Greater Washington Dance Center

My daughter has been attending GWDC since it opened, and my son has been attending for the last year. As a former dancer, I sincerely appreciate this studio, the teachers, and the entire dance philosophy. As very young dancers, students learn the love of dance and movement and dance through play. As they get older, play is reduced and more technique is brought in. That is not to say the older kids don’t have any fun, though. Through Ballet 2, students still play with props, but in a way that encourages the learning of new movements (think wax on, wax off only for ballet!). Ballet is taught as the basics and foundation of other dance forms, and older students can add in other dance forms. There is also a great feeling just bringing your children to the school. You can watch your younger children dance, as they are in a classroom with a large window for parents to look through), so you never feel like you don’t know what they are learning or how they are doing. The teachers will answer questions and have often stayed late to do so.
I have personally taken some of the adult classes as well, and I highly recommend them! Right now, they’re trying to get some of us former dancers back into form, and it’s fantastic.

An amazing studio! Gretchen offers affordable dance classes that are aimed at exposing young dancers to different dance styles, while simultaneously maintaining a strong ballet basic. She recognized that my daughter was ready for a greater challenge and was able to offer this to her within her existing class.
I love to attend her fitness, and adult ballet class, where I have firsthand experience of her patience.
Ursula G