Lititz Academy of Dance

620 Paxton Place, Suite 107, Lititz, PA 17543 ● (717) 560-4000 ● lad40@verizon.net

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NEW SUMMER OFFICE HOURS: Our office will be staffed during the months of June and July during the following hours: Mondays 9-11am and 5:30-7:30pm, Wednesdays 11-1pm, and Fridays 8-10am. During summer camps and classes, no office staff will be present when the studio is open. Thank you.

Lititz Academy of Dance is pleased to be able to offer yoga and Zumba Fitness® classes beginning in the fall. See our newsletter for more information.

The Lititz Academy of Dance, founded in October 2002 by Artistic Director Lisa Kalinowski, offers the highest quality of instruction in Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Lyrical, Modern, Pointe and Hip Hop. Classes are offered to ages three through adult, beginner through advanced, as well as All Boys classes.

Our staff is committed to teaching the best technique possible. However, our goal is not only to teach dance, but to teach our students to LOVE to dance! Our studio is built upon a a mutual love and respect between teachers and students. Respect is a huge keyword here, as we greatly stress the importance of respect for this art form, respect for hard work and dedication, respect for mastering each step with technical beauty before advancing to the next, respect for our academy, respect for our teachers, respect for each other, and respect for the rest of the world.

Dancers can often fall into one of two categories - the serious and the recreational. The serious student holds dance as a very important part of his or her life. He or she takes several to many classes per week to work toward the goal of becoming an advanced dancer - whether to continue dance in college, to go on to dance professionally, or to just do so through high school. Some of these dancers may eventually become members of our dance company, CoJoMotion.

The Lititz Academy of Dance offers a Professional Program to meet the needs of such dancers. In our less than six years in business, several graduates were or are dance majors in colleges pursuing careers (University of the Arts, Temple University), five dance on college dance teams, and one has become an outstanding teacher herself. Additionally, several graduates are very involved in college dance programs. In addition to her years at the Lititz Academy of Dance, Lisa has numerous other students from her years of teaching in Central NY and elsewhere who have gone on to major in dance, teach dance, and / or dance professionally on and off Broadway.

Just as importantly, there are the students who may love dance, but perhaps as just one small part of their lives. They may, for instance, just take one or two classes per week, while enjoying many other activities as well. While they certainly want to learn quality dance, they mostly dance for fun. For these students, we have a Recreational Program - geared to give them the dance experience that's just what they want. To us, this program and these students are just as important and beloved as the Professional Program and those students. At the Lititz Academy of Dance, ALL of our students are stars.

Our staff is talented, versatile and well-trained. We believe that you really CAN have it both ways - a professional school committed to teaching the strongest of technique, yet in a loving, nurturing atmosphere. All of our teachers love both dance and children, and consider it an honor to have the profession that we do. On behalf of all of us, thank you for your interest in the Lititz Academy of Dance.