Guiding Light Dance Academy - Dracut, Massachusetts

Jennah Costa

GLDA has been such a special place this last year and half. Ms. Jen is so welcoming and the environment is family friendly. It’s so nice to see a dance studio that uses appropriate music and costumes. We’ve made life long friends at GLDA and are thankful for the warm, welcoming, family friendly environment where our daughter can learn, have fun and develop friendships.

Lynn Cuomo

My daughter has been dancing at GLDA for 6 years. During our time she has learned to dance, been supported, cared about, made friends and learned to take instructions from others, work as a team and most of all had fun in a family environment!

Ms Jenn is an amazing mentor and teacher to all that enter the studio. The focus on kindness, trying your best and building up each student is so heart warming. As a parent our ‘village’ is important and we are sure lucky to have the GLDA family as part of our village.

We are blessed to be part of the GLDA family!

Erin Kelley

As a former dance student and teacher at the studio there prior, GDLA had a lot to live up to for me and big shoes to fill. Jen and her staff have gone above beyond any expectation I had!! My son has been dancing with Jen for 3 years and I started up again last year. GLDA provides classes suited for students of all ages and abilities. Classes are professional and fun all at the same time but most importantly, GLDA has given my son and I a second family. The bonds that are created at the studio are life changing, from the minute you walk in the door it feels like you've belonged from the start. My son and I are thrilled to be part of the GLDA family and I personally can't thank Jen enough for providing such a great environment to continue my passion for dance and pass it along to my son. We will be part of GLDA for a long time!!

Zoo Wee Mama

This happened over 10 years ago but it still bothers my family and I today. The dance studio before Guiding Light held a class for special needs people. When Guiding Light took over, they treated the special needs class very poorly and differently. During the first dance recitals, the special needs students weren't given a place to change. The changing rooms were reserved for her dancers only, so the special needs class was forced to change in the hallway/open back stage area. The dancers with special needs were segregated during the production, performing their routine before the show "officially began". In the program pamphlet, it seemed as though the mention of the special needs dancers was more of a shout-out rather than an inclusion in the proper order of events. It left a bad taste in the mouth of all the parents of the special needs dancers, which is why the special needs students went elsewhere not too long after.

Shannon Ford

Great place! Best choice I've made for my daughter. Miss Jen took her at age 2 were no one else would. She and her staff have great patience with kids. The parents are awesome too. My daughter loves going to dance and we can't wait till September for our 3rd year.

Update:
Well I can say we're well past our 3rd yr working on our 7th. My daughter has grown a lot, as a dancer, as teammate,and a compassionate student. Where has she learned those skills from the great staff at Guiding light Dance Academy.
As long as we've been apart of this Dance family I've never seen Miss Jen or staff treat anyone differently ever. My older niece danced 7yrs ago at GLDA and has a disability NOT ONCE did Miss Jen tell her she couldn't Dance. If anything they encouraged her. That recital was wonderful!
I have no doubt in my mind that this year's 2024 recital will be any different! So come join Our Wonderful Dance Family will greet you with open arms!

Eva Mbithi

My daughter has been dancing at GLDA for years now and she absolutely loves it! Ms. Jen and her teaching staff are all so amazing and talented.

Summer Martins

Ms. Jen and her staff at GLDA are wonderful! Friendly, fun, positive classes
& the end of year recitals are always so creative and amazing to see!

Diane Lareau (SoldBuyDi)

Our daughter joined 2021-2022 dance year. She has learned so much in such a short time. She loves her GLDA family.