Our Heritage

The philosophy of the Turning Pointe is to provide excellent professional training to the serious and recreational student alike.  Our goal is to address the needs of the dance and performing arts community by providing quality education that is equally grounded in tradition as it is in innovation.  The faculty strives to provide a warm and friendly atmosphere while guiding students through the rigors of dance training.  It is our belief that dance training is a valuable discipline that carries over into every facet of life.  Serious dance training is a discipline that demands the best of ones self while it improves self-control, heightens self-esteem and increases organizational skills leading to academic success.  This type of progress is best realized in a professional environment.

Individual attention and analysis of a student’s abilities and progress by an experienced, professional teacher are very important factors in the proper training and success of any dancer.  This is reflected in the fact that all classes are taught by a qualified staff.  All of our faculty members have years of training, education, and experience behind them.  And they continue to stay on top of the music, dance, and fitness world through many national workshops and training seminars, and studying in both New York and Los Angeles to keep up on all the current trends and changes in the industry.  Our music and voice department is headed up by some of Detroit’s leading professionals in the business with backgrounds both in theory and performance.  We are devoted to excellence and uncompromising dedication to the ideal of quality in performing art education.

The Turning Pointe alumni have gone on to perform, act, create, choreograph, produce, and direct in Los Angeles, Hollywood, New York, Las Vegas, and more.