This month DA:NCE wants to introduce healthy dance studio Texarkana Dance Academy. They are located in Wake Village, Texas, a suburb of Texarkana, Texas. All of their dance instructors are certified by the Youth Protection Advocates in Dance (YPAD) program. They aspire to imbue their students with a love of dance plus self-confidence, perseverance, discipline and respect for the arts, as well as technical excellence. Texarkana Dance Academy has received the National Dance Foundation’s Kindness, Inclusion, Community Award for the Dallas region. More information about them can be found on their website:

A Brief Beat
In 2005, dance in American reality television birthed a new era of dance awareness with So You Think You Can