This is our story…
In 1979 Sheryl Dowling joined the STARS national organization as a charter member and advertised for dance auditions to be held in a small space on West Center Street in Provo. 300 dancers attended that first audition and the Provo Stars Studio began! Classes were taught only two days a week and within a very short time the studio outgrew that space and moved into the old BYU Women’s Gymnasium on University Avenue in Provo. After four years Sheryl chose to leave the Stars organization and moved into the old Albertsons building on Center Street in Orem where The Dance Club stayed for 24 years.
Past performances include World Expos in Vancouver, Canada and Osaka, Japan, appearances at the Special Olympics, Disneyland, Disney World, Universal Studios, and Sea World, NBA halftimes for the LA Lakers, the Phoenix Suns, Philadelphia 76ers, Utah Jazz and the Denver Nuggets, and NFL halftimes for the Dallas Cowboys, the San Francisco 49ers and the San Diego Chargers. University halftimes include BYU, UCLA, University of Utah, Air Force Academy, UNLV, San Diego State, Arizona State and the University of Idaho. Other shows include the Mrs. Utah Pageant, Princess Cruise Lines, Cancun, Mexico and the 2002 Olympics. In 2002 The Dance Club, The Winner School in SLC and Dance Impressions in Bountiful, joined forces to create the “ART WITH HEART” benefit concert for Shriners Hospital which has now earned almost $150,000 for children needing medical help.
Past awards include Starlight Talent Competition National Winner, L.A. Dance Magic National Champions, Showbiz Talent Competition National Champions, the New York City Dance Alliance National Critic’s Choice Award Winners, Tremaine Dance Competition’s National “Best of Show” Winners, and JUMP 06 national winners. The Dance Club was also awarded the prestigious ‘Studio of the Year’ award.
Dance Club alumni can be seen dancing around the world, performing in the Broadway shows Aida, Dance of the Vampires, Footloose, Wicked, Mambo Kings, Sweet Charity, and Grease, the Radio City Rockettes, Celine Dion’s ‘A New Day’, Sinatra, Tokyo Disney, Disney Cruise Line, Chicago (the film), The Producers (the movie), High School Musical I, II, and III, the Radio City Christmas Show, Odyssey Dance Theater, Utah Ballet, Utah Jazz Dancers, the BYU Cougarettes and the hit TV show ‘So You Think You Can Dance’. Many more have gone on to very successful teaching careers.
In 2005 Allison Thornton joined Sheryl as a partner in The Dance Club and in November 2006 they moved the studio into a new 13,000 square foot facility on State Street in Orem. The studio curriculum has now expanded to include tae kwon do, pilates, musical theater, and vocal.
The Dance Club provides outstanding technical training in a positive environment that focuses on the life skills of dependability, punctuality, and responsibility. We strive to provide students with not only the technical skills to pursue a professional dance career, should they be interested, but more importantly arm them with essential life skills that lead to success in whatever they pursue.
Our incredibly talented teachers combined with wonderfully supportive parents and fabulous students have earned The Dance Club a reputation as one of the top studios in the United States.
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