SERENITY DANCE CONNECTIONS 600 West Northfield Drive, Suite 2000 Brownsburg 317-852-0355 serenitydanceconnections.com
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Kristin Kovacik has been a dancer all her life. It was no surprise that even with a fulfilling career in nursing, something was still missing. It took the trials of life and a wise friend to steer her back to dance, which led her to open Serenity Dance Connections in Brownsburg. But she’d never claim it as her own. “We all work together,” Kovacik says of her team, a group of women who met in the world of dance. Kovacik co-owns the studio with Therese Scott, the director, and has hired women she’s known for years to help teach, direct and run the studio.
Kovacik used to teach Tabitha Drury’s daughters, and Drury is the tumbling, acrobatics and cheer instructor. She also used to teach the older sister of Megan Dodson, the studio’s ballet instructor. Scott’s granddaughter Kenzie isahip-hop instructor at the studio. The studio held its grand opening on September 12and offers classes in ballet, tap, jazz, tumbling and hip-hop for boys and girls of all ages up to 18 years old. For little ones there are preschool classes, as well as Tiny Tumblers and Mini Movers classes. There are also parent-and-child combo classes and cheer classes. To top it off, there are competition and performance opportunities, but not in the typical dance fashion. “We just wanted an outlet for the dancers to feel safe, confident and empowered,” Kovacik says. “Winning wasn’t the only goal. How
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