RDA is always excited to see their dancers on stage and our Holiday Show is the perfect way kick off our Holiday season!  The dancers work so hard and love to show parents, families, and friends all they are learning and share their love for dance!  HAPPY HOLIDAYS!  Have a wonderful holiday break! Enjoy your […]

Our Performing Arts Ensemble team has a great time celebrating and enjoying spending time together.  This year’s PAE Holiday party and sock exchange was nothing short of FUN!  We had plenty pizza and ice cream.  It is always fun to watch the dancers play “hot potato” to see which perfect pair of socks they will […]

The spirit of giving and sharing is alive at RDA!  Our dancers LOVE performing each year at Nursing Homes for the holidays!  The anticipation seen by the residents as they come down to watch the dancers is pure excitement.  The joy they experience as they watch each dance fills our hearts!  We are so proud […]

One of our favorite events of the year is being able to spend an afternoon with our RDA family!  This is a time we can share with our families how thankful and blessed we are that they are a part of our family!  There is always plenty of food and fun!  Thank you everyone for […]

We were honored that Samantha Hunt returned to RDA this year to work with our dancers.  She taught an amazing masterclass and set choreography on two different groups for competition this year.  The dancers learned so much from the class and were thrilled to be learning from another professional in the industry! Originally from Chesterfield, […]

Our dancers had the privilege of taking masterclass with and having choreography set by Kobi Rozenfeld.  We love it when we can provide our dancers with the opportunity to learn from professionals in the industry!  This was a day of hard work and fun for everyone!

Our dancers had the privilege of being invited for the 4th year to perform Thriller for all the trunk or treaters!  Boo Bash is a FREE event with the Biggest Most Epic Trunk or Treat for Charity in the City!!!  This event supports many different charities in the Colorado Springs area by collecting Canned food goods and non-perishable items […]

Each year Dance Alliance of the Pikes Peak Region hosts the Esther Geoffrey Scholarship Competition giving dancers from all over the opportunity to work with professionals.  Thank you, Connor Freeman and Riley Rienert of Gaspard & Dancers, for amazing Ballet & Jazz/Contemporary masterclasses.  Nicole Hamilton, Ella Bernier, Madeleine Otterby, Madeline Marion and Natalie Adkins loved […]

USA Hockey Magazine, June 2021 – By Shaun Hathaway   When It Comes To Improving On-Ice Skills, Ballet Is Youth Hockey Team’s Secret Weapon. WhenAnatoly Tarasov took over the Burgeoning Soviet hockey program in 1946, he had little experience and even fewer resources to work with. But that didn’t stop the father of Soviet hockey […]

By Shaun Hathaway, January 2021 Sport specialization is defined as year-round training in a single sport while excluding other sports for more than 8 months per year. Although this approach for athletes is common, scientific studies continue to debunk the practice. The detriments of early sport specialization include among others, the risk of burnout, dropout, […]