May is mental health awareness month. In the past few years, mental health has become a topic in the forefront of our culture. While our society makes strides towards destigmatizing the topic of mental health, we are happy to do our part at Liberty Dance Center. We are proud to be a YPAD certified studio,…
April is National Volunteer Month! As such, we would like to highlight some of the volunteer work we do at Liberty Dance Center! We have a chapter of Darby’s Dancers here at the studio. Darby’s Dancers is a national organization with the mission of bringing the joy of dance to special needs children. It was…
In the month of April, our studio’s “Live Your Best Life” Challenge asks you to focus on reading for ten minutes every day. Do you have a favorite author or book series? Did you know that there are many dancers-turned-authors who have published books for readers of all ages? Here is a brief list to…
Spring is here! Although in Wisconsin we may get the occasional March or April snow flurry, the calendar tells us that spring has officially begun. Spring is a time of new beginnings all around us. Baby birds will soon appear, flowers will start popping out, and days have already become longer. After a long Wisconsin…
This month’s “Live Your Best Life” challenge is especially near and dear to my heart. As we watch the penny jar fill with lucky pennies for the MACC fund, I count my blessings like those pennies. As many of you know, my two-year-old son Thomas was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia about a…
“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…
It’s hard to believe we are already halfway through the month of February! 2022 is off to a great start at Liberty Dance Center. Soon, students will receive their recital costumes, and next month they will begin learning choreography for their recital dances! This time of year is the calm before the storm of excitement!…
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…
The primary purpose for dance studios is to provide high quality dance education while providing opportunities for performances and in some cases opportunities for participation on competition teams. But should a dance studio provide MORE to the children they teach? We definitely think so! Liberty Dance Center is the only dance studio in the area…
The holidays are a time of hustle and bustle, excitement and business, joy and sometimes sorrow. Many people are going through hard times this year, especially in the wake of the Waukesha parade tragedy. Our December challenge for “Live Your Best Life” at Liberty Dance Center has focused on giving. In case you missed it…