The Dance Atelier

The Dance Atelier is a Dance Studio in North Charleston, SC, located at 4831 Mixson Av Suite 103. The studio offers professional dance instruction in ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, contemporary, lyrical, and acrobatics for children and students ages 3 through 18. It holds a rating of 5.00 based on 9 reviews.

Founder and director Anika McClellan studied full-time ballet at The Conlan College of Classical Ballet in Sydney, Australia. Her professional credits include roles as a classical dancer in Universal Studios Japan’s “Triwizard Spirit Rally,” an ensemble dancer in Tokyo Disneyland’s “One Man’s Dream ii,” Head Dancer on MSC Cruises, and choreographer and dancer for Elevate Performance Company. She also danced in variety shows with Brad and Jenny Moranz of Moranz Entertainment. Anika is an ABT® Certified Teacher who has completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 3 of the American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum. She is also a certified Progressing Ballet Technique instructor and presents her classical ballet students for formal ABT examinations.

The teaching staff includes Tori, who grew up in SC competing in dance and gymnastics. She pursued professional dance in Los Angeles, becoming a represented dancer with Go2Talent Agency and dancing behind multiple artists across the US, Mexico, and China. She spent nearly a decade dancing in shows on Princess Cruises under directors Steven Schwartz, Danny Teeson, Liz Imperio, and Eden Shabanti. Tori coaches gymnastics and movement for athletes aged 3 to 18, focusing on jazz, heels, acro, and hip-hop. Audrey Lanning, who began dancing at age three in North Carolina, trained competitively for over a decade in ballet, jazz, tap, modern, contemporary, lyrical, hip hop, and tumble at Lake Norman Dance Gallery. She moved to Charleston in 2015 and teaches teen lyrical and jazz.

The studio utilizes the American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum, a nine-level program combining artistic training with dancer health and child development. It is also certified to teach the Progressing Ballet Technique method. The Dance Atelier maintains a solid reputation among the customers it has served.

The Dance Atelier combines rigorous ABT curriculum and professional industry experience to provide technical training for young dancers in North Charleston.

The Dance Atelier is situated on Mixson Avenue in North Charleston, near East Montague Avenue and Exchange Park. It is also close to Palmetto Gardens Park and The Armory.

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