5678 Dance Studio - Info Guide 2020

Welcome
About us
It is with pleasure that I extend a warm welcome
to you parents and students of &5678 Dance
Studio. Dance is my extreme passion and I am
delighted that you have selected our school
to expose yourself your child/children and or
ward(s) to the art of dance.
At &5678 Dance Studio we offer a family
friendly environment nurturing your charges
in the discipline required for the studio, stage
and by extension, life. We pride ourselves on
the discipline and structure we instill into our
students as we remain committed to providing
quality dance training as evidenced by strong
technique, grace and poise.
As a member of our dance family we expect
that our instructors will have your full support
as we work together to ensure that our Studio
retains its reputation of striving for excellence.
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Our promise to you is that your charge’s journey
here with us would allow her/him to develop:
• Proper Deportment
• Confidence
• Coordination
• Physical Strength through
structured exercises
Should you desire these and other sterling
qualities for your charges please take time to
read carefully the contents of this booklet. It
is written to provide you with the necessary
guidelines to ensure your stay with us is a
memorable one.
Once again, a warm welcome to &5678 Dance
Studio.
Yours in Dance, Charlene
Founded by Charlene Harris in September
2002, &5678 Dance Studio is a southern-based
institution that provides training in classical
ballet, modern and tap to children between the
ages of 3-17 in the Imperial Society of Teachers
of Dancing (ISTD) syllabus. In 2014 we added
to our repertoire the styles of contemporary
and hip-hop, and in 2015 we resumed tap. In
September 2018 we added Limon and Folk
followed in January 2020. These additions and
resumptions serve as testimony to our growing
student body but more importantly they testify
to the medium of dance as an avenue for selfexpression,
confidence building and stress
relief as citizens of Trinidad and Tobago desire
to achieve and maintain healthy lifestyles.
Our Studio was originally located at Rochelle’s
Early Learning Childhood Centre at Palmiste
but market forces mandated our sudden move
in April 2014. We had a brief sojourn at La
Romaine High School but this venue was not
suitably outfitted to host dancers preparing
for ISTD examinations. In September 2014,
we secured and settled our Studio at the
Carlton Court, Carlton Centre and it is from
this location that we now operate. Our new
venue has opened up numerous possibilities
for expansion but it is the desire of our Artistic
Director and Founder Charlene Harris to own
the space where the Studio would eventually
be housed.
Past students of the Studio including Megan
Rose Navarro, Harmony Farrell, Mikayla
Almandoz, Isaiah Alexander have gone on to
study Dance and or Musical Theatre abroad.
Megan has sinced returned and is one of our
resident tutors.
&5678 Dance Studio has hosted three School
productions to date. These were Enchanted
Garden 2012, Adventures in Nursery Rhyme
Land 2015 and Mystical Dreams in 2017 all
held at the Naparima Bowl, San Fernando.
The school hosts an annual July/August
Performing Arts Camp and Dance Intensive
Program. The Camp is open to all dancers 6
years and over and the Intensive is for dancers
Grade 6 ability level and above.
&5678 Dance Studio has hosted several School
productions to date, all held at the Naparima
Bowl, San Fernando.
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