Our Mission and Vision
The Conservatory of Dance Arts honors the God-given gift of dance by providing safe space for artists to come and train in a diverse curriculum of dance techniques, while being nurtured and prepared to make an impact in God’s Kingdom in the performing arts.
The Five Pillars of The Conservatory of Dance Arts are:
To PROVIDE a nurturing environment in which students can thrive personally and professionally.
To PROTECT each student’s God-given identity, personality, gifts, talents, and abilities.
To PROMOTE a holistic approach to the athletic, artistic, mental, and spiritual challenges of a career in the performing arts.
To PURSUE excellence in the technical and artistic development of each student.
To PRODUCE highly-skilled Christocentric ambassadors who are purposed to impact the arts using Kingdom principles.
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Our Pillars
An Open Letter From The Directors
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“We are called to restore the lost arts.”
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This is the closing statement from the mission statement for our marriage, the reason we believe God has called us to one another, and has joined us in covenant with Him.
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As dancers, choreographers, and teachers, we have encountered, time and again, children, teens, adults, and arts professionals who bear the scars of trauma, abuse, shame, and distorted self-image they have experienced as part of their creative journey.
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You see, when you study music, the visual arts, even drama, you can pick up a score, or a book, or a script, and learn, in an objective way, these arts.
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But in dance, you learn from a person, who imparts to you not only the technique and artistry of dance, but who can also impose, intentionally or not, whatever broken behavior, thought process, or disfunctional worldview they see fit. Many times, it is the same brokenness that was imposed upon them by their instructors.
It is our mission to break this chain of brokenness.
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You see, “the lost arts” doesn’t only refer to the creative gifts that God has shared with us, it refers to His handiwork, His Art, that child, that artist, that He created to be His image-bearer.
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In these times of defiant denial of God-given identity, it is more important than ever to remind, reinforce, and restore these “fearfully and wonderfully made” beings to their full standing.
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It is our calling to use our creative gifts to build the next generation of performing artists as God-centered beacons, ambassadors and image-bearers of Jesus Christ, who can go out and reclaim the territory that has largely been surrendered to the enemy.
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We look forward to partnering with you in this.
Sincerely,
Brian and Cari-Lenn Youngkin,
Directors, The Conservatory of Dance Arts