Movement should make you smile and help you to feel the most magnificent JOY throughout your body. We let kids be kids. We teach age appropriate movement that matches their development. Our Curriculum provides what their growing minds & bodies need.
We are serious about this BALANCE thing! We try very hard to allow our classes to be an extension of your family life, not the opposite. We know the damage that can be done to our families and communities by over-scheduling our children.
Our staff are highly trained, mature adults who love dance, but more importantly know how to SEE the magic of your children.
We are a performance based studio where all the students deserve a spot on the front row to shine. We teach through love, but also know when our students are ready for progression. We do not attend outside competitions. Our only goal is to help our dancers feel JOY through movement of their body.
There is nothing better than teaching young children dance. It is a passion, a gift and an honor to Miss Paula. Miss Paula is the owner and director of BALANCE STUDIO and has been dancing for over 40 years.
Dance has been a big part of Paula’s life from the beginning. She grew up training at her aunt's dance studio learning tap & jazz. When she was 13 a classical ballet teacher moved to town and she fell in love! She has trained in classical ballet, tap, modern, clogging, with most of her time spent in jazz.
She is a graduate of Snow College where she majored in dance & fell in love with modern dance. She was the president of the performing dance company, Orchesis, and was honored as a soloist and student choreographer. Paula is also a graduate of the University of Utah where she was a member of the Crimson Line Dance Team. Go Utes! She received a BS in Exercise and Sport Science with a minor in Health and is a certified high school teacher.
She is a certified Master Teacher Level 1 in the Leap ‘N Learn Early Childhood Dance Program. Paula has taught in the private studio setting for over twenty years and in the public school setting for three years, where she also coached the Bingham High School Minerettes. Paula is a 200 YTT certified Yoga Instructor, 100 Hour Kundalini Certified, & 18 Hour certificate specializing in Kids Yoga.
Paula loves to choreograph and pinches herself daily that this is what she gets to do each day! After 18 years in Miss Paula's basement, she is excited to open her own space outside of her home. The new space is a beautiful gift and Paula can't wait to give back to so many that have supported her throughout the years.
Paula loves to hike in the red rocks and the beautiful mountains, sit on beaches with her husband, craves meditation and thinks heaven on earth is going to Lake Powell with her family! She loves to learn about people and help others find joy through movement.
Paula and her husband Casey have lived in Alpine for twenty five years and they have four children.
BALANCE STUDIO is in their 23rd year in beautiful Alpine, UT. Miss Paula opened her basement studio on September 11th, 2001. A day that will always be remembered. Our new studio located in the historic gateway district of Alpine is in its third year as our amazing home.
BALANCE STUDIO will further develop your child’s natural love of movement. Dance is a total experience involving the physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual dimensions of an individual that helps us to perceive and communicate who we are and what we aspire to become. Dance develops distinct ways of seeing, thinking, and communicating ideas and feelings. Dance is expressive movement that has the power to enrich lives.
BALANCE is a fun and low-key studio that focuses on promoting personal and artistic expression and growth. Your child will learn to express him or herself more easily, gain poise, self confidence and self awareness
BALANCE STUDIO offers two performances each year for their dancers: a Christmas show and a Spring recital.
