Specialties
Building Character...Enhancing Lives.
We offer classes in Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Jazz, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Zumbini, Pilates, Yoga, and Acro Tumbling as well as others. Age 0 thru adult fill our space every week!
We have a resident pre-professional company, Studio Dance Theatre that does annual productions to benefit local charities. We also have a competition team, Dance Arts Performing CORE, which competes across the Midwest and does many community events. We have Imagine Worship which seeks to share the love of Jesus through dance presenting worship all over Berrien County each summer too!
We offer space to rent for birthday parties and other events.
Many camps and workshops offered throughout the year as well.
Dance Arts is the place to be! Come dance with us!
History
Established in 1958.
We are the oldest dance studio in Berrien County. A legacy started by Billie Jacobson, passed on to Karen Rodda, then Rhonda Rabbers and now carried on with Sarah & Michael Hannich at the helm.
Meet the Business Owner: Sarah H.
Sarah L. Hannich is the Artistic Director of Dance Arts. She is a graduate of Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and a minor in Communications. Sarah is trained in ballet, jazz, lyrical/contemporary, tap, pointe, and modern and has received additional training in hip hop, Zumba, STOTT Pilates, Zumbini, yoga and various forms of ballroom. She grew up at Dance Arts & received her initial teachers training from her mother, Miss Rhonda.
Sarah has and extensive teaching, choreography and performing career spanning not only the midwest but also internationally in Portugal, Italy, and South Korea. Sarah is also the artistic director of Tapestry Dance Company, performing throughout the Midwest. Here in southwest MI she is also the director of Imagine Worship, where we engage others in worship & DAPC.
SO many ways to dance and stay healthy! Come join us at Dance Arts!