Twinkle Toes Appear on Your Carolina!

The morning of October 8th 2025, a few of our Twinkle Toes cuties were on the news! Check out this clip of their performance on Your Carolina and this snippet from Megan Heidlberg:

“Dance Without Limits is a local dance studio celebrating its 10th anniversary season with locations in Greenville and Simpsonville.

They are celebrating their 10th anniversary, and also just opened a second location in Simpsonville.

They are inclusive of students of all abilities. They’re a non-competitive – we dance for fun in a welcoming and low pressure environment.

They have a structured curriculum for all of their classes, ensuring our fun is planned, age-appropriate, and strategic!

This morning they highlighted their Twinkle Toes Preschool Dance Program with some of their 3- and 4-year-old dancers.”

You Can Watch Their Performance Here!

Check out the article on the WSPA website here!

How We Let Kids Be Kids | Netflix Cuties

As I’m sure you’ve seen, opinions and outrage have been circulating social media over the new Netflix film “Cuties;” while many parents want to let kids be kids. #cancelnetflix is trending as people are cancelling their subscriptions in protest of this content. 

Have I Seen The Movie?

While I have not seen this film, I have read quite a bit about it and have seen a few clips. I feel strongly that someone should never give an opinion about something that they have not directly experienced. However, I have also learned to limit the amount of darkness I allow into my head and heart.

Some of The Issues Raised

So while I will not be saying anything about the film itself as I haven’t seen it and don’t intend to, as a dance teacher and studio owner, I feel the need to address some of the issues the film has raised for the public. 

Let Kids Be Kids

One of the core values at Dance Without Limits is “Let kids be kids.” These are not words that were chosen lightly and half-heartedly. They are at the core of who we are as a studio. And they were chosen intentionally as our culture and the dance industry continue to fail to safeguard the children we are responsible for. 

Keeper of Their Innocence

As a teacher and studio owner, I know I am responsible for what my students are exposed to. As much as possible while they are in my care, I am a keeper of their innocence. I (and my staff) take this role very seriously. This is why we try our very best to limit our students’ exposure to anything inappropriate. For this reason, we only use age-appropriate music, choreography, and costuming. Our programming is fun, safe, wholesome, and kid-friendly. If that means we’re less trendy or cutting edge, we’re cool with that. 

Dance Industry Gets a Bad Rap

Movies and TV shows like this are giving dance studios and the dance industry a bad rap. But in my decades-long experience in the dance world, I’ve found the vast majority of teachers and owners love children. They build a dance family out of their studios, and are passionate about using their art to build strong, confident, caring and wonderful dancers. Dancing can bring joy and light into people’s lives.

As parents, you have a choice.

The world can be a dangerous and scary place. I have two pre-teens and a teenager, so I am with you. And, as parents, we cannot bury our heads in the sand and pretend everything in our culture is fine. But we can do our research. Learn about what’s happening in our kids’ worlds. Seek out people and places that protect and love our children instead of exploit them. And let what others are using for evil be used for good in our children’s lives. 

We’re On Your Side

These are important topics that need to be talked about, and I am only just scratching the surface of a huge cultural problem that has thankfully been brought to light. Sometimes the troubles in this world can feel overwhelming and parenting through it feels impossible. But we are on your side. And we’ll continue to do all we can to join you in protecting your children and let kids be kids.

DWL Featured in the Greenville Journal

Dance Without Limits has recently been featured in the Greenville Journal! Check out the article below:

Instructor teaches students to Dance Without Limits

Beth Bradley is the oldest of 18 children.

Only two are her biological siblings, and all of the remaining 15 are considered special needs of varying levels of physical and mental abilities. Four have needs severe enough to remain in her parents’ care the rest of their lives.

Bradley’s parents began adopting children in need when she was 10 years old, adding a new sibling each year after. She learned quickly to change diapers and even how to use a feeding tube by the time she was a teenager. As she grew older, her resentment for the amount of responsibility she was expected to undertake also grew. As an adult, though, she’s grateful.

“None of it was my decision. It’s not really my story, but it shaped who I am,” Bradley says.

Through those difficult years, dance became a haven for her, and now she’s using it to help others.

Bradley, who founded Dance Without Limits dance studio in Greer where her three daughters now dance, has created a teaching environment inclusive of all abilities, something that is a rarity in the often competitive and high-pressure dance world.

“We’ve been able to create a place for kids that didn’t have a place before,” Bradley says.

Each class, from the beginning preschool ballet level through high school hip-hop can accommodate students with developmental and physical delays to a certain degree. The “limitless friends” class is specifically for dancers with different abilities of any severity. Older students without any dance experience can feel comfortable in a beginning class.

The model has been so successful that after three years in the current location at 2105 Old Spartanburg Road, the studio needs to move to a larger space.

The new location in the same shopping center as Irashai Sushi Pub in Greenville is currently under construction. The studio spans three storefronts at 115 Pelham Road, Suite 24, with twice the square footage as the old spot and three dance rooms instead of one. The additions also mean hiring additional instructors to allow for more classes at popular times, which will keep Bradley from having to turn away interested students when classes are full.

“We opened with 30 kids,” Bradley says. “We have 335 students now, and they just keep showing up, which I’m so thankful for.”

