Established 1972
Longest family owned dance school in St. Catharines
Voted Best Dance Studio 2012 & 2013 for St.Catharines/Niagara by Reader’s Choice
Location: Upper 214 Martindale Rd. (Across from Starbucks)
(905) 704-0560 nancy@janicelueydanceco.ca
View or Download 2013 Registration Form (Includes Prices)
No Registration fee!
Recital Costume: $65.00 (Due upon Registration)
5 post-dated installments or payment in full are to be collected at registration.
The studio will be closed Monday, February 17 for Family Day and the week of Monday, March 10 through Sunday, March 16 for March Break.
The Janice Luey Dance Co. will share our love of dance with our students, while mentoring and nurturing them. All of our teachers are parents, and we feel that this enables us to be better teachers. We understand the needs of our students and we care for them like they are our own. Each class has an assistant teacher. We keep our classes to a maximum of 8 students, some having significantly less. This truly gives our students the personalized attention they deserve. We do not start recital dances in September. Class time is focussed primarily upon learning. We are not obsessive regarding the perfection of a recital dance. The Janice Luey Dance Co. is primarily a recreational school, with a small competitive division.
In 1972, Janice Luey, a recent graduate of Dance Educators of America in New York City founded the dance studio. She and her dance teaching staff, who were also trained in New York with D.E.A. brought a wide variety of dance styles to St. Catharines. While teaching dance, Janice also became involved in Garden City Productions doing musicals, and after 12 years of teaching decided to enter professional theatre. At this time, her younger sister Nancy was in Toronto studying theatre and had just finished performing professionally that summer. Janice asked Nancy to manage the school in her absence. Nancy consented to oversee the school’s operations for one year. [That was 25 years ago] Over the years, Janice performed for numerous seasons with the Stratford Festival, both performed and choreographed in Summerstock throughout Ontario and danced in shows in Toronto. Most recently, Janice was seen as a dancer in the movie, “Hairspray”.
Nancy fell in love with teaching and has never looked back. Previously, she had been studying dance and vocals in Toronto, attended Sheridan College to study Musical Theatre, and had completed all grades of vocal music with the Royal Conservatory of Music. Over the years Nancy has taken part and played leading roles in various musicals, and has studied dance, drama, and vocal music with some of New York’s finest directors. Nancy is currently the co-chair of the Vocal Music division of the St. Catharines Kiwanis Music Festival. She has guest taught at numerous schools in the Niagara region, directed and choreographed school musicals, and was the Drama Teacher at Wheatley Private School. That passion for theatre carries over into the dance studio where she and her long time dance friend and collegue, Tracy Thorpe, teach drama and musical theatre. Together, they continue to study dance to improve their technique.
Tracy Thorpe teaches the drama program. She brings a flare for theatre and is the head of the drama department at Laura Secord Secondary School. Tracy began dancing when she was 2 years old within our dance family, and later studied abroad through various venues. Tracy continues to perform throughout the Niagara region.
Shelley Needham joined our dance staff ten years ago after a long career of both dancing and teaching. She is also a graduate of D.E.A. and heads our competitive division. She shares our philosophy that even our more serious students are there for fun and team spirit.
Sandy Kreamer and Jill Needham have been with the studio most of their lives and they add a fun and youthful flare to our school. They continue to take classes and workshops to stay up on the latest styles and techniques.
The newest member of our team is Haley Penner, she has been with our studio since she was five, and along with teaching at our studio, she teaches dance for the D.S.B.N.
Each class is accompanied by an assistant teacher.
Kinder-Dance (2 1/2 to 5 years of age): This is a pre-ballet program designed to introduce the techniques of dance, primarily ballet, to fun and bouncy music.
Kinder-Tap (2 1/2 to 5 years of age): This is an introduction to tap dancing, beginning with graded tap syllabus. Also done with youthful music.
Kinder-Jazz (5 and 6 years of age): This is a beginner level jazz class, introducing the student to jazz technique, done to child appropriate music.
Ages 6 and up: We offer Ballet, Tap, Jazz/Hiphop, and Musical Theatre. Pointe and Lyrical Classes available for experienced dancers.
Adult Jazz, Tap and Ballet offered based on demand.
**We keep a maximum of 8 students in each class, some with significantly less. All of our classes are taught by qualified adult teachers, and each class has an assistant teacher. This maximizes personalized attention and quality instruction. All classes are once a week, with the exception of Christmas and March Break. We are open on all holiday Mondays except for Family Day.
The Janice Luey Dance Co. does not have specific uniform, but we ask that the little ones wear a body suit and tights for ballet and tap, and black spandex shorts or pants with tank top or tee for jazz.
The junior and senior students may wear black booty shorts or black dance pants with a tank or tee for jazz and tap. Ballet students must wear shorts.*
Ballet – Pink slippers with a leather sole, not bedroom slippers
Tap – Tap Shoes, tie up or buckle
Jazz – Kinderjazz may wear black Ballet Slippers, Juniors wear Jazz Oxfords, Seniors wear Dance Sneakers
**We are a supplier of Leo’s Dance Wear, therefore can offer any of the above dancewear/shoes at unbeatable prices.
The Janice Luey Dance Co. strives to provide customer satisfaction and accommodate the needs of every family. Therefore, we do not set our schedule before registration. This allows you to pick a suitable day and time from a wide range of choices. This also provides options to have multiple back-to-back classes or multiple children dancing on the same day, sometimes even the same time. To guarantee placement in a class of your needs it is best to register on the first day.
We have two large studios with a NEW sprung floor, wall-to-wall windows and mirrors, two bathrooms and a waiting room. It is a bright and spacious, centrally air-conditioned facility. We are proud to call 214 Martindale Rd. our home.
