FEATURING!
Performances By Children,
For Children
Children five years and older are invited to participate in the  Student
Performances that include class demonstrations and
choreographed dances, usually set to a story.  Students are not
required to perform but encouraged to do so. Class time is dedicated
to the further development of the curriculum with an extended study
that becomes a dance for the student performance.
Copyright © 2013 Bonnie Boilini Baxter
All photography used by permission
Edward Boilini
Bonnie and
Meredith Dincolo
of Hubbard Street
Dance Company  
In Residence: Michiana Dance Ensemble
Bonnie, Robert
Swinston and David
Vaughn of the
Merce Cunningham
Dance Company
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Our Faculty
Quality Multi-Disciplined Training
for All Ages
Bonnie Boilini Baxter inducted into the Community Hall of Fame
"Bonnie has been an inspiration and the moving force for dance in the
South Bend area for almost 40 years. She is a founder of the Southold
Dance Theater in South Bend. In 1975 she opened the Dancenter in
Granger, a studio dedicated to training both modern dance and ballet. Ms.
Baxter, who grew up in North Judson, was named artistic director of
Southold in 1982 and held that position for many years. In that capacity,
Ms. Baxter developed youth concerts, performing for thousands of school
children each year. For many of the children, it was their first experience
with dance. She used live music through collaborations with the South
Bend Symphony Orchestra
Elkhart Symphony Orchestra
South Bend Regional Museum of Art
Firefly Festival, South Bend Heritage Foundation and other organizations."
Everyone Dances -- Classes for All Ages
As we move through space in time, everyday we
dance.  A movement experience at an early age can
enrich and encourage the natural mover in all of us.
Children are wondrously creative. Dance can further
stimulate self expression, employing both the body
and the mind. Creative movement for children
encourages the ability to focus, increases discipline
and develops body awareness and alignment.  
Summer Camps
3, 4 and 5 year olds
Dance and Art Workshop
Fee: $75
Three day workshop
    June  17, 19, 21       3:00 to 5:00        
August 5, 6, 7     10:00 to 12:00
5 to 10 year olds
Dance and More Dance
Fee: $160
  One week camp
   
June 17 - 21        1:00 to 5:30
August  5 - 9        9:00 to 1:30
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Michiana Dance Ensemble Performed At Wellspring's RadFest 2013