Selecting The Right Dance Studio For Your Child Can Be Difficult… We Have Created This Guide So You Get It Right The First Time. This Guide Is Perfect For You If You… Have a child who loves to dance. They dance around the house, up the aisles of the local mall and love putting on shows for your whole family to watch. Are confused when it comes to selecting which dance studio would suit your child best. They all look the same, so where do you start? Don’t want to go to a scary and high pressure dance studio. You want to know the signs to look out for so you don’t end up being a crazy dance pa ..read more

There is something that has been going on in classrooms for the past 10 years or so. Something that we had rarely seen before in such young children. Something that we certainly didn't experience ourselves as young children in our own dance classes. There is an entire generation who don't know how to make mistakes - so much so that the very idea of it paralyzes them. We want to make it clear to every child and every child's parent - Your dance teachers WANT you to make mistakes! Dance is like any other athletic endeavor - in order to do well one must work their body AND their brain. Dancers a ..read more

Hello, my name is Alyssa Noorman and I am Co-Owner / Managing Director of Garden State Dance Arts. I have been teaching dance for 24 years and have been a student of dance for 37 years. I attended Seton Hall University where I focused my studies on Business and Sports Management. I chose that path because I have always been a numbers person and you can usually find me watching sports in my free time. I have always needed a creative outlet to help me stay at my best. Right out of college, I worked an office job during the day and then would teach and take dance classes in the evening. It was e ..read more

Hi, I'm Rosanne Moxley and I'm Co-Owner and Artistic Director of Garden State Dance Arts and I want to take some time to introduce myself. I have been teaching dance and acrobatics for 25 years and I have been a student of dance for 38 years. From a very young age, I was certain I wanted dance to be my profession in some capacity, although I wasn't sure what form that would be until I got older. When I was in high school, I had the opportunity to assistant teach which is where it became clear to me that I was meant to be a teacher. When I attended Seton Hall University, I focused my studies o ..read more

Hello and welcome to the Garden State Dance Arts Blog! We wanted to create a place where families could get a chance to learn more about us, our studio, and about dance in general. We know how difficult it can be choosing an extracurricular activity for yourself or your child without first knowing a bit about how it all works. The co-owners of Garden State Dance Arts, Rosanne Moxley & Alyssa Noorman, both grew up with dance in their lives from an early age. Before they were going to school, they were already familiar with taking a dance class and what it was like to dance on a stage. Liv ..read more