Beyond the friendly staff, sprung floors, teachers with experience, and a positive atmosphere that every studio should have, what sets us apart from the crowd.

Modesty – We believe it is very important to protect and develop the character of our dancers with the application of modesty.  We do this through the costumes we choose, the choreography of the dances, and the music selection.  Young and old alike, we choose exciting costumes that are not revealing (i.e. no mid-drifts).  The choreography is creative without any sexually explicit moves or innuendo.  Our music, in class or programs, is selected with an emphasis on the positive message of the lyrics. We do not use songs with any kind of sexual lyrics.

Performance Based – Our main emphasis at Modern Messages is on performances, not competition.  Our productions include a Christmas show in December, a spring ballet in April and our recital in May.  Beyond our productions, our dance teams perform at numerous community events around the area.

    Lower Cost - Because we are performance based and not competition based we save students thousands each year.  By doing performances instead of competition, we have audiences and advertisers that defer a lot of the cost.  The students will get the same number of opportunities to perform, but for far less then half the cost.  With additional classes, costumes, travel, lodging, and competition fees, parents are paying thousands to be on the competition teams.  

We Have A Standard And Monitored Curriculum – Through the ten years that Hollie has been teaching she has seen the steps that each age and level is capable of progressing at.  Through this she has designed a curriculum that each teacher can follow to insure that the students technique is built on a proper foundation, and each teacher continues to build on that foundation with the same goals in mind.

Touring And University Experience – Hollie Bottiglia, the owner, not only toured with a company, but also worked toward a degree from Oakland University.  The touring helped her to understand the professionalism, and the work ethic to be at the professional level.  Her college courses were not only dance classes, but also informative classes such as kinesiology.  Kinesiology (The study of motion as it applied to dance technique)  itself was very important for understanding technique, alignment, and movement of the muscles and bones to properly train the dancers and avoid injury, this is rarely taught in dance class alone.