We are so excited to announce that we were featured on the front page of the Chatham Courier 1/21/10 to promote our upcoming show at Merce Cunningham.  Click on the link and scroll down to see the featured photo. www.recordernewspapers.com/chatham_courier/

As the weather gets colder, inclimate weather is inevitable.  We follow the Chatham School District's weather decisions.  Please check http://www.news12.com/index.jsp for the latest information.  Information will also be on the studio's voicemail system.

Dance Innovations, celebrating 23 years of dance, excellence in the arts, innovative training and service to the community for those less fortunate is run under the artistic direction of Susan McCutcheon Coutts. The studio’s philosophy is carried out so that the passion of dance reaches all areas of the community.

Dance Innovations prides itself in the art and science of dance therapy for the physically and exceptionally challenged. This goal is reached by mainstreaming students with special needs into the regular class curriculum.

The studio offers a variety of dance disciplines and levels giving the patron over 125 classes to choose from. The school offers classes from beginner through advanced levels including, but not limited to, classical and contemporary ballet, pointe, modern, Broadway jazz and hip hop, musical theater, showstoppers (theatre and dance) and lyrical.
 

We also have several performing groups which provide excellent opportunity for the students to experience the process of audition, rehearsal, and the reward of performance. These groups are for serious students at all levels. Show opportunities include retirement facilities such as Franciscan Oaks, fundraising benefits such as the annual Nutcracker in which the performance supports such programs as the Children’s Specialized Hospital, Methany Medical & Educational Center, Lyons Veteran Hospital in Basking Ridge, Leukemia, Autism and Breast Cancer walks, national competitions and many more. Our dancers also have performed at Walt Disney World, Epcot, Universal Studios, Sea World, the Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum, NJPAC, Merce Cunningham Studios in NYC,"Stars of Tomorrow"- Dancers Responding to Aids and on the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.

The school is also proud to have the talents and experience of its teachers and staff. DI has over 30 qualified faculty members with degrees in the dance from University of Maryland, NYU-Tisch, Temple University, Point Park College, SUNY Purchase, The Hartt School & Indiana University. Many of the Staff have performed professionally throughout the US and abroad with Pennsylvania Ballet, Alvin Ailey Dance Company, Princeton Repertory Ballet, Palisades Theatre Company, Philadelphia Eagles, Jacobs Pillow and Full Force Dance Theatre.