Dear Center Stage Families, Past and Present,

As we embark on another season of dance in our beloved studio home, I want to take this opportunity to share the news of a major transition that CSDS will embark on this season. After nearly 30 years of dancing in our deeply familiar and well-loved basement studio, we have been informed that as of December 16, 2024 the Green Street Baptist Church will be closing its congregation permanently and subsequently CSDS will be forced to relocate at the end of this calendar year. 

 

While saying goodbye to our studio home of nearly 30 years will be bittersweet, we know that the true heart of our dance community lies within ourselves, our children, the faculty, and families that continue to make it so vibrant and full of life. Please rest assured that we will run the entire Fall semester in our current studio and that we are actively committed to finding a new studio space in our community that allows us to maintain the same high standards of classroom excellence that have always defined Center Stage. We will keep you fully updated as progress is made over the weeks and months to come.  

 

Whether you receive this letter as a current student, new studio member, or cherished alumni family, we invite you to stay involved and informed as this novel season unfolds. At this time, we are accepting enrollment for a full 12-week Fall Semester of weekly classes; September 16th to December 14, 2024.  These upcoming weekly classes and core memories will be cherished, as they represent the last of its kind dancing together at our decades long location of 179 Green St. 

 

Though there are still some uncertainties on where exactly CSDS will finish out the latter semesters of Season 28, we are optimistic and committed to continue this journey with you and your children.  I encourage you to visit our website at www.centerstagestudio.org and browse this semester’s class selections and faculty updates. The best way to support our community and business at this time is to continue being an essential part of the CSDS family where your trust and loyalty mean the world to us. Dance itself is the representation of creative vision and the most non-linear of pathways and it’s only natural that we approach this transition with the same passion that we approach life on the dance floor. 

 

With heartfelt appreciation and excitement for the future,  

 

Christina Leonard

Director, Center Stage Dance Studio