ABOUT OUR PROGRAM
OUR PHILOSOPHY
Founded in 1997, Silver Spring Dance Conservatory has been serving Lancaster, PA and its surrounding communities for more than twenty five years. We believe that through the arts, we instill in our children confidence, kindness, creativity, self-awareness, and drive. Staffed with professional dancers and educators, SSDC is dedicated to providing our students with a superior quality dance education in a positive and safe environment. At SSDC, we take great pride in cultivating a welcoming and inclusive experience for all. It is truly our privilege to teach anyone who wants to dance.
WORK-TO-DANCE
In support of our mission, SSDC offers a Work-to-Dance program through which parents and students can contribute service hours to the studio in exchange for a reduction in monthly tuition. For more information about this program, please contact our director at silverspringdance@gmail.com.
MISSION STATEMENT
Silver Spring Dance Conservatory is a community based school of dance providing professional level dance education that nurtures the student’s physical, emotional, artistic, and social development. As a non-profit studio we ensure that all who dream to dance, can.
MEET OUR INSTRUCTORS
CYNTHIA NEHR
Executive and Artistic Director
Ballet, Pointe, Conditioning/Pilates, Modern (Limón)
Cynthia, a Lancaster County native, graduated magna cum laude with a BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography and a secondary concentration in classical ballet from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. She has studied with noted dance artists including Bill T. Jones, Ann Vachon, Carla Maxwell, Nina Watt, Doug Varone, Akram Khan, Bebe Miller, Kun-Yang Lin, and Greer Reed-Jones. She participated in reconstructions of classic works by Phillipo Taglioni, Doris Humphrey, Jose Limon, and Paul Taylor, and performed at the Ickle International Dance Notation Conference. She completed the Vaganova syllabus teacher training seminars in levels 1-3 and 4-6 at the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet, and is a certified mat Pilates instructor and is also certified in the junior, senior, and advanced programs of Progressing Ballet Technique.
Cindy was a founding member of NetCo Dance Company, a contemporary modern company based right here in Lancaster and also served as their assistant director from 2013-2019. She has also performed professionally in both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh as a freelance artist and contracted company dancer. During her time living and working outside of Lancaster, Cindy taught at both recreational and pre-professional dance schools as well as several performing arts magnet schools.
Cindy served as the lead coordinator for Downtown Dances Lancaster, an annual community performance of modern and contemporary dance, until 2020. Now as a freelance artist, she regularly creates work for community dance events including the Trust Dance Festival.