09/16/2026
Things no one tells you about becoming a DMI Dance Mom… 💗✨
You will learn an entirely new language.
5-6-7-8. Full out. Mark it. Clean it. Facials. Quick change. Competition hair. Awards. Call time. One more time. And eventually, somehow, all of those words will make perfect sense.
You will discover that tights, shoes, costumes, rhinestones, earrings, makeup, team wear and “just one more thing” have a magical ability to multiply. 😂
You will become weirdly talented at rhinestoning, fake eyelashes, lipstick, high ponytails, quick changes and locating a missing dance shoe approximately 30 seconds before you need to leave.
You will learn that “we need to be there at 7:00” actually means 6:30. 😉
You will love & cheer for kids who aren’t yours.
You will know choreography you have never actually learned.
You will hear the first three seconds of a song in public and immediately think, “THAT’S OUR DANCE!”
You will celebrate things most people wouldn’t understand—a new skill, a clean turn, finally landing that trick, remembering the correction, making it through a quick change, or simply walking off stage knowing they gave it everything they had.
You will learn that not every class is easy, not every competition goes the way you hoped, and not every performance is perfect.
Some days your job is to celebrate loudly.
Other days your job is to give a hug, grab the dance bag, and listen on the ride home.
You will take approximately 67,000 photos and videos and still somehow wish you had more.
And one day, somewhere between the rehearsals, rhinestones, hairspray, long weekends, happy tears, nervous butterflies, inside jokes, big hugs and 5-6-7-8s… you’ll realize you didn’t just sign your child up for dance. You became a DMI Dance Mom. 💗
And somewhere along the way, those dancers, teachers, teammates and parents became something more than people you see at the studio.
They became your dance family.
Welcome to the crazy.
Welcome to the memories.
Welcome to DMI. 💗✨
And trust us… you’re gonna LOVE it here.