Spisak Dance Academy

Our Mission

For over 5 decades, Spisak Dance Academy has been educating students by showing them a love and appreciation for the art of dance.  We train each student equally, watch them grow individually, and help them to develop their own passion.  They study from a nationally well-respected and educated adult staff that is constantly reaching for higher education standards in their chosen profession.  We know that every goal is reached by determination, dedication, discipline, and hard work.  No matter where their paths may lead, our students will acquire the basic skills of self-awareness, self-esteem, confidence, and the ability to express themselves in any future endeavor.   Dance lessons are life lessons!

 

Toney Spisak Horizon Scholarship Awards 

The Toney Spisak Horizon Scholarship Awards were originally founded in 2004 to award scholarship money to members of the Jataba Dance Troupe. 

Scholarships would be given for:
 
1) The member showing the most promise (scoring highest in auditions).
2) The member voted the "favorite" audition routine by fellow dancers, judges, and SDA staff.
3) The member who had improved the most over the previous year in the four core subjects and Overall, chosen by the teaching staff.
4) A Senior Award of $1,000 for the senior majoring in dance in college and who submits the best written essay.
5) A $1,000 Scholarship to attend DMA Teachers' Training School Award for a Jataba Member continuing their teaching education at the certified TTS in Buffalo University.
 
Funds are now perpetuated by the sale of snacks and water in the Spisak Dance Academy lobby.

Toney Spisak Horizon Scholarship Awards Winners