The 15 siblings she helped care for while she lived in her hometown of Hendersonville, North Carolina, were the reason she entered a niche market within the dance community. Even now her parents bring their children — wheelchairs, walkers and all — to each one of Bradley’s studio performances to show their support. Beyond that, it’s a physical reminder for the hundreds of attendees of the Dance Without Limits mission.

Bradley began dancing at 4 years old in the same studio she would eventually co-own and run in Hendersonville before opening Dance Without Limits in Greenville in 2016. It wasn’t her idea, though, to add classes for students with disabilities.

“I did it because my mom told me to,” she says.

Her mom wanted Bradley to offer a dance class for her siblings. That required more than simply adding it to the schedule. She says she had to learn how to teach kids who move differently and how to make instructions tangible for them.

“I learned how fully capable they are,” she says. “They’re just kids like every other kid and they can learn to dance like any other kid.”

Bradley says the hard work is rewarding, seeing these special students meet physical milestones because of taking dance classes.

After moving to Greenville in 2014 for her husband’s job, she continued commuting to Hendersonville to teach, hauling her own daughters back and forth.

She eventually had enough of the driving and decided to open a studio in Greenville, thinking naively ‘this will be easy.’ She knew no one in Greenville and started completely from scratch.

“If I had known what I know now, I wouldn’t have ever done it,” she says.

Word of mouth and a crash course in social media marketing led to significant growth after the first few months with parents gravitating towards a more inclusive, less-strict environment.

And now she’s taking what she considers another big risk with the new location, but she knows she can do it.

“When I find something I’m all about, I’m all about it,” she says.

Read the article on the Greenville Journal website.

Open House: August 26

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Dance Without Limits and NoteAbility Music School are hosting a combined Open House! It’s your chance to visit our studios (we’re neighbors!), register for fall dance and/or music classes, meet our instructors, and enjoy some free inflatables, face painting, and refreshments. Come check out your one-stop-shop for all things performing arts!

Fall classes begin Monday, August 28th!

Building a Dance Family: Our First Year in Review

That’s a wrap! Just like that, our first year in business has come to a close. Last weekend we held our first Spring Showcase, closing out our very first dance season, and it was amazing! I still can’t keep from smiling every time I think about the joy and excitement in our students. What a way to finish!

As I’ve had time to process (and rest!) this week, I’ve been thinking about what a privilege it is to be able to sit back and watch magic happen. A dance family is being built right before my eyes, and to be honest, I don’t think I have a whole lot to do with it.

I have always known I was meant to be a dance teacher. My love for dance started early and my love for kids and teaching quickly followed. I had the privilege of growing up in a small town dance studio. The owner was like a second mom to me, my fellow dancers were my sisters and best friends. As I moved into my teenage years, my standard response to any invitation was “I can’t, I have dance.” Which didn’t bother me at all, because I was where I belonged.

As I began my teaching career, I was again blessed to be a part of some great dance studios. Eventually I moved into studio ownership, which was eye-opening and challenging, as well as rewarding on a whole new level. The kids and parents were like family and again, I knew I was right where I belonged.

Then my husband took a new job in a new state. We moved an hour away from the studio, and, for a while, I commuted. But we have three kids. Needless to say, that situation could not last long. I had some major decisions to make, and a completely unknown future ahead.

As I stepped out into the unknown and, in faith, started a studio ownership all over again, I alternated between excitement and complete freak-out (I have three girls, so of course this translates to a Disney movie. Think “Tangled” when Rapunzel leaves the tower for the first time and has a complete melt-down. Yep, that was me.) Honestly, I still go through this “I’m so excited! What have I done?!” almost daily.

But dance is so much more than just dance. And I knew that there is a whole group of kids out there that haven’t had the chance to experience what I was blessed to experience. You see, I firmly believe that dance is for everyone, and everyone can benefit from participating in dance and being part of a (healthy) dance studio. Every kid deserves the opportunity to challenge their minds and bodies, explore release through art, have fun without judgement, belong to a community, and make life-long friends.

So I bit the bullet and opened a dance studio in an area saturated with dance studios, determined to be different, to focus on inclusion and acceptance, to give great dance training in a family-friendly environment, to make a difference. And while I was busy working my rear end off to keep the doors open and classes going, something magical happened. A dance family started to form.

I saw a family new to the area with a child starting kindergarten in a new school in a new city begin to make friends. I witnessed a mom reach out to another mom who was struggling and bring supper to feed her family when she didn’t have the energy to come up with a meal plan. I saw a sweet little girl bring a program from a musical she attended to a student with disabilities who is passionate about musical theater. I watched friends and family members cheer on not just their students, but all of our students as they conquered their fears and stage fright at our Showcase. Time and again in the classroom, I saw kids build each other up, tell someone how good they were at that split/turn/leap, compliment someone’s outfit, and make a new friend. I worked in the office as I listened to parents and kids laughing and hanging out long after class was over. I saw kids and families belonging.

This is what dance studio life is all about. Connection and community. Not all kids will love to dance. Not all kids will have the talent, drive, or desire it takes to make a career out of dance. But everyone can benefit from being part of a dance community. And I’m just thankful I get to be a part of it. I’m so thankful that once again, I’m where I belong.

— Miss Beth