CAPTIVATING DANCE BY NONA

Outstanding dance school! Fun but rigorous instruction in a warm, nurturing environment. All types of dance from beginner to advanced, for boys and girls, all backgrounds and body types. My daughter has been dancing with CDBN for 3 years, and she absolutely loves it!
The instructors are hip/​cool and inspiring, great role models for young people, they bring out the best in their students without being scary. Competitions are intense and serious, but also a ton of fun for all. The studio is involved in the community and supports worthy causes, such as Light The Night walkathon for cancer research. CDBN fosters a strong work ethic, teamwork and friendships in addition to their top notch dance instruction. hooray for CDBN! :D

Inappropriate content for Dance Competition. Low score in teaching technique.

The kids I nanny for both take classes here. Both them and I love it. One is age 5 and the other is 9. The 5 year old has a blast in her class. It is filled with other children her age. There is just the right balance of fun as well as discipline. The teachers do a great job of acknowledging that these are 5 year olds and like to be silly, but create a very fun leaning environment. The 9 year old class seems to run very smoothly and at a pace that keeps the girls attention. Over this past year I have seen her progress.
After observing the classes all the teachers are very friendly and always giving back positive feedback. They always check in with me and I always feel very informed with upcoming holidays. The teachers also seem very qualified and there is an assistant in the classes that demonstrates the steps.
I would recommend this studio based on my personal experience here. Nona is great and has a wonderful staff. The only reason for the 4 is parking is sometimes difficult. I have leaned to park down the side street. There seems to always be parking there.

My kids both dance with Nona, as does my sister’s daughter. I find it a very empowering place, where kids are encouraged not just to dance, but to have pride in their power and responsibility in themselves. I appreciate how Nona and her teachers encourage all the kids, and how each kid gets their turn to dance in the front, not just the best dancers. She really instills a value of each kid being valuable, regardless of their relative strengths and weaknesses.

I’ve been one of Nona’s students from the very beginning. I was there the day Captivating Dance by Nona (CDBN) opened, and not once have I ever regretted coming to the studio or considered leaving. Why would I, when it’s actually my favorite place in the whole wide world? The people and the environment at CDBN are so welcoming, comforting, and fun, that I find myself going to the studio when I don’t even have class. I just like to be there, literally all the time. CDBN has taught me proper technique (pointed feet, straight knees, posture, poise, placement), tons of tricks (turns, jumps, leaps, tumbling), plenty of necessary social skills (confidence, making friends, developing personality, performing in front of large audiences, being a team player, supporting others, being happy for another’s success), and also how to be a genuinely good person. But most importantly, Nona herself is my biggest inspiration. She is the force I look to when I’m at a low point or have nowhere else to turn. She’s also the most kind, gentle, creative, comical, strong, determined woman I’ve ever met. She picked me up when no other dance teacher wanted me and made sure that I was given a chance. She saw in me what nobody else bothered to look for. I am who I am today because of her, and I will continue to aspire to be like her when I grow up. I’m lucky to say that my dance teacher is one of my best friends, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

My daughter has been with CDBN for 7 years. It’s been a great experience. Nona is a fantastic teacher and runs a very nice, family friendly studio.

Captivating Dance by Nona is an excellent dance studio and a wonderful place for dancers to learn, grow, and develop as dancers and as people in general. My daughter «grew up» in Nona’s studio and danced with Nona for 9 – 10 years. Nona is encouraging to each dancer and brings out the best in all her students. She is fair, hard working, and challenging, all while having high expectations balanced with a hugh amount of love.
My daughter gained so more much than dance… she learned confidence, determination, a hard work ethic, self sufficiency and loved being part of a team with such wonderful people. I do not know of another studio that works as hard for their students. It was an awesome, awesome experience.
My daughter is now in her second year of college, dancing for her school. She was very fortunate to have spent her childhood with Nona and to have had the opportunity to take her gifts, and talents with her to college.
Nona is the epitome of «it takes a village». I will be forever grateful for all she has done!