Class Registration and Info

Instructor: Nora Lang (they/them)

Class Registration:

Register for classes at Darrah Blanton Dance:
www.darrahblantondance.com/registration/

Contact:

darrah@darrahblantondance.com
(206) 281-9815

Brain-compatible dance education in a nurturing environment with an emphasis on conceptual learning and creative exploration. Featuring the BrainDance. Classes for ages 3-10 years.

Creative Pre-Ballet
Creative Ballet

Nora Lang (they/them) believes dance is for everyone. Nora has been fortunate to teach in a variety of community-based locations, including senior community centers, art museums, and public elementary schools. In the studio, Nora's classes focus on storytelling, individual expression through movement, and practicing teamwork through games. Having worked with people from the ages of 3 through 80, they understand how to meet dancers at whatever pace they need and create an accessible space. When you take their class, you'll experience a blend of playfulness combined with practicing functional movement that will enrich your experience in the dance studio and beyond.

Darrah Blanton (she/her) has been teaching dance to children since 1999, specializing in a variety of styles, including ballet, tap, creative movement, parent-toddler, beginning jazz, and musical theater. Her experience spans a wide age range, from toddlers as young as one year old to teenagers up to 18. Darrah has taught at numerous established dance programs and schools, including All That Dance, American Dance Institute, Spectrum Dance, Urban Monkeys, Young Child Academy, Interlaken Preschool, The Secret Garden Preschool, and the Queen Anne & Laurelhurst Community Centers. She also choreographed the musical productions of Grease, Guys & Dolls, and Seussical: The Musical for Ingraham High School.

A Bellingham native, Darrah studied with Wendy Setter at The Dance Studio and with Isabel and Teo Morca at the Morca Academy. She later graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Washington with a double degree in Dance and English and furthered her dance education through workshops at the Creative Dance Center, focusing on the BrainDance method. Her performance experience includes appearances at the University of Washington, Velocity, Seattle Center, The Chamber Theater, On The Boards, and Freehold Theater. After 20 years in Seattle, Darrah returned to Bellingham in 2016 with her husband and two sons.