The House of Dance is first and foremost a dance studio dedicated to instilling the love and passion for dance among its students and members of the community. It provides training in various dance genres such as ballet, jazz, street dance, tap dance, contemporary dance, break dance and Polynesian dances. It hopes to entice both the young and the young at heart to view dance and the performing arts as productive, mentally-stimulating and spiritually/emotionally uplifting and fun-filled activities worth their time.
The House of Dance is a member of the Conseil International De La Danse (CID; www.cid-unesco.org), the UNESCO official umbrella organization for all forms of dance in all countries of the world. It is also a member of the Singapore Arts Fest Club. In 2008, it joined the growing family of studios utilizing the Australian Concervatoire of Ballet (ACB) syllabus
. In January 2009, House of Dance became a member of the Association of Ballet Academies of the Philippines
(ABAP). In the first quarter of this year, it became a member of the Philippine Association for the Advancement of Dance Studies (PAADS). Last January 27, 2008, upon the invitation of the Nagoya City Council, the House of Dance represented the Philippines in the Nagoya International Jazz Dance Showcase where respected dance companies from Russia, Taiwan and Japan also performed. A House of Dance's team of seven dancers also passed the auditions for and represented the country in the Jazz Dance World Congress's Leo's Competitive Jazz Event last July 22-25, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The dancers took advanced jazz dance classes in the congress.
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"Only the wise can dance the rhythm of life."
~ -Unknown ~
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