Dori’s Studio of Dance and Music

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The studio was opened September, 2001 offering the best in music and dance instruction.  We continue to strive for the best today with all of our programs and have been awarded 1st place awards at competition for our dancers both of the years we have attended!  Our family atmosphere reaches out to children and adults to encourage the best performance whether it is for a weekly class or a competition with unfamiliar faces to score the performance. 

We would like to invite you to join our dance and music family today!

 

 

 

Dori Darby 

Owner/Director

Dori’s Studio of Dance and Music

Ms. Dori began cultivating her dance training at the young age of 3 and her piano training at the age of 4.  Music and Dance are a part of her.  By age nine, she had performed in many local stage productions and she had become an award-winning competitive dancer.  She has had the fortune to train under many nationally known choreographers.  Ms. Dori has danced in several states as an Ann Brown Company Dancer performing in Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana.  The performing company had a once in a lifetime opportunity to perform at the World’s Fair in 1984.  These opportunities inspired Ms. Dori to continue her studies and to open her creative mind to the work of dance and music.  She has taught classes in Alabama, Georgia, and Kentucky before opening her studio here in the Sandhills in the fall of 2001.  Ms. Dori has taught dance at the Sandhills Theatre Arts Renaissance School and dance and The Music Class at First Health’s Child Development Center in our community as well. 

Continuous personal development, a topic Ms. Dori feels is very important, helps each person to strive for more in every aspect of their lives.  This has also led Ms. Dori to find more creative programs for young children.  She teaches “The Music Class” a nationally renowned program of creative music for children aged birth to 5 years old.  She also believes that children as young as 2.5 can begin to learn dance movements.  She enjoys teaching in small groups with her tiny tots classes.  She continues to further her dance education at seminars throughout the year with nationally acclaimed choreographers.

 Ms. Dori is the proud Mom of three, her son, Korbin completed 10 years of dance and is now pursuing his Eagle Scout ranking as well as pursuing his interest in Art.  Her daughter, Karlie, has completed her 8^th year of dance this year with a second year of top place finishes in competition.  Karlie also has a love for gymnastics and Girl Scouting.  Ms. Dori married Scott Darby this year and she and Scott are excited to have a new member in their family this year too.  Karsyn Izzabella Darby joined us March 18, 2009.  Ms. Dori looks forward to Karsyn becoming a dancer in a couple of years. 

 

 

Ms. Raquel  

Raquel Berry started her dance training at the tender age of four. She has studied all forms of dance including but not limited to ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, modern, and lyrical. Raquel began teaching at the age of sixteen and has loved it ever since. She has also been a part of a professional hip hop company called Under A groove which she traveled all the world with and won countless competitions. She was also a dancer for the Orlando Magic NBA team. Currently Raquel is attending Methodist University pursuing a degree in special education.