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Our Promise to You.
At Dianna Durkin Dance Studio, we make dance both enjoyable and engaging for students of all ages and abilities. Through disciplined training, we develop movement skills, musicality, creativity, and responsive listening while providing a strong foundation in dance. We highlight the benefits of dance for health, well-being, and confidence, encouraging a positive relationship with one’s body.
We instill respect for teachers and peers, foster collaboration and community engagement, and build lifelong qualities such as responsibility, integrity, leadership, and discipline. Above all, we guide students in setting and achieving their goals- building dancers that grow up to become amazing community leaders!
TESTIMONIALS
Our Beautiful
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Member of National Dance Education Organization
Member of Youth Protection Advocated in Dance
Member of Dance Masters of Ohio
Member of Dance Masters of America
Tara M.
"The years I spent dancing at DDDS were some of the most fulfilling years of my life. It was more than just dancing. Not only did I learn about dancing, I also learned about collaboration, teamwork, responsibility, and determination which are attributes that have continued with me throughout my adult life. The teachers also made sure to help foster self confidence while helping motivate us to be the best versions of ourselves. The friendships I made at DDDS have continued to be lifelong friendships even after we have grown up and moved to different areas of the country. I cherish them so much. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to dance at DDDS!"
Jill S.
"Both of my daughters are having a great experience at DDDS! As a parent, I love that they are not only getting a quality dance education, but they are also gaining important life skills and making lifelong friendships and memories."
Dr. Amanda Baum
"Dianna Durkin Dance Studio has been a part of my life since I was 2 years old and tapping away to the song, Three Little Fishies. DDDS not only provided physical activity, it also instilled confidence and body awareness throughout my teen years. These dancing years would lay a solid foundation for an even greater healing in my early 20’s. After suffering a broken neck in a four wheeler accident, I was hospitalized and had to undergo spinal cord surgery with a neck fusion and a bone graft to my hip bone. I had lost complete use of my legs and limited control of my upper body for months following. When the time came to test my balance at Physical Therapy my brain instantly went back to my lessons at DDDS. Head Up. Stomach In. Engage My Core. Arms Stretched Out. One pointed toe in front of the other, gracefully and balanced, right foot first…that was just so Dianna didn’t have to tap my leg to remind me which was the correct one to use! My therapists all laughed that I was the first patient to learn to walk so centered and balanced while looking like a dancer in the therapy room. Fully recovered now and 38 years later from my first DDDS class, I get to sit back and watch my two little girls dancing their hearts out in the same studio and then we go home and practice in the kitchen. They think we are just having fun, but I know that there is so much more then just the shuffles and stomps, the leaps and turns…they are learning life lessons, values, and ways to handle many obstacles the world may throw at them. I am forever grateful for my dance family and excited to continue to be a part of it through my next generation of tiny tappers!"
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