Building a Joyful Dance Community in Greater Boston
JLDC STUDENT LIFE
We adhere to our mission of creating a “community based school” educating our students to the many ways in which a proper dance education can inform their lives: creating lifelong lovers of dance whether a student chooses to dance professionally or whether they dance simply for the joy of it.
EVERY ASPECT OF OUR PROGRAM
SUPPORTS OUR CORE VALUES OF
GOOD TRAINING, HARD WORK, AND FUN
WELL-ROUNDED, DIVERSE DANCERS
Our instructors constantly challenge students to hone their natural talents and encourage them to compete against their own sense of excellence. JLDC is, by conviction a “school that creates the well-rounded, diverse dancer” with a curriculum tailored to develop in our students proficiency and versatility.
SELF-MOTIVATED, HARD WORKERS
Building on a classical foundation, our students train in modern and contemporary peaking their intellectual curiosity, self-motivation, and capacity for hard work. We encourage students to find their uniqueness and what dance means to them. We believe that creating, composing and performing are important tools for our students to develop and discover talent.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH PERFORMERS
Ours is a gathered community, in which students with different interests, talents, and perspectives come to express themselves. We are dedicated to serving our mission as a community based school. Our Outreach Program students perform annually at many citywide cultural arts events, fairs, and for Newton’s retirement communities.