Read the full article by Dina Bugayevskaya at Sacramento News & Review
For 18 years, Northern California Dance Conservatory has inspired youth who love ballet to enjoy recreational dance and, in many cases, to go on to become professional dancers. NCDC operates with the philosophy that every person should enjoy the benefits that dance can bring to life.
This summer, NCDC restructured its program to drop its recreational classes and instead become a pre-professional dance company, positioning itself as a regional center for dance.
NCDC founder and Executive Director Jen Bradford has the experience to oversee this transition. Bradford was an artistic director of a similar company for four years in the early 2000s. After she got married and moved to Roseville in 2003, she kept commuting to the Bay Area for her students there. In 2006, she opened NCDC in Roseville. Now, as a pre-professional, audition-only company, NCDC boasts 34 dancers.