About Us

Star Makers Academy of Dance has offered quality dance instruction in the Washington D.C. area since 2005. Offering classes in Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Pointe, Lyrical, Hip Hop and Modern, Star Makers offers dancers of all ability levels opportunities to learn and grow. For dancers looking to take a variety of classes in a non competitive setting,

Star Makers offers a unique recreational program that allows dancers to excel at a variety of proficiencies. For dancers who are looking for intense training and additional performance opportunities, Star Makers offers a nationally award winning competitive dance program. Star Makers competitive dancers have been praised on both the regional and national level for their dynamic showmanship, stage presence, and overall excellence on stage. Star Makers offers a unique objectives based curriculum which provides dancers with a structured learning environment.

As a high school history teacher, Director Stephanie Ogunnaike has taken the same discipline and standards based approach used with in the academic setting and has applied it to the designing of the curriculum offered at Star Makers. All Star Makers teachers teach a specific objectives based curriculum for each dance class.

This provides clearly defined parameters to all class levels and helps identify skills of mastery necessary for helping dancers progress. In enrolling children into Star Makers, parents can rest assured that teachers are held accountable to maintaining an environment that is conducive to high standards of learning.