about me
The Drum & Dance Learning Center, LLC was founded by teachers/ performers Kim Leary and Dave Merritt. Their combined experience and appreciation of music and dance led them first to collaborate on multi-cultural projects,
then to form the DDLC with this vision:
To provide a welcoming atmosphere that promotes
creativity and learning in the percussion and dance arts
of many cultures and their corresponding anthropologies.
The Drum & Dance Learning Center encourages personal growth and provides foundational learning skills through on-going classes, workshops and student performance opportunities as well as lectures with guest instructors. The courses are designed to meet the needs of both the casual student and those students with a life long dedication to learning.
The Drum & Dance Learning Center believes that personal dedication to an artistic discipline whether as a hobbyist or professional, develops essential life skills. These include: communication, teamwork, cultural awareness and understanding as well as developing aesthetic values, problem solving and analytical skills.
Our classes offer an atmosphere of learning with students of similar skill levels. The class size is designed to provide each student with individual attention, while allowing the entire class to progress through the series. Students may choose a specific series of classes or set up their own course study of the class series offered at DDLC.
Students may also enroll in our Performer Program, a curriculum DDLC has developed to prepare students and give them all of the essential tools, skills and knowledge necessary to succeed.
