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Joanne Langione Dance Center

1976 establishments in MassachusettsDance schools in the United StatesEducational institutions established in 1976Newton, MassachusettsPrivate schools in Massachusetts
Schools in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Founded in Newton, Massachusetts, in 1976, the Joanne Langione Dance Center was the first American youth dance school centered on a developmental and avocational model rather than a competitive one. Currently the dance center offers instruction to students between 9 months and 18 years old in classical ballet, modern dance, contemporary dance, jazz, hip-hop and tap dance, with ballet exams administered annually by the American Academy of Ballet. The school stages sixteen public performances each year.The school's toddler dance program, "Playdance," developed upon the cognitive insight that the sequence of music and movement constitute "brilliant neurological exercises" in early childhood, was featured on the PBS Documentary and WCVB series for Lifetime, Your Baby and Child, with Dr. Penelope Leach. The inaugural group of "Playdance" graduates from the school had the honor of being showcased during Bob McGrath's Sesame Street tour in 1988..

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Joanne Langione Dance Center
Border Street, Newton West Newton

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