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Glen Roc Dance Shoppe

celebrates 40 years

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Alma Ciccarelli, owner of the Glen Roc Dance Shoppe in the Glen Roc
Shopping Center. (Photo by Frank Comstock.)
Good Moo
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studio every day.
By Frank ComstoCk
“I loved it,” Ciccarelli said of that
A staple of the Mercer County dance temporary job. She knew dance was
scene for 40 years, the Glen Roc Dance “the direction I wanted to go in. I want
Shoppe in Ewing provides children, my students to learn the art of the
teenagers and adults with the oppor- dance as much as possible and I want
Best Breakfast In Town tunity to learn and perform a variety of them to have a love for it, and not be
dancing styles.
pushed into it.”
Owner Alma Ciccarelli has taught
Glen Roc’s classes average 10 to 15
Homeade Pancakes thousands of young people to dance and students. Some of the more experi-
BREAKFAST • LUNCH • BRUNCH thinks of every one of them as her own enced students are occasionally given
children. She is now teaching children the opportunity to work with younger
of students she had years ago. students. She started a program several
The dance studio is bright and invit- years ago where the younger students
ing, with a ballet barre along one wall, a work with her teenage dancers. This
wall of mirrors on the opposite wall and not only helps the younger students, it
a large performance area in between. allows the older students to get experi-
The special floor has a slight springiness ence as teachers.
to it, aided by blocks and springs under Glen Roc does a recital in May of each
Mon & Tues: 10% OFF for Seniors Open 7 Days A Week! the surface, which eases tension on the year at the Kendall Theater at The Col-
lege of New Jersey. All students partici-
knees and legs of the dancers.
“Typically, we have 250 to 300 stu- pate in both a matinee and evening per-
BUY ONE ENTREE 7am- 2:30pm dents a year,” Ciccarelli said. “I have formance, showcasing what they have
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adults.” The studio is open from 4 to
There are also two competition
FREE! * 1560D North Olden 10 p.m. Monday to Friday and 10 a.m. teams—junior and senior—with stu-
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to 3 p.m. on Saturdays, with the later dents ranging from 12 to 18. The teams
hours reserved for the older students compete around New Jersey several
2nd Entree to be of equal or less value with Avenue, Ewing, and adults. Classes last for an hour, and times a year and occasionally travel out
a minimum purchase of 2 beverages NJ 08638 many students take more than one class. of state to perform.
*Cannot be combined with any other o er. not valid Ciccarelli said she started dancing at This year, Ciccarelli, with help from
on Weekends and Holidays. Not Valid for take-out. Help Wanted, Experienced. the age of three and then had a chance a number of parents, will take both
cannot be used with any coupon o er. for a temporary, four-week job running teams to Walt Disney World in Orlando
One coupon per party. Value up to $5.00 Apply Within. someone else’s studio after college. in November, where they will perform
Now, four decades later, she is still in the on a floating stage in the water and take
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