St. Olaf Grad Opens Downtown Dance Studio
Emily Boyd, who received a degree in dance from St. Olaf, started classes on Monday at Division Street Dance.
Emily Boyd leaned in ever so slightly. “Are you interested in dancing this year?” she asked the 5-year-old girl who walked into the newly minted Division Street Dance with her mother last week. The girl hesitated. “Do you like tap? Or ballet?” Boyd, undeterred, asked in an even softer voice. “Ballet,” the girl shyly replied. “That’s one of my favorites.” A few minutes later the girl danced around the studio as if it was her own; her mother was busy signing the girl up for lessons. The girl was one of many in a steady stream of students who have signed up for Division Street Dance. Boyd, who purchased the former Dance-N-Fitness last spring and rebranded it and remodeled the inside, started classes on Monday. Registration is open throughout …
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