Welcome to Dance Concepts Studio! 
“Dance with Sparkle”

 Dance Concepts Studio has been established since 1969.  DCS teaches and enriches lives through the art of DANCE for over 40 years.  We offer progressive dance classes in: 
Dance Concepts offers limited class size from 3 years through adult, levels from beginning to advanced.  All classes are structured and personalized attention is given to each student.   We offer classes designed for the enjoyment of the students wishing to explore movement and the art of dance.  DCS is structured to accommodate a variety of dancers.  In addition to recreational classes, we have a variety of other opportunities.  


Our students acquire memories that last a lifetime.  We build self esteem and self confidence, our motto is, “WHERE DANCE IS ALWAYS FUN!”  

Dance Concepts Family

At Dance Concepts Studio, our teachers and students are our family! 

MISS MARCIA

MISS ASHLEY

Ashley has been teaching at Dance Concepts Studio since 2000. She danced under the direction of her mother, Marcia McHugh her whole life and other instructors and choreographers such as Janice Barringer, Darryl Retter, Becca Retter, Barry Youngblood, and many more. She filled a lifetime dream of dancing with the Radio City Rockettes in New York City at Radio City Music Hall. She wants to share her Rockette precision and tradition with her students. She is most recently proud of the Dance Concepts
Studio’s dance team being awarded a Golden Ticket and performing in New Jersey at the World Dance Championship. She has her Bachelor’s degree in Arts from the University of Cincinnati. Ashley is a certified Zumba instructor, fitness enthusiast and has found passion in teaching dance on mission trips across the globe.

MISS HEATHER

Heather started dancing at the age of three and has been a lifelong student at Dance Concepts Studio, where she has studied ballet, tap, pointe, jazz, hip hop, clogging and cheer. She was a member of the DCS Performing Company and a Sycamore Flyerette.  Aside from DCS, Heather has danced at Hillsborough Community College, University of South Florida, CCM Preparatory, Cincinnati Ballet Otto M. Budig Academy, and the Contemporary Dance Theatre. She received her Associate of Arts degree with dance emphasis, specializing in ballet and modern under the direction of Richard Ploch and Christina Acosta. She has also had the great opportunity to dance with dance masters such as African dance legend, Chuck Davis. This will be Heather’s second year teaching for Dance Concepts Studio.

MISS EMILY

Emily has been an instructor and assistant dance team coach at Dance Concepts Studio for two years and has been dancing since she was 4 years old under the instruction of Marcia Mchugh and Ashley Shinholster. She has also taken classes through College-Conservatory of Music in modern and contemporary dance under the instruction of numerous choreographers and specializes in teaching ballet, tap, jazz, and lyrical. Emily has her Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Cincinnati and through teaching dance has been inspired to pursue her Master’s degree in education.