
As the owner and director of Dance South Studio, Nena Maniscalco is in her 26th year of providing exceptional dance instruction in Shelby County for beginner, intermediate and advanced level dancers.
“Our continued success shows that Dance South is a well-respected dance studio in the community providing thousands of students over the years with the best dance training and executing dance performances for audiences that are family friendly based on age appropriate music, choreography and costumes,” Maniscalco said.
Maniscalco started her dance school in the fall of 1989 as the only after-school activity at Inverness Elementary. After a few years, the demand for classes led her to build a professional studio facility in Chelsea. Her success has grown from showcasing annual dance recitals at Inverness Elementary, to the Performing Arts Center at Oak Mountain High School, to multi-show professional recital productions at the BJCC each year.
The faculty teaches classes in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical/contemporary, hip-hop, clogging, dance technique and dance conditioning. Additionally, beginner and advanced classes are available in gymnastics and dance acrobatics. Dance education is offered to recreational and competitive students as well as those who are simultaneously pursuing opportunities in Birmingham musical theater productions, individuals performing dance talent in pageants, and dancers performing on middle and high school dance teams.
The main studio is located at 316 Foothills Drive in Chelsea, but Dance South also provides dance instruction to students in six other remote locations in North Shelby County. For information, visit the website at www.dancesouth.com.