NOW
Join us this summer!  To Find our Summer Schedule 2010, visit our Home Page. Once there, click on the "download" tab located on the top header of that page. When you have accessed downloads, simply scroll down to Summer Schedule, 2010 and click. Check out Fall schedule under download tab at the Home Page. Open House for fall registration is August 22 from 1pm to 4 pm. Classes for our regular school year starts August 30th!  

AND THEN
In August of 2005, Damascus Theater Company (DTC) opened the Shining Stars School of Performing Arts under the Direction of Cheryl O'Hara. In January 2006, the Shining Stars School of Performing Arts (SSSPA) became a fully functioning separate non-profit corporation opening the first performing arts school in Damascus, Maryland. Together with Katharine McIntyre, creator of the Contretemps Elite Ballet Corp, SSSPA produced and directed the first of a series of "narrative ballets" which both educated the public about ballets and incorporated character roles for non-dancers within the ballet.

The Competition Dance Team was created in 2007, coached, and designed by Camille Abramson; winning gold in their dance categories.

Our facility in Monrovia, Maryland has two state of the art dance studios installed with floating dance floors; as well as, separate classroom space for voice, theater, art, and rehearsals.

SSSPA was the FIRST in our area to:

1. Design and implement the "narrative ballet" format;

2. Institute the first area ballet company – The Contretemps Elite Ballet Corps;

3. Provide creative dance and drama classes for special needs students;

4. Develop comprehensive training programs for future dance professionals;

5. Develop dance curriculum to promote diversification of skills;

6. Include in casting of ballets, non-dancers in character roles and other dance forms;

7. Promote transparency through open door policy.