Dance Links

Below you will find a list of local dance stores, opportunities to see professional dance in our area, educational opportunities such as master classes, and even some fun links for making your own ballet hair accessories!

Local Dance Stores

• Brandywine Dance Shoppe
  3617 Silverside Road, Wilmington, DE, 302-478-4403
  Dance shoes, leotards, tights, ballet skirts, jazz pants, and other dance clothes. Dance bags, gifts, etc. Usually carries nude leotards for wearing under costumes, and other recital needs.
  Their store is in a shopping center at the intersection of Silverside Road and Route 202 in Delaware.

• The Rosin Box
  2050 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19013, 215- 569-9134
  Specializes in fitting pointe shoes. Also carries a small selection of other dance shoes, dance wear, etc.

• Baums
  106 South 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, 215-923-2244
  Baums has moved from their long-time center city location to
  1805 East Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19148
  (East of Broad St. - between Moore & Mifflin Sts.), 215-923-2246 (Retail Store)
  Baums carries dance shoes, dance apparel, costumes, fabrics and trim, and theatrical make-up. Mail order and retail store.
• Definitely Dance
  Whiteland Towne Center, 133 W. Lincoln Highway, Exton, PA 19841, 610-524-1891
  

On-Line Dance Stores

• Discount Dance
• Dancewear Solutions
• All About Dance
• Just for Kix

Tailors (for Recital Costume Alterations)

NOTE: There have been occasions where a parent or a tailor has misunderstood what needed to be done to a costume. After Mr. Paul spoke to the tailor and clarified what was needed, there was no problem. Call Mr. Paul on his cell phone at 302-545-8221 if you or your tailor has a question about altering a costume.

• “Scissors”
  3411 Concord Road in Aston, (610) 494-5635
  Several of our parents take their costume alterations to “Scissors”.

• Fida's Tailoring
  2423 3rd Ave, Marcus Hook (Boothwyn), PA 19061, (610) 485-5958
  Several of our parents take their costume alterations to Fida's.
  Mr. Cimino, who has done alterations for our students in the past, has recommended Fida's in Boothwyn.

• Cimino's Tailoring
  4768 Pennell Rd, Aston, PA 19014, (610) 497-4766
  (In the same shopping center as the Aston Post Office and our old studio.)
  Costume alterations.
  We used to send our students to Cimino’s Tailoring. Cimino’s did a wonderful job for us, however, they have had an increase in prom-season business and have said that they are now unable to handle our added recital volume.

We are currently researching additional tailors in the area who are willing to take on costume alteration work. Please contact us if you have suggestions for this list.
Parents who have sewing experience and who are willing to, for a fee, help with simple tasks such as sewing on straps and tightening seams should contact the studio if they feel they would like to pick up extra work.

Hairpieces

• Cedar Beauty Supply
  1937 MacDade Blvd, Woodlyn, PA 19094, 610-872-1331
  Fake ponytails for wearing over a bun for performances. Inexpensive hairpins, bobby pins, and false eyelashes.
  
  The hair spray and gel you use for stage will darken your hair. When you go to the store to match your hair color, you should either have gel in your hair, wet your hair, or obtain a hairpiece that is a shade darker than your natural hair color.
  NOTE: Talk to the studio office before buying a new hairpiece (especially students in our Performing Group classes).

Local Opportunities to See Professional Dance

• Pa Ballet Dress Rehearsal Program
  The Pennsylvania Ballet offers free tickets to their dress rehearsals for student groups. You must apply well in advance, usually at the beginning of the school year.

• Penn Presents Arts4Youth Series
  In past years, Penn Presents offered inexpensive performances for student groups as part of their Student Discovery Series.  As of May 2015, there have been some changes to this program; it is now called the Arts4Youth Series. We hope that they will continue to offer dance performances as part of this new series.
• Dance Affiliates / NextMove
  In the past, companies from Dance Affiliates' Dance Celebration series offered inexpensive dance performances for student groups as part of Penn's Student Discovery Series.  In addition, many of the visiting dance companies gave free master classes. As of May 2015, the Dance Celebration series has become NextMove. Dance Affiliates has continued to offer dance performances to student groups through their Student Discovery Series.

Learn More About Dance

• American Ballet Theatre's Online Ballet Dictionary
  Includes 170 terms from Dover's Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet, which are demonstrated by ABT Company dancers in QuickTime videos.

• United Taps
  Video clips of many tap dance steps. The teacher breaks down the step, doing it slowly at first so that it is easy to learn. While the site offers some products for sale, this is a free dictionary - scroll down to see the list of steps.

• Vance's Tap Dance Dictionary
  Descriptions of many tap dance terms (but no video), and a brief history of tap dance.