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Welcome to the Fitzsimmons Dance Factory!
The Fitzsimmons Dance Factory is an exciting dance environment with a professional, experienced staff and a studio-designed syllabus for ages three to adult. We offer limited size classes and age defined placements in competitive and non-competitive genres. The Fitzsimmons Dance Factory strives in personal growth and development, and provides each student with the utmost individualized attention.
Our staff and students have created a caring environment that creates a flow of creativity, concepts, and productivity. Student placement is achieved after their dance background and performance has been reviewed. This may be accomplished through class participation after registration or summer attendance.
Established in 1985, the Fitzsimmons Dance Factory continues to be an innovative and progressive dance studio, known as the standard setter in the Rochester area. Ms. Lauri M. Lucas, Founder and Director, as well as numerous staff members have taught many years in the Rochester and Fairport areas. For more information about our staff, please refer to the Staff page.
The Fairport studio has been specifically designed and constructed as a dance facility, and both facilities meet local and state building codes. Each studio room is equipped with full size mirrors, specially designed dance flooring and up-to-date sound systems, as well as air conditioning.
Students at the Fitzsimmons Dance Factory are placed by age and dance level beginning at the age of three. A student entering with previous dance experience is evaluated and then placed.
A disciplined program in ballet, jazz, and tap is offered at the beginner to advanced levels. Pointe is taught at the appropriate advanced level and is attained through the approval of our ballet teachers. Private instruction is available in conjunction with class participation. Competition classes are offered for interested students where entrance depends on age, level, and teacher invitation.
In addition, nationally recognized teachers are invited to teach master classes each year, which adds additional perspectives and reinforcement to our curriculum.
Mini-Sessions are also offered bi-annually for Preschool Beginners. Summer camps are offered at both studios and at The Harley School.
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The teachers at the Fitzsimmons Dance Factory have been selected for their dance expertise, education, and teaching skills. These attributes have given the Dance Factory an exceptional depth of dance knowledge. Our teachers, collectively and individually, continue to pursue further study in methods, styles, and theories from master dance teachers, seminars, and professional organizations. Many staff members, including Founder and Director, Lauri M. Lucas, have taught many years in the Rochester and Fairport areas.
For more information about our teachers, browse through the pictures to the left. Mouseover a teacher's picture to display the caption; click on a picture to view it at a larger scale in a new window, along with that teacher's biography.
Many of our alumni have gone on to pursue professional dance careers. We are very proud of their efforts and impressed by the diverse paths that they have chosen! If you’re an alumni, we want to hear from you! Click here for our Facebook page and get back in touch!
Alumnae Teachers
We are also proud that many of our teachers are FDF alumnae! Those teachers are:
Check out their bios under the FDF Staff link.
Click here to open the Fitzsimmons Dance Factory registration form in a new window.
After printing and filling out the form please mail it to or drop it off at our Fairport studio. The Fairport studio's mailing address can be found on the Contact page.
You can contact the Fitzsimmons Dance Factory by calling:
7374 Pittsford-Palmyra Road
(Rt. 31, 1.7 miles east of Rt. 250)
Fairport, NY 14450
Click here for a map to the Fairport studio.
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