We are Journey!
Our mission is to provide an enthusiastic, safe, nurturing and positive environment for dancers of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. We offer positive instruction while providing quality dance education with the best technique. We strive to enhance each and every dancer’s creativity, self-confidence, and self esteem.
The Journey Dance Center Objectives
To provide a carefully organized and affordable dance program.
To provide training for all dance levels from beginner to advanced.
To maintain a studio with a warm, inviting, supportive and positive atmosphere in which to provide great service.
To provide performance opportunities and display new talents.
Teach the importance of feeling, behaving, and performing in a positive manner
To educate students in the areas of dance terminology, movement, and technique along with historical and cultural elements from a variety of different dance forms.
What People Are Saying
“We have been with Journey Dance for 3 years now, and our experience has been nothing short of amazing. My daughter has grown and developed under the direction of Mrs. Myatta from following directions to blossoming into a little “prima ballerina”. The foundation and material are all there with the correct terminology for our Brown Ballerinas. Definitely a “once in a lifetime experience” right in the middle of the southern Dallas area. If you’re thinking about joining, do it! It’s worth the smiles on our children’s faces.”
-Causha F.
“I have watched my daughters grow tremendously since becoming dancers at journey. My oldest has found her passion. My baby girl has come out of her shell and is very confident. It's evident that Myatta teaches from a place of excellence and love. Thanks JDC!”
- Nicole T.
Journey Dance Center Staff
Myatta Flanagan,
Artistic Director, Choreographer
Myatta Flanagan is a professional dancer, choreographer, and instructor whose career spans more than 30 years. The founder and director of Journey Dance Center, Myatta provides technical instruction to more than 100 students in several dance forms including lyrical, ballet, jazz, tap, and hip-hop.
Myatta has judged more than 30 dance competitions across the country and has produced and choreographed 65 award-winning competition performances; including a 2008 performance that earned her the Showbiz Dance Competition National Choreography Award.
Since relocating to Dallas/ Ft. Worth from her native Minneapolis, Minnesota, she has served as an Angelina Ballerina Dance Academy instructor, as well as Lead Dance Instructor at the Musical Arts Schoolhouse in Frisco, Texas.
Myatta has been featured as a dancer in dozens of shows and performances, including dancing back up for the legendary country music group Big & Rich. She has been featured as a member of The Exhibit Dance Collective and was a member of the inaugural Dallas Rattlers Dancers (Major League Lacrosse).
Myatta Flanagan has made it her life’s mission to have a first-hand role in inspiring and molding the next generation of creatives. She encourages each of them to follow their dreams; as doing so every day has been the realization of her own.