Giana Dance Studio is committed to encouraging all dancers to strive for excellence and enjoy the journey along the way. We believe each dancer has the ability to increase her/his physical, emotional, and intellectual well-being through our dance program. Our goal is to provide quality dance instruction through caring, professional instructors in a friendly, family-oriented atmosphere. GIA Dance Studio promotes strong self-confidence, self-respect, discipline, and appreciation through the fine arts of dance. We inspire every dancer to find their own creativity.
Gia Dance Studio is dedicated to our dance families to ensure you are kept well-informed of the progress of each dancer. We believe open communication and encouragement both at home and within the dance studio will promote a stronger self-worth within each dancer. We are strong believers that “Children Learn What They Live” and strive towards promoting the same commitment to our studio families as we do to our dancers. The success of each dancer is a result of great teamwork between the dance studio and our dance studio families.
Gia Dance Studio values the community, and we support many fundraising efforts sponsored throughout our locality. It is through community service that we can teach (and learn) the value of human kindness. “Together, We Can Make A Difference” is our studio’s fundraising motto. This is the generation of dancers that can step up and make a change in human kindness and create positive attitudes for our future. These are the values Gia’s Dance Studio strives to promote with each of our dancers.
It’s more than just dance…
Giana is more than just a dancer, she is an active member in the deaf community, she is a Hearstrong champion (HearStrong Champions are individuals with hearing loss who are dedicated to inspiring and empowering others)
Gia is active with the amazing Thyson Hailey and the Deaf Advocacy group; this team have been by her side at every event as her ASL interpreter.
Gia is active in the Hearing Loss Association both Essex County Chapter and the New Jersey State Chapter. They both serve as an extension of the Hearing Loss Association of America organization in creating awareness of hearing loss issues within the state of New Jersey to bring awareness and support for people with hearing loss.
Gia is also part of The NJ AG Bell Chapter. It is volunteer-led organization that offers more localized support. They provide opportunities to help all their members to use listening and spoken language to succeed in meeting the daily challenges of living with hearing loss.
She also loves her sport, she plays Soccer, Softball and she plays Tennis
At Gia Dance Studio, we want kids to feel like they belong whether they want to dance, sign, cheer, paint, play music for a season or a lifetime.
Giana was born profoundly deaf in both ears, she had a paralysis on the left side of her body, and she also had a stroke at birth, she had over a year of physical and occupational therapy to help to sit, crawl, and even walk.
At 18 months old, Gigi had cochlear implant surgery, we were hoping that would helping to speak, that was not the case, she was transferred to a total communication school where sign language became her primary language.
She struggled as a toddler to do basic things, when she was 3 years old we signed her up for dance class, that became her passion.
When the opportunity came to open a dance school, her mom Gina and her dad Stanley saw the only name for the studio was their GIA, after their daughter who has been a fighter all her life.
She did different genres of dance from Acro, Jazz, Hip Hop, Ballet, Lyrical, her favorite was Hip Hop which she still loves.
Giana is more than just a dancer, she is an active member in the deaf community, she is a Hearstrong champion (HearStrong Champions are individuals with hearing loss who are dedicated to inspiring and empowering others)
Gia is active with the amazing Thyson Hailey and the Deaf Advocacy group; this team have been by her side at every event as her ASL interpreter.
Gia is active in the Hearing Loss Association both Essex County Chapter and the New Jersey State Chapter. They both serve as an extension of the Hearing Loss Association of America organization in creating awareness of hearing loss issues within the state of New Jersey to bring awareness and support for people with hearing loss.
Gia is also part of The NJ AG Bell Chapter. It is volunteer-led organization that offers more localized support. They provide opportunities to help all their members to use listening and spoken language to succeed in meeting the daily challenges of living with hearing loss.
She also loves her sport, she plays Soccer, Softball and she plays Tennis
At Gia Dance Studio, we want kids to feel like they belong whether they want to dance, sign, cheer, paint, play music for a season or a lifetime.
Committed to encouraging all dancers to strive for excellence and enjoy the journey along the way
