Oliver Brown's original mission of “the furtherance and appreciation of music and art, classes … devoted to specific educational needs” is truly realized through the Dance Room, home to the Spring Lake Theatre Dance School. The Dance Room has been designed to meet to meet all the needs of dancers learning and honing their craft–mirrored walls, barre, and low-impact wood floors. 

Each year, students enter the Dance School program to learn ballet, modern dance, and other styles of dance, from professional instructors and choreographers. The highlight of the year is the annual recital featuring all of the students. 

Our dance program has the reputation of developing strong technical dancers who love the art f dance. We offer classes in pointe, ballet, tap, jazz and lyrical for dancers 3 years old and older. Our goal for each student is that they grow both as people and dancers and build confidence through hard work and dedication. Our staff works hard to make the studio a non-threatening environment where students can try new things and make new friends. Since our studio focuses on both the Cecchetti and Horton techniques in ballet and jazz, respectively, we find that our dancers become versatile and successful when they continue their training outside of the studio. 

Colleen Magovern 
Director

Colleen Magovern began her theatre and dance training at CHTD when she was eight years old and went on to graduate at Elon University with a double major in Dance and Business Marketing. She has been teaching at SLCH for the past seven years in both the Theatre Workshop and Dance programs. Most recently, Colleen spent several months training and assisting with world-famous choreographers at The Broadway Dance Center in New York City.