New Season, New Faces

We are beyond excited to get our 41st season rolling at Gasper's School of Dance! Classes begin on Monday, September 2, 2019 (yes, we have class on Labor Day). This season we have a lot of new and of course familiar faces you will see at both our locations. We can't wait for you or your dancers to work with our staff.

If you haven't enrolled in classes yet, that is okay! We have Open Enrollment. We do have a few full classes already, but plenty of spots still open in many of our styles and levels. Register through your parent portal, or at the studio next week. We can't wait to see you!

Beyond the classroom, you will see some new faces at our front desk. Our Front Desk Assistant at our South Studio is a past Gasper's dancer, MacKenzie Larson. MacKenzie recently moved back to the area and we are so excited to have her part of our dance family again. At our Downtown Studio you will see a few new people throughout the week greeting you, including Concordia College students Megan Miller and Amber Hill, and GSD parent Carole Skalsky. These people are in place to assist your needs in the evening, schedule private lessons, and even help with payments. (Get to know the new faces on our website or at each of our locations. We have photos and bios hanging on the wall).

Now you are probably wondering, what about Ariel? Are we going to see her? Does she still work at GSD? YES! With the growth of our studio over the past year, we have transitioned Ariel into our Operations Manager. Her hours have changed and she will be mostly at the studio during the day and will pop in throughout the season in the evenings. We are excited to be able to offer this position and we couldn't think of a better person than Ariel to fulfill it. This will give her more time to focus on a variety of tasks that are difficult to do in the hustle and bustle of the evenings. She will be over seeing our front desk staff and still available to answer any questions you may have.

We cannot wait for another great season to start and for you to meet our new staff and welcome back our past staff members. We hope you are as eager as we are to learn and have a great time dancing!

Exciting News

We are so excited to announce that we are opening a second location in South Fargo this fall! With full classes at the current main studio in downtown Fargo, we found the need to expand. At Gasper's School of Dance, we want to make sure everyone is provided with great training, in a smaller class size. We have lowered the class caps this year to give more one on one attention, but with that, we only have enough space and don't want people to miss out on training in a healthy, nurturing and passionate environment, where you can grow as a performing artist with our professional staff.

The second location will have two new studio spaces. Most classes will be of the novice - pre-intermediate level, teen classes, and potentially adult and fitness classes. Intermediate and Advanced level classes will be held at our Downtown Location (the main studio near St. Mary's Church).

We are still working on the schedule for the new location and putting our staff list together. If you are interested in teaching at our second location or working the front desk, please check out our employment page on our website.

Again, we are so thankful for the support from our dance family, instructors and the community to be able to expand and grow to reach to more areas of Fargo-Moorhead.

-- Mr. Matt Gasper & Lacey Gasper