Melody & Motion School of Performing Arts has been providing quality dance and music instruction in southern Tuscarawas County for more than 20 years. M&M offers recreational ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, tumbling, baton, voice, and piano for children and teens ages two through eighteen.
Our owner and lead teacher, Jessica Callender, started dance training at the age of two. She went on to dance at Tuscarawas Dance Arts in Dover and the Summer Program at Briansky Saratoga Ballet Center where she studied with the famous Russian Ballet instructor, Oleg Briansky, and several members of the New York City Ballet. She also studied dance at Ohio University and Akron University, and has performed as a guest dancer with the Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet. She is the mother of three children, Clayton, Jillian and Savannah. Her two daughters have grown up dancing at the studio, and now teach classes along with their mother.
Jessica founded Melody & Motion in 2002, and has loved watching her students grow from tiny tots into poised dancers. She believes dance classes are valuable because they “improve coordination, strength and flexibility and provide a sense of accomplishment.” Students in her class can expect to learn the skills needed to enjoy and appreciate the arts for a lifetime.
Come experience the Melody & Motion difference!