Joan Harris Centre for Gifted & Talented

Each and every one of our students is dear to us, they are like our sisters, our brothers and our children. And that is what the studio strives to be for our dancers, an extension of their family. We provide them with caring adult mentors, in the form of our teaching staff. We give the children structured activities designed to help them learn and grow. We nurture them by teaching the students how to take care of their bodies and keeping them involved in a well defined physical fitness program. We give them an effective education that allows the children to develop skills, and achieve goals. Finally, we help the children acquire a sense of civic responsibility through community shows and our 'Children Helping Children' program.

It has always been our intention to make the students feel welcome and comfortable at the school, just as they would at home, while at the same time giving them an appreciation for the aesthetics and the fundamental resources that are necessary for children to lead a successful life. In fact, our whole program at the Centre is designed not only to train a dancer in the best possible way, but also to aid in the growth of a child into a well rounded and gifted individual. We take all these principles and package them in a recreational form, a way for the children to enjoy themselves while they are learning.