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title: "Kinderdance® A Top Childrens Franchise Awards A Franchise In Florida"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/87d991dd-ba1f-49a9-8cdc-ed76b7d2b222
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20200903_kinderdance_a_top_childrens_franchise_awards_a_franchise_in_florida.html
category: "Education & Childcare"
industry: "Education & Childcare"
published: 2020-09-03T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:32:09.609Z
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# Kinderdance® A Top Childrens Franchise Awards A Franchise In Florida

**TL;DR:** Kinderdance awards a Bronze level franchise to Sarah Edwards in Florida, expanding its developmental dance and gymnastics programs to the state. Kinderdance is a worldwide recognized dance, gymnastics, yoga and fitness program for children ages two to twelve.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2020-09-03. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20200903_kinderdance_a_top_childrens_franchise_awards_a_franchise_in_florida.html).*

## Story

Sarah has been dancing since she was three years old and continued her dance education into college where she graduated from Howard W. Blake School with a degree in Performing Arts in 2001.Here, Sarah danced on the Sting Dance Team.

She has recently obtained her Associate of Arts degree in Early Childhood Development. Over the time span of three years, Sarah completed a tenure at Classical Christine School for the Arts in Pinellas Park, FL as the dance teacher and new Jerusalem Christian Academy in Seffner, FL. Sarah has also studied with Randell Marks at the Texas Metropolitan Ballet, while performing in well-known showcases like, The Nutcracker, Chopiniana and Classical Suite Gatherings.

Sarah says “that dance is an expression of the arts in the purest form, and an extension of who she is”.

“We are excited about Sarah joining our franchise family and look forward to seeing her business grow in Volusia County Florida says Kinderdance Vice