Belle Academy of Dance

06/18/2026

✨ What happens when music meets imagination? MAGIC! ✨

🎭🎶 In this high-energy class, young dancers explore the exciting world of acting & movement improvisation — learning to express emotions, tell stories, and bring characters to life through their bodies!

No scripts. No choreography. Just pure creative freedom! 🙌

🌟 Perfect for dancers who love to play, explore, and shine.

📍 Belle Academy of Dance
2115 Belle Avenue, Davenport

📅 Session 1: M, T, W @9-9:45am starting June 29 📅 Session 2: M, T, W @9-9:45am starting July 27

🔗 Register here:

Please look around to acquaint yourself with everything you can do in this portal: register for classes; see your class schedule; get info about costumes, songs, and other important recital items; pay your bill, etc. And as always, reach out if you have any questions :)

05/28/2026

Congratulations to our 2026 Belle Academy of Dance Award winners! 💐🎉

Nadia Doland
-Connie Bracey Inspiring Dancer

Malia Saito
-Karen Webb Tap

Britta Lloyd
-Karen Webb Ballet

You three have worked so hard this year and the many years leading up to this.

We are so proud of you and can't wait see the progress you continue to make in dance and in life ❤️

05/27/2026

🐰✨ HOP, SKIP, AND DANCE is HERE!
Calling all new dancers ages 3–7! Join us for a FREE one-morning trial class full of movement, music, and magic. 🎶
No experience needed — just wiggles, giggles, and a love of moving!
📅 June 20, 2026
⏰ 10-11am
📍 Belle Academy of Dance
Spots are limited — grab yours today!
📨 Email or DM us to sign up

05/16/2026

Everything has arrived!

There's a new way to have fun coming to Performance Weekend this year... can you guess what it is?!

05/04/2026

Such a fun Saturday getting pictures taken with Doug Dienelt Photography ! They are so professional and great with the kids. Kept the day on track and got some EXCELLLENT shots ❤️

04/15/2026

Performance shirts are here!!!

Only available in the online store until April 26... so don't wait!

https://bellepowerofmucis2026.itemorder.com/shop/home/

12/23/2025

A thoughtful reflection on the magic of Christmas. Love this!

When I was a kid, we’d set up the tree. We’d cover it in ornaments hanging on by hot glue and a prayer. We’d cover the tree in tacky tinsel. My parents would start their annual argument whether it was the year for garland or no garland.

When I was a kid, we’d bake cookies on Christmas Eve. We’d slathered angels and snowmen in too much homemade icing that no one really liked to eat. We’d write a letter to the Santa we knew wasn’t real and make our requests. Our final request was always “world peace.”

When I was a kid, my sisters and I would sleep in one room on Christmas Eve. We crawled into old sleeping bags on the floor, the air we breathed thick with anticipation. I’d squeeze my eyes shut and will sleep to come.

When I was a kid, we’d wait for my dad to come get us on Christmas morning. He’d soberly tell us Santa didn’t come because we were bad. We’d laugh and line up to walk down the stairs to open our stockings. There was always gum. Then came the presents. Always opened from youngest to oldest.

When I was a kid, Christmas was magical.

But where was the magic? Was it in the homemade ornaments? Or the sleeping bags with holes? Was it in the gum or the presents or cookies no one ate?

I don’t think the magic was any one thing, but the sum of it all. The magic of tradition is not the thing itself, but the sense of identity and belonging it brings. It is the way it says to a child, “This is us and you are a part of this ‘us’. You are wrapped up and held and claimed.”

I think we stress too much about “making” Christmas magic like it’s some kind of exact recipe we’re scared to botch. Magic isn’t made. It’s born. It’s born of a thousand little, insignificant things we choose to tie us all together.

The magic comes from knowing you belong to people . . . and they belong to you.

Shared with permission from Emily Schuch

12/23/2025

So true - for all dancers. Beautiful ballet dancing - not just pointe - is hard work! But a rewarding achievement!

"I think most people don't really understand all that it takes to stand on your toes and to be able to jump and land without any noise, or for a male dancer to be able to lift a girl. All of these things look so effortless, but there's an attention to detail and years of training, as well as being able to transform into a character and being able to meld all of those things together."

Misty Copeland

12/08/2025

Here is a simple exercise to feel and develop turnout muscles:

1) Sit on the floor with your legs in second. This does not need to be a big split stretch. Make sure your back is upright and that you have a neutral pelvis, meaning use your core and do not lean forward.

2) Straighten your knees and flex your feet.

3) Turn out your legs so the tops of your quads, knees, and feet face the wall behind you to the best of your ability. Monitor yourself to make sure you don't roll forward from your hips.

4) Hold for 10 seconds. Relax for 10 seconds. Repeat three more times.

Photo: Scott Serio
Dancer: Madison Zinkand

12/05/2025

Best wishes to the Belle Academy dancers performing in the Nutcracker ballet with Ballet Quad Cities. Much rehearsal and preparation are required for such a performance....dedicated dancers! We are proud of you! ❤️