Stephanie Stanford Shaw

A dance studio or classroom should be an environment of mutual respect, a safe place for both student and teacher to learn and grow. It should be a place where hard work and dedication are demanded and rewarded. A place where imagery, the is appropriate and accessible to each student, is used to translate movement ideas and to tap into each student's desire to explore themselves and their world.

Dance Performance and Choreography Philosophy

As dancers we want to live in the big moments like sky-high extensions and soaring leaps.  As performers our ultimate goal should be forming a real connection with our audience, one they can feel not just see. Everything we have to share that is significant or transformative on a human level lives in the breath and the transitions.