photos by Todd Newcomer

On a random walk through the Smiley Building, you will travel past doorways and glimpse grace in motion as dancers bound across the hardwood. On that same trip, you'll also pass the pitter patter of excited feet as young dance students hurry to their next lesson. The Dance Center,which calls the Smiley Building home, specializes in shaping the human body into a never-ending series of artistic forms. Offering lessons in everything from ballet to tap to hip hop, the instructors at The Dance Center inspire and instruct artistic motion in students young and old. So, if the limbs are feeling a little stiff and you're in need of a new challenge, meander through the halls of the Smiley Building and pick the dance class that's right for you.