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Testimonials
Susan
is not only an accomplished dancer and an excellent teacher...she truly loves
what she does. She teaches from the heart. When you are in Susan's class,
she is not only teaching your body, she is touching your life. Susan has
the innate ability to teach the whole person. She touches that inner spirit
within each of her students. The spirit is also there with her family of
instructors that work at Tanze. They all go beyond just teaching the body.
Susan is a devoted wife and mother. Her husband and two sons are very much
apart of the "spirit" of Tanze and it is evident by their presence at the
studio and in concerts. When you take a class at Tanze, you leave with your
body and spirit renewed. Thank you Susan for making me a better person.
–Judy Wyckoff, fitness student
As a parent of a Tanze dancer of 5 years, I am witness to the artistic environment
that Susan Moser provides to stimulate the right brain of her students and
parents alike. The studio itself is welcoming with its scented candles, motivational
messages everywhere, art displays and loft construction that allows watching
classes without distracting students. The classes teach process–not just
moves, not just dance steps, not performance, not perfection. Susan's dance
curriculum of improvisation and modeling allows each student to figure out
how creative and original they are. The costumes are earthly and modest
and avoid engendering early messages of needing to be a sexual display. In-house
studio performances allow each class to perform in a supportive environment
without having to wait their turn and families to obtain an in-depth glimpse
of everything that they have learned. The Tanze staff all share the same
mission of finding the hidden artist within us all.
–Mary Weatherington, MD and mom
Tanze is a wonderful place. It is like a short vacation or a home away from
home. There is so much love at Tanze. It consumes you.
–Deanna Sprague, dance student
I am a writer, not a dancer, but I have had the opportunity to work with
Susan Moser in three distinctly different relationships. I have been her
student when she taught Movement Improvisation Class at the Contemporary
Dance Theatre. I was her collaborator when she created a dance and poetry
performance together fro the Performance and Time Arts series in 2000 (p.t.a.).
And, as a p.t.a. organizer, I have helped to produce shows in which she and
her Tanze students have performed. Everyone in the CDT Improv Class loves
the summer session Susan has done for us. As a teacher, she emphasizes spontaneity
and personal creativity in the way that makes the classes both fun and supportive.
Her teaching is always grounded on firm technical and theoretical principles,
but also playful and welcoming in a way that makes everyone feel comfortable.
As an artistic collaborator, I found Susan to be skilled, generous, and endlessly
inventive. The works that she has choreographed for p.t.a.'s are ambitious,
polished, and experimental on a level far beyond what one normally expects
from "student work."
–F. Keith Wahle, poet, p.t.a. producer, CDT
For seven years, Tanze has been a meaningful part of our daughter's lives.
Here they have always been treated with love and respect: they have learned
the joy of dancing and movement which has in turn helped them grow in understanding
and respect for themselves and the world around them. Susan and her staff
are great role models. Coming to Tanze has always been on one of the best
parts of our week! Our experience at Tanze has been completely unlike our
previous experiences with another dance studio: rather than emphasizing rote
memorization for a performance, here they are encouraged to learn and create...and
to have fun!
–Karin Morris, mom
With Tanze I have found an impressively creative and uplifting environment
for my daughters. They have discovered their love for dance and performing
in a school that allows children to cherish and celebrate their childhoods
and teenagers to grow with grace toward their young adult years. I am very
uncomfortable with schools that push children to have full make-up, hair
pieces and glitzy costumes: along with moves and lyrics that are no way
age appropriate. You will not find that at Tanze. The moment I arrived at
this school and met its warm and highly creative and spirited director, Susan
Moser, I knew that I had found the dance school for my children. Her love
and passion for dance are surpassed only by the joy she finds in watching
her students developing talents and blossoming spirits. I can't thank her
enough.
–Kathleen Stevens, mom
I
have been participating in classes
at Tanze for over six years. Tanze has helped me recover from a major back
injury. The classes have made me strong,
and given me so much pleasure and gave me many friends. I have been involved
in the Step Aerobic classes, Tai Chi, Yoga, Cardio Dance, Adult Tap classes
and Belly dancing. Tense' teaching staff is professional, encouraging and
friendly. The dance and performing arts classes have expanded my appreciation
of various art forms, and given me the chance to perform on stage. Many of
the staff and students at Tanze have become my personal friends. Come and
experience the "many dances" of Tanze.
–Robert Vollbrecht, fitness student
What a blessing Susan has been to our family! We are so fortunate to have
found Tanze several years ago. Susan's nurturing spirit has captured my three
daughters. She is enthusiastic, creative and extremely talented. Her lover
for the arts and for the dancers is evident with each performance. Thank
you Susan for enhancing the lives of our girls and especially for mentoring
Marshauna.
–Marsha Calloway-Cambell, attorney and mom
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