Founded in 1991 to serve as a professional Training Center. Many select a dance studio by geographical convenience, never bothering to check the credentials of the director or the faculty. Today there is an athletic science behind the movement of dance and it is imperative to learn its exactness. Various techniques which were superior at the turn of the century are now quite outdated by today's standards. As exemplified through the Olympics, the physical achievements of man have evolved at an accelerated rate over the past half century.

Greatly due to Balanchine's genius, 20th Century ballet technique has reached higher limits as well. The strength of the Russian Vagonava technique, combined with the allegro nature of the lyrical Paris Opera technique, is what is known today as the Balanchine technique. At the Von Heidecke Dance Center, professional backgrounds, meticulous attention, and methodical analysis of these principles help to enable serious students to achieve their highest potential.