Recreational and competitive, one roof
From a first-ever class to a national stage, she can grow for years without ever changing studios or starting over with strangers.
Family owned since 1991
A studio that raises dancers, not just routines.
Sterling Silver was founded right here in the Twin Ports in 1991, and three decades on we are still family owned and operated. Many who began in our toddler classes now teach here themselves.
35 YearsOn the floor
1,000sDancers raised
2 to AdultEvery age welcome
2 CitiesDuluth and Superior
Est. 1991
What we actually believe
Every child moves at her own pace.
We have never simply taught dance. We have raised dancers, and a great many confident, kind, unforgettable kids along the way.
Our teachers have shared their love of the arts with thousands of children and adults across Duluth and Superior. The through-line for thirty-five years has been the same: every child moves at her own pace, and every child belongs.
That is not a soft position. It means we do not cut dancers, we do not rank the seven year olds, and we do not build a studio around the twelve most talented kids in the building. It also means the dancer who is genuinely gifted gets pushed properly, because the room is safe enough for her to fail in.
Why families stay for a decade
Unhurried, and all heart
Every dancer moves at her own pace, with teachers who know her name and truly cheer her on. Nobody is rushed to keep up with a syllabus.
Friendships that outlast the season
The girls she meets on our floor are so often the ones she keeps through high school and beyond. That is not marketing, it is what parents tell us.
Family owned for thirty-five years
The same values and the same care, generation after generation of Twin Ports dancers. We are not a franchise and we have never been sold.
The measure of thirty-five years
We grow leaders.
So many of the little ones who first found us are the teachers our dancers look up to today.
A student finds her feet on our floor. She becomes a teacher and never leaves the studio that raised her. Now she is raising the next generation of dancers in the same rooms.
It happens often enough here that we stopped treating it as a coincidence and started treating it as the point.
Trained, certified, full-time
Warmth is the culture. Training is the floor under it.
Acrobatic ArtsCertified
CDTACertified
CPR & First AidCertified
Full-TimeStaff
Family OwnedSince 1991
Come and see it for yourself
Judge us by standing in the room
Book a free trial, watch a class through the viewing window, and see how the teachers talk to the kids when they think no parent is listening.