New Steps Dance Center

New Steps Dance & Fitness Center has run its dance program in Glastonbury, Connecticut since 1984, and in spring 2021 moved into a 2,700 sq ft stand-alone building at 31 Concord Street in the town center. Current owner and director Janelle began as a student at New Steps at age four and took over from founders Miss Tammy and Miss Tracy, keeping the studio's original values. The studio teaches ages two through adult and describes itself as deliberately small, with small class sizes and a single end-of-year recital kept under three hours. It has always been a non-competitive studio, attracting recreational dancers and encouraging students to compete with themselves rather than each other. Alongside dance it runs a group fitness program led by a director with an Exercise Science degree, with classes aimed primarily at women but open to men. The studio also hosts birthday parties, a summer dance session and an online dancewear shop.