{"id":15369,"date":"2016-09-28T17:15:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T21:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=15369"},"modified":"2016-09-28T17:15:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T21:15:16","slug":"young-entrepreneurs-help-local-leaders-get-over-last-minute-jitters-ahead-of-dancing-with-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/young-entrepreneurs-help-local-leaders-get-over-last-minute-jitters-ahead-of-dancing-with-the-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Young entrepreneurs help local leaders get over last-minute jitters ahead of Dancing with the Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

The women preparing to hit the dance floor next week to help send kids to summer camp are in the zone and ready to go, but the men? Well, they\u2019re a little terrified.
\nNo, they\u2019re just \u201creserved.\u201d
\nEither way, according to their dance instructors, even if they are a little reserved, they\u2019re still doing \u201cfantastic\u201d and everyone is taking \u2018\u201ddance boot camp by storm.\u201d
\nCommunity leaders are lacing up their dance shoes for next week\u2019s Dancing With The Easter Seals Stars Aurora\/Newmarket, the second-annual gala aimed at raising money to send disabled children to camp. Leading the leaders are Anastasia Trutneva, Kelly Stacey and Patrick Derry, the young entrepreneurs behind the Aurora-based Artistica Ballroom Dance Studios.
\n\u201cWe have been a little harder on them this time around because last year was our first time doing it,\u201d says Kelly of this year\u2019s progress. \u201cWe have amped up the level of their dancing and they have actually done really well so far.\u201d
\n\u201cWe make them sweat during the 45 minutes they\u2019re here,\u201d adds Anastasia on what they are doing to get the guys in the game. \u201cThey usually walk in all nice and collected, but they usually walk out sweating and needing a change of clothes. They now know they need to bring at least three shirts to class!\u201d
\nPerhaps the guys can look to Patrick for some inspiration. For him, it\u2019s all about the performance and having a good time on the floor.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s about putting on a show for the people who are there because, as much as the purpose of the night is to raise money for Easter Seals, it is a top notch event in itself,\u201d says Patrick of the evening, which will be held at King\u2019s The Manor at Carrying Place. \u201cEverybody who went last year was raving about how fun it was and usually with these fundraisers, people can\u2019t wait to leave but people didn\u2019t want it to end. We want to uphold the reputation from last year where people get a good show and have a great time while they are there.\u201d
\nHelping ramp up the fun \u2013 and helping the dancers get over the last-minute jitters \u2013 is a new feature this year: a group dance to kick off the night. The Artistica team likens what they\u2019ve prepared to dancing down the line on Soul Train, a chance to introduce the dancers to the audience and show off their fancy footwork in a group setting.
\n\u201cEveryone gets their moment to shine!\u201d says Patrick.
\nThe Artistica dancers formally opened their doors earlier this year after several months in business. They came together as ballroom dance instructors at another local studio but they had a meeting of the minds on how they wanted to forge ahead together.
\n\u201cWe were approached by friends who were students \u2013 and still are \u2013 and they helped us with the backing of it about two years ago,\u201d says Kelly. \u201cAurora was the number one choice on our radar when we were looking to open a business. We really like it, it is really welcoming and it is a really good town with the right clientele we\u2019re looking for.\u201d
\nAdds Anastasia: \u201cWe really focus on the clientele and their needs and wants. We try to stylize and program everything to the desires of every person who walks in here. We find sometimes people come in here and they just want to learn a single dance and we want to give them exactly what we want. Our structure is probably one of the most flexible that is out there because we really focus on giving a student what they want, what they desire at the rate that they want it.\u201d
\nIt is important, says Anastasia, to define what they want to get out of their dancing and they find the most positive way for anyone to make that decision is to come to it on their own. Once they do, then they are able to flourish and develop in ways they always wanted to.
\n\u201cWe all have very different stories in our dancing life, but our stories all follow a similar path,\u201d says Patrick.\u201d We have all had someone in our life that taught us dance [in a way] that really changed how we looked at dance, the way we approached it and the way we teach and work. We\u2019re not just a studio that is here to just teach dance, but we all want to hopefully impart some of that gift we receive in our lives to the people who come in here.\u201d<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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