Grossi Dance & Performing Arts Academy named Business of Month

This week, the Rockville Downtown Association announced that Grossi Dance & Performing Arts Academy has been selected as its December 2018 "Business of the Month." Located at 30 Lafayette Square, the Academy is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary. On hand for the award ceremony were (left to right) RDA Board member Dan DelGallo, Administrator of Rockville General Hospital; Linda Regulbuto, Academy Owner and Artistic Director; and RDA Board member Rene Lambert, Co-Founder of Opportunity Works.

In receiving the honor, Regulbuto said, “Proper dance and performing arts training is beneficial in so many ways. Thorough technique promotes good posture and coordination, muscle strength and flexibility. Good training promotes musical appreciation and artistic and creative expression as students learn to channel their energy constructively. Dance and theater arts training encourages poise, style and polish, giving a healthy respect for one's body and mind. Discipline learned in the dance and theater classes can be applied to life and school work as students learn to be better organized and gain responsibility and admiration for themselves and for the others in class.”

Equipped with two fully-appointed dance studios with specialized dance flooring, the Academy offers classes in a wide array of dance genre and performing arts programs. Dancers and performers are involved in community outreach and service, enrichment activities, special appearances, collaborative and volunteer engagements such as Relay for Life, Special Olympics, Vernon Community Arts Council, performances for The Bushnell, Senior Moments presentations, Rockville Public Library lecture demonstrations, family field trips to musicals and productions, dance workshops and national dance conventions.