Trichia Bertino is celebrating 30 years as Owner and Artistic Director of La Danse Workshop. The studio has blossomed and grown over the years to include locations in Spencerport and Hilton, as well as the Ashford Dance Company in Rochester, which she became the owner of in 2022.
La Danse fits the needs of all its students – those who wish to compete and others who wish to do what they love best: dance! Emphasis is placed on developing poise, perception, coordination, and discipline in an enjoyable environment. Classes are offered in ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, lyrical, modern, Irish dance, acrobatics, and musical theater, with programs available for children as young as 18 months to adults.
Ashford Dance Company is an inclusive studio that offers a Dancers With Diverse Abilities program. Diverse abilities can be anything that makes a child unique or makes a typical class a little trickier for them. Specialized staff work with these students in sensory classes accompanied by dance.
Bertino says the end-of-year recital is the studio’s gift to its families. They performed six shows in May, utilizing state-of-the-art technology. The goal is for each family leaving the Fall-to-Spring session to have a lasting impression of a professional, well-put-together show. It’s “what our families deserve,” Bertino said.
The second of the six May recitals coincided with Bertino’s youngest son’s graduation from Nazareth University. While Bertino understandably had to miss that sold-out show, she said, “My village of amazing staff made it all happen. I’m so blessed to have such amazing, talented, hard-working staff!”
For more information, visit http://www.ladanseworkshop.com or http://www.ashforddanceco.com.
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