About Us
We are Not Your Ordinary Dancers (N.Y.O.D). Our dance studio is located in Port Monmouth, NJ and we offer a wide variety of dance classes for young children through high school. Our classes include jazz, tap, lyrical, hip-hop, modern, contemporary, creative movement, acro and many more. We also pride ourselves on our comprehensive ballet program. In addition, if we don't have a class that you are looking for, please let us know. We are always happy to create new classes based on the requests of our parents and students. We think you will find our studio a creative place to learn dance technique, build self-esteem, participate in community events and have fun!
We offer our students a Spring Recital, as well as community performances and competition opportunities. In past years as part of our Spring Recital we have staged a ballet production. We have presented "Giselle", "Sleeping Beauty", "Swan Lake", "Cinderella", "Don Quixote", "La Bayadere", "Nutcracker", "Coppelia" , "Dr. Ouch" and "Le Corsaire" . We know you will find our studio inviting and fun as we put a strong focus on the experience and dance education of every student that walks through our doors. |
We have several dance teams at N.Y.O.D for our competition students:
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In a nutshell...
Recreational Classes
We offer a full range of classes for students ages 2.5 - High School with recital opportunities for all ages
Ballet Technique
Comprehensive Ballet Program - Introduction to Ballet to Pre-Professional Level Classes with a yearly Classical Ballet Production
Competition Teams
For students who desire more performance opportunities in a competitive team environment
Recreational Classes
We offer a full range of classes for students ages 2.5 - High School with recital opportunities for all ages
Ballet Technique
Comprehensive Ballet Program - Introduction to Ballet to Pre-Professional Level Classes with a yearly Classical Ballet Production
Competition Teams
For students who desire more performance opportunities in a competitive team environment
Where are they now?
Our current students have gone on to use many of the skills they learned at N.Y.O.D:
- Acceptance into the NYC Joffrey Ballet & Jazz/Contemporary, Bolshoi Ballet, Kirov Ballet, ABT, Boston
Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Gelsey Kirkland, Princeton Ballet and Rockettes Summer Intensive Programs - Acceptance into the NYC Joffrey Jazz & Contemporary Year Round Trainee Program
- Dance Olympus VIP Dancers
- NJ Governor School nominations for Dance Arts
- Acceptance into Red Bank Regional Performing Arts Program, Towson Dance Team, Penn State Lionettes, Rutgers Dance Team, Montclair State Dance Team along with dance programs at Oklahoma City University, The University of Arts, Butler University, The University of Utah, Rutgers University, Adelphi University and many more
- Various dance scholarships from Atlantic City Ballet, Joffrey, Broadway Dancer Center, JUMP, Starpower, PULSE, etc.
- Cast Member with Disney's Beauty & Beast @ MGM, NJ Devils Dancer, Jets Cheerleader
- Dancers have also gone to open their own studios, create their own dance companies and continue to work in dance industry throughout the country
Community involvement
Since we opened in 2000, each October our students “Paint the Studio Pink" in support of breast cancer research. We’ve held benefit auctions, dance-a-thon’s, dinners, Halloween parties all to benefit the “Dancers Care Foundation”. To date we have raised over $30,000 which has been donated to the Weill Cornell for Cancer Research. Our entire studio gets involved in this effort each year; we hope you can join us.In addition we have participated in the 'Why When You Can Dance' Breast Cancer Benefit, joining in with other local dance studios to support the cause.
We have also participated in the Parkinson's Walk in New York City and recently participated in a dance-a-thon event to benefit the K. Hovanian Children's hospital in September of last year.
In addition to fundraising we also love to perform for our community. We have participated in the Highlands Tree Lighting, the Keyport Tree Lighting, Holmdel Day, Hazlet Day, and we hold an annual holiday show performance as well as our end of the year recital.
Photo taken by former student Ashley Blalock, featuring Instructor Ally Seidel
We have also participated in the Parkinson's Walk in New York City and recently participated in a dance-a-thon event to benefit the K. Hovanian Children's hospital in September of last year.
In addition to fundraising we also love to perform for our community. We have participated in the Highlands Tree Lighting, the Keyport Tree Lighting, Holmdel Day, Hazlet Day, and we hold an annual holiday show performance as well as our end of the year recital.
Photo taken by former student Ashley Blalock, featuring Instructor Ally Seidel