Verge Dance Collective: A Dance Company Rooted in Artistry, Expression, and Growth
Verge Dance Company is designed for dancers who are ready for more focused, intentional training and a deeper level of commitment to their growth as artists. This program supports dancers as they refine strong technique while learning how to move with purpose, confidence, and emotional connection.
Verge is for dancers who feel deeply, think creatively, and want their training to be meaningful, challenging, and immersive—not rushed, one-dimensional, or driven by pressure alone. Dancers in Verge are ready to show up consistently, work thoughtfully, and grow through a more dedicated training experience.
Verge 2026–2027 Audition Information
Audition Clinic
Ages 9–11 | June 3 | 12:00–2:30 PM
Ages 12+ | June 3 | 3:30–6:00 PM
Official Auditions
Ages 9–11 | June 4 | 10:00 AM–1:00 PM
Ages 12+ | June 4 | 2:00–5:00 PM
What Is Verge Dance Company?
Verge is an artistry-driven performance company, within Balance Dance Studios, centered around contemporary and modern movement. Training focuses on expressive quality, musicality, control, and technical clarity, with choreography that challenges dancers to grow as both technicians and artists.
While Verge maintains a supportive and encouraging environment, it is also a program that values discipline, focus, and intentional practice. Dancers are expected to engage fully in their training and to approach their work with commitment and care.
Rather than emphasizing speed or volume, Verge prioritizes depth:
- Depth of movement
- Depth of connection
- Depth of understanding
Dancers are encouraged to take creative risks, discover their own artistic voice, and build confidence, as performers and collaborators, through consistent, purposeful training.
Why Verge Matters for Your Dancer
Parents often look for programs that build confidence, resilience, and self-expression, while also offering real skill development. Verge was created with that whole-child growth in mind.
Confidence Through Expression
Verge dancers learn how to communicate through movement, trust their instincts, and perform with authenticity. This cultivates confidence that extends beyond the studio.
Strong, Thoughtful Training
Technique is developed with intention and care. Dancers focus on alignment, strength, control, and musicality, learning not just how to execute movement, but how to apply technique expressively and intelligently.
Emotional Growth & Resilience
Through feedback, rehearsal, and performance experiences, dancers learn how to navigate challenges, build resilience, and grow in a supportive, respectful environment.
A Healthy Relationship with Dance
Joy, curiosity, and balance are central to Verge. Dancers are challenged and supported, without sacrificing their well-being or love for movement.
Performance With Purpose
Verge dancers have opportunities to perform in thoughtfully curated productions and showcases which highlight artistry, storytelling, and emotional connection.
Through these performance experiences, dancers:
- Build stage presence and confidence
- Develop professional rehearsal habits
- Experience the fulfillment of working toward a shared artistic vision
Each performance is approached as a meaningful opportunity for growth, not simply an end result.
A Supportive, Intentional Environment
Verge is guided by instructors who are deeply invested in each dancer’s artistic and personal development. The environment is calm, respectful, and collaborative, allowing dancers to feel safe exploring movement, while also being challenged to grow.
Dancers are supported in:
- Discovering their individual strengths
- Developing creative confidence
- Building trust and accountability within a team
This intentional culture helps dancers grow not only as performers, but as people.
Who Verge Is For
Verge is a great fit for dancers who:
- Are drawn to many styles of dance including: contemporary, ballet, jazz, hop hip, tap and fusions of dance genres
- Enjoy expressive, emotionally driven choreography
- Want meaningful performance opportunities
- Thrive in supportive, growth-focused environments
- Are ready for a more committed, intentional training experience
If your dancer is seeking a deeper connection to movement, artistry, and performance, Verge may be the right next step.
Verge Directors
Mandy Anstey graduated with a BFA in Dance from the University of South Florida in 2013. Amanda has performed, choreographed and trained all over the world including Paris, France and Beijing, China. After graduation, she moved to Orlando, FL where she was the lead performer for the dance theater company VarieTEASE for 5 years under the direction of Blue Star. VarieTEASE dance company has been awarded “Top Dance Company of Orlando” for the past 5 years. In 2015, Amanda received her Yoga Teaching Certification from Asheville Yoga Center.
As an educator, Amanda has produced, choreographed and directed multiple dance concerts and musical theater productions, for all ages for the past 17 years. She created two successful dance programs at Paredes Middle School (Austin, TX) and University High School Performing Arts Magnet (Orlando, FL) from ground zero. While at University High School, her impact resulted in the school receiving the national award of “Top Magnet School” in 2021. Her career in dance education values movers of all levels and promotes character building through the vehicle of dance.
Her choreography offers a fresh outlook on life. Her show “Let Go” and “Forgotten Memoirs” performed in the Orlando Fringe Festival in 2017 and 2019, both pieces were asked by patrons to perform in venues throughout the state of Florida. In 2016, the American Association of University of Women offered Amanda a grant to create a curriculum and dance film for her show, “Let Go”. The curriculum and dance film creates awareness around self-defeat and guides the viewers to become the master of their mind.
