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Licensed and insured Dance Master Of America Certified Certified To Teach By International Education A Brief History: Established in the 1950s in Jackson County, in the heart of Independence, Missouri. Craig Dance Studio was born, and several decades later in 2003 the studio was relocated to Grain Valley, Missouri. Today it still remains in the suburbs of Kansas City building confidence and making memories. Releve' is home to the competition dance company Encore Dancers, Inc., which was founded in 1987, by former owner Christine Palmer. In 2006, Rachel Drummond Jancek, purchased the studio and renamed it Releve' Performing Arts. The current owner and director Ashley Collier bought the studio in 2016. Today, The Releve' Way: Who We Are: The educators of Releve' Performing Arts are certified to teach through Dance Masters of America, and hold degrees in dance from a University or DMA Teachers Training Programs. Releve' instructors, each with their own history, strengths, and character draw on decades of training and performance working from the belief that dance training gives not only grace and a strong body, but much more. What We Do & Why We Do It: In the young years of a child's development, this training teaches them the importance of activating the mind and body as one; bringing out the creative possibilities within as well as the ability and appreciation to work artistically with others...