EMC Performing Arts Studio

Specialties

Our vision is to provide the most professional instruction to children and adults in a family-​friendly environment. In the classroom, our students are taught proper technique and skills in a safe, non-​competitive environment that emphasizes classroom etiquette, perseverance, goal-​setting and self-​esteem. Outside the classroom, family values are embraced and promoted through activities and events that encourage families to have fun together through the arts!

We value YOU at EMC and we hope that you will choose US to fill your child’s afterschool time with inspiring lessons, individualized attention, long-​lasting friendships and a solid arts education.

Parents will appreciate our sincere interest in customer service, our affordable prices and conveniently scheduled classes located in your own community.

Since 2003, EMC has committed it’s resources to enriching the lives of children in our community through the arts!

History

Established in 1992.

Simply stated, I run a dance studio. However, over the last eight years we have expanded the concept of a dance studio into a full-​service dance, art, music, theater and gymnastics center where students receive lessons in goal-​setting, perseverance and team-​work. I have recruited a very talented staff, who have helped me to realize my dream of providing an arts education encompassing technique, terminology, and history. It is also a place where students of all ages can feel a sense of belonging. The social structure here is very welcoming.

Meet the Business Owner

Robin S.

Business Owner

Robin Snyder-​Wiencek is the founder and director of EMC. She graduated from the Baltimore School for the Arts in 1987 where she studied ballet under Norma Pera. From there, she went on to Montclair State University in New Jersey and discovered improvisational dance and choreography. She returned to Baltimore in 1990 to teach the Vaganova Method of classical ballet at the BSA and to continue pursuing a B.A. degree in Visual and Performing Arts at University of Maryland Baltimore County. Robin has been developing and implementing EMC in and around Baltimore since 1992. In 1999, she founded the professional modern dance company, The Collective, which is now The Collective Inc. the parent company of The Susquehanna Youth Ballet and The Collective Percussion and Rhythm. In 2003 she expanded her studio and opened a second location in Southern Pennsylvania. Over the past 8 years the studio has expanded to include dance, art, music gymnastics and theater lessons both in our studio and through o