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Dance Masters of America


We are an artistic educational accredited academy dedicated to providing the finest dance training available. Our educators are 5th and 6th generation dancers who are bound to constant study and hold memberships with Dance Masters of America, Inc. 

We are certified, fully licensed: Dancers, Educators, Choreographers and Dance Adjudicators.

Ms. Green is a National Examiner for the DMA in all dance disciplines.

A Century of Dance Education

DMA has been certifying and setting the standards in dance education since 1884.  From its inception, the goals of the organization have been to improve the standards of dance and benefits offered to its members and their students.

DMA provides syllabi that are being utilized by universities, colleges and dance institutions throughout the world.  A continual update of the syllabi makes this tool a living instrument of learning.

DMA Chapters provide regional workshops, seminars, forums and performance opportunities for its members and their students.   DMA National and Affiliated Chapter conventions, as well as Workshops, afford the membership the opportunity to unite for the exchange of ideas and information and to study the latest techniques and business advancement opportunities. 

DMA offers the most extensive variety of dance education effecting today's dance professionals.  Some of the disciplines included are ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, lyrical, modern, liturgical, ethnic, pre-school, children's work,  acrobatics and gymnastics.  DMA also offers instruction in anatomy, injuries and prevention, nutrition, kinesiology, creative movement, music theory, choreography and the issues that effect the dance community.

DMA offers over 100 opportunities to expand and perfect your technical and professional skills through affiliation with more that thirty chapters in the United States and Canada.

  • Teacher Training School

  • Syllabi Forums

  • Master Classes

  • Student Workshops

  • Scholarship Competitions

  • National Conventions

  • Information Exchanges

DMA offers more monetary and training scholarships than any other member organization in the world.  Scholarships are granted for master classes, training school, universities and major professional schools of dance.  In addition, monetary scholarships are granted to deserving artists, associations and professional dance compnies in recognition of their contributions to the dance community.

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