Dear parents
and students-
I am so excited to announce that Timp School of Dance is merging with Aspire
Dance Academy beginning this fall! I know this is big news to you, and I
want to make sure that you understand everything this new and exciting
opportunity will offer.
First, Robyn Warner, the owner of
Aspire Dance Academy, and myself have very similar goals with our studios. We
want the students to have a great experience learning dance, appreciating their
bodies, and balancing discipline and fun. We both have strong beliefs in values
and family time and believe that structure and balance are important. Robyn is
very organized and has successfully ran Aspire Dance Academy for five years. She
has a lot of dance experience and a fun and friendly personality. As we talked
about the possibility of merging our two studios together, I knew right away
that this would be the perfect opportunity to offer our students more
possibilities. I am truly excited about where this will take us!
Aspire Dance Academy has a location
in Lindon and now we will be the American Fork Location. We will still run the
same quality dance classes, and have wonderful teachers. In fact, most of our
staff will be staying with us. And I will still be in the studio to help with
anything. Our summer schedule will still run through August 12. Fall schedule
will start August 29. There will be a few things that will be different, but I
know this is going to be amazing!
Things that are new and improved:
1. Our name will now be Aspire Dance
Academy owned by Robyn Warner! We will have a new beautiful logo and two studio
locations!
2. We will have one performance a year
in May. This will reduce yearly costume and performance fees for parents. Costume
fees will be $50-68 per class plus a $20 accessory fee, and performance fee
will be $35 per dancer and no admittance fee to the show!
3. Combo classes will have TAP added to
their curriculum! I’m very excited about this! If your child is in a Combo
class, they will need pink ballet shoes and black tap shoes. One week the class
will do tap/jazz and the next week the class will be ballet/tumbling. At the
recital, Combo classes will have just one costume, but will perform a tap
number and a jazz or ballet number in the same costume. They will be on stage
twice!
4. Students will have the opportunity to
compete. Aspire has recreational dance classes for students who don’t want to
compete, company classes for those that want to compete locally, and they also
offer a pre-professional circuit called Ethos for dancers who want to compete
nationally.
5.
Our new website will be
aspiredanceacademy.com and the studio phone number will be 801-471-5125. The best way to
get a hold of Robyn is via email at aspirelindon@gmail.com.
The website is getting a facelift right now, and will be fully updated by
August 12. Also, follow us at @aspiredanceacademy on Instagram and Facebook.
6. The new tuition fees are super similar to the old ones. They
will be as follows:
30 minutes- $35/month 45 minutes- $40/month 1 hour- $45/month
1.5 hours- $60/month 2 hours- $78/month 3
hours- $105/month
4 hours- $130/month Those on Company will have the
same tuition fees as discussed in your contracts.
As far as other fees, here’s what you can
expect: Pay your $35 registration fee
upon enrollment (includes tshirt), a $35 recital fee due in January, a $35
costume deposit and $20 accessory kit fee due in February, and the remaining
costume balance due in March. You will also need your normal dance class attire
and you will need to purchase Body Wrappers Stirrup tights in color Jazzy Tan for
Jazz classes and Theatrical Pink for ballet classes for the recital that are
$15. Combo classes will only need the Jazz
tights.
Things that will stay their awesome
selves:
1. Our fall schedule will only have
minor changes made to it. If you are already registered for fall classes, you
don’t need to register again. You will be in the same classes you already
registered for!
2. Most of our fantastic teachers will
stay here with us! We will have a few new teachers as well, which will be a
great addition!
3. Our costumes, music and dance moves
will stay modest and clean.
4. Miss Heidi will be at the studio
still, working at the front desk.
For those of you who are wanting to
meet Robyn personally, we will be having a meet and greet on Wednesday, August
17 from 5:00-7:00 at the American Fork Studio. If you have any questions or
would like to discuss opportunities for your dancers, this would be a great
time to do that. Before then, feel free to email Robyn with any questions you
may have. I have full confidence that
this is going to make your experience and your child’s experience even better
than it would have been. Robyn is amazing and I know you will love her as much
as I do. It has been my pleasure to be the owner of Timp School of Dance, and
will continue to be my pleasure to be at the front desk and to watch it grow as
Aspire Dance Academy.
Sincerely,
Heidi Panter
