself, I have heard it many times AND fully believe it. What I also know is that training for a marathon is VERY similar to what our students…
This week we wrap up a favorite time of year at Liberty Dance Center…Student Choreography! Student what? Per Merriam-Webster, the definition of choreography is: the art of symbolically representing dancing a: the composition and arrangement of dances especially for ballet b: a composition created by this art In layman’s terms…making up a dance! Many of…
We just wrapped up November and started the final month of the year. I am, like many of you probably are, experiencing a pas de deux of emotions. What is a pas de deux? Well, in the ballet world it’s a dance for two people. It’s usually grand and full of emotions (as well as…
“Fall is proof that change is beautiful” I saw this quote on a friend’s Facebook page the other day and it just resonated with me. Fall is my personal favorite holiday, which is ironic because I would not consider myself great when it comes to change. But seeing that quote made me rethink how I…
“It’s hard, but worth it” I have a lot of time to think when I go for a run. This past weekend, I had HOURS to think as I ran my third marathon (that’s 26.2 miles, and that takes a handful of hours). And I always feel that the things and thoughts I experience when…
This year at Liberty Dance Center, we are doing a year long theme of “Live your best life”. Each month will have a challenge that we hope our dance community will participate in. For September, that challenge is to DO SOMETHING THAT SCARES YOU. The first step towards something new is always the hardest. And…