NORTHEAST ACADEMY OF DANCE

Students:

"I wasn't getting the quality of training - in New York or Canada - that I'd gotten here... I could see I wasn't improving as fast. Even my roommates, when I told them my teacher was Giuseppe Canale, said, '...no wonder you're so good.'"

-Eddie Stark, 16
From the BAY CITY TIMES, Mon 12/1/2003
"Bringing Them To Their Feet"

Eddie is now studying year-round at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Ballet School of the American Ballet Theatre in New York City on full scholarship.

"I paid attention to Eddie (Stark, also an NEAD student at NBS (the National Ballet School of Canada) because he was the best dancer there... coming here (to NEAD) has definitely been worth it. I've improved a ridiculous amount. If you want to be a classical dancer, these guys (Canale and Heinrich) have everything... technique, creativity, commitment, musicality..."

- Justin Estelle, 15
From THE BAY CITY TIMES, Mon 12/1/2003
"Bringing Them To Their Feet"

Justin continues as a student at NEAD, and studies summers with the American Ballet Theatre on full scholarship.

She's never had a dance class outside of her hometown of Oscoda, but you'd never convince the experts of that.

People from the big ballet companies in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Toronto take one look at Maggie Stalker and ask the same thing: Oh my God. Where did she come from?..."

- From THE BAY CITY TIMES, Mon 4/17/2006
"Stepping out"

"What brought me out here from Los Angeles, CA was simply, Giuseppe... I wanted to come out here and have him coach me (for the Youth America Grand Prix ballet competition)."

- Taryn Olivieri, 16
From THE OSCODA PRESS, 4/24/2002
"Local Dance Instructors Train Student for National Dance Competition"

Taryn is now dancing professionally with the Signature Dance Ensemble.

"When I turn on the music and that familiar feeling swells up inside of me, I realize why I am doing this. I'm doing this because I love ballet. Thank you (Giuseppe and Scott) for being wonderful teachers. After all, you're the ones who put that wonderful feeling there."

- Maggie Stalker, Student, Age 9
Oscoda, Michigan

"As an engineer, I always believed that the value of education was related to gathering and assimilating facts and performing a numerical or analytical analysis. As a mother, I realized that our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children. My daughters' involvement in the arts, ballet in particular, has broadened my viewpoint of the definition of education considerably. I now believe that education, with a high regard for character, is the true goal of education, and this goal is not a luxury, but a responsibility.

Scott and Giuseppe are world class dance educators and their leadership is unparallel to any that I have seen in many larger cities. They strive to fill their students' buckets with top-notch tools, while igniting the passion within. They are masters of replacing an empty mind with an open mind, full of discipline, self-esteem, and creativity. This is truly the definition of education, as it is the soul of society that is passed from one generation to another. Rarely is a child exposed to an international dance education of this caliber, especially in a small community. I am delighted that we discovered the treasure that lies within their academy."

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"All that the two of us as parents have ever wanted for each of our children is for them to find that elusive marriage of talent, passion, learned ability, and productive developmental instruction and opportunity in whatever professional pursuit they choose - be it academic, artistic, or athletic. Our eldest daughter Juliana seems to have found that in ballet. This is in no small part due to Giuseppe (Canale) and Scott (Heinrich). The instruction she receives at NEAD is of such quality and so multi-faceted that Oscoda Michigan can now count itself as a member of an elite universe of cities around the globe - New York, NY; Washington, D.C.; London, England, among others - places where willing students can learn the performing art form of ballet at its highest level. We as a family feel blessed that our daughter Juliana has this unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."