Grace Dance Center's Spring Show 2022

"Pocahontas"

Why you should dance with Grace Dance Center

• We are one of the only studios in South Alabama with a sprung dance floor, which prevents knee and joint injury.  When seeking a studio you should always ask if they have a sprung floor.  (Below is a photo of what a sprung floor consist of: wood panels with foam attached and then marley is laid on top of the wood.)
  

• We are very selective of age appropriate costumes and do not dress suggestively for our shows.

• We have a professional Broadway style production in our Spring Show, in which every ballet student gets to have a role.  Our ballet students not only learn dance but also how to act and perform.

(Mrs Kenzie has won awards for her Choreography at Starpower in 2016 and 2018, she and Miss Katlin won an award for their joint Choreography in 2017, at DMI in 2019, and Bravo in 2021)

• We are the only studio in the area that is certified to teach Acrobatic Arts.
  

• We are also the only studio in the area that is certified to teach Aerial Arts!

• We are very selective of the wording of our music and do not use sexual or inappropriate lyrics.

• Our classes operate in a positive way, using constructive corrections not destructive criticism.
  

• We teach the correct terminology and technique of every style of dance.

Owner/Teacher

Kenzie May Tapia -   Kenzie trained at Carol Lloyd’s School of Dance from 1986-2001.  She started teaching at Carol Lloyd’s in 1999.  While she was teaching at Carol’s she was on the University of South Alabama dance team.  At a show in the Beau Rivage in 2002 Kenzie was asked to tap on stage with the late Gregory Hines.  She went on to teach at Kimberleigh’s School of Dance, at which time she choreographed for Fairhope Highschool’s drill team.  Kenzie went to college at the University of Southern Mississippi where she studied dance education.  When she came back from college she auditioned for and became a member of Alabama Contemporary Dance, which was a touring and performing modern dance company.  She has taught dance to kids at the YMCA, Strickland youth center’s GROWTH program, and the Boys and Girls club.  She was also asked to choreograph for the University of South Alabama theater department.  Kenzie was the assistant director of Ashley’s Angels for two years.  She then became the director of Dixie’s Dance Studio for two years.  In summer of 2006 she was the guest artist at a summer dance workshop in Vermont, where she taught hip-hop and praise dance.  Early summer 2007 Kenzie attended the NDEO (National Dance Educators Organization) conference where she was able to take class from some of the “greats” in the industry such as Frankie Manning and Bill Evans.  In January of 2008 Kenzie opened Grace Dance Center.  She currently has a ladies dance ministry at Life Church.  Kenzie is also a member of NDEO (National Dance Education Organization).  Kenzie is also a certified Module One Acrobatics Arts and Hoops Theory Aerial Arts teacher.  Recently, Mrs. Kenzie won a Grind Award for ten plus years as a small business owner.