Dancers Studio

Dancers Studio is dedicated to providing quality teaching in Ballet, Pointe, Tap & Jazz. We offer lessons three days a week for children 4 through 18 years of age. One free trial lesson is offered to new students. Our students participate in numerous small programs during the Christmas Holiday Season, and they perform at our yearly production in Ju... ne at the Orpheum Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois. While not every student is interested in pursuing dance at a professional level, Arlene Smith believes in providing every dancer with quality dance technique instruction, regardless of intent. Her students have been accepted into summer dance programs at the The Rock School of Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Boston Ballet, Milwaukee School of Ballet, Ballet Chicago, Peoria Ballet, and Illinois Ballet Theatre of the Quad Cities. Arlene Smith, director and teacher, comes from Puerto Rico, where she was a member of Ballets Contemporano de Puerto Rico, under the direction of Blanca E. Cortes. Her training was concentrated in classical Ballet under the instruction of Blanca E. Cortes, Carlota Carrero, Lotti Tischer, and Ivan Cordero. Arlene repertoire includes roles in The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Vivaldi, Swan Lake, Coppelia, and numerous original pieces choreographed and produced by Blanca E. Cortes. Arlene has been a guest dance instructor at Western Illinois University, in Macomb, IL, and was the artistic director of Concert Ballet Ensemble, a non-profit youth ballet company. In 1999, Arlene established her dance studio in Monmouth, where she lives with her husband, Tim Smith, and three children, Susan, Morgan, and Jared.Read More