Things were going along swimmingly until about a year ago March, when COVID closed everything down. “It was a lot teaching every single class of every single age, and then putting the show together of every dance that I made,” Hall says. She expanded about 10 years ago, deciding to offer one of her old students, Lucia Dillon, a teaching position with the little ones. “I love fostering that confidence and creativity in my students and love of dance,” Hall says. Hall recalls that they developed some of the most interesting dances she had seen. When teaching classes for older students, although she taught technique, she continued - especially with modern dance - to encourage a lot of movement and choreography. I took my understanding of child development, teaching as a kid, and dancing, and combined them into a creative movement class for preschoolers that nurtured their expression and creativity.” They don’t have the attention span to stand at the barre and learn dance moves. “When I started teaching preschoolers, after about two years, I realized that these children love the idea of ballet with its tutus and ballet slippers, but they want to be expressing themselves and having fun. “My approach to teaching dance is very child-centric,” she shares. Hall’s first studio was called the Sargent School of Ballet, and she initially had a small number of students in her ballet and modern classes.
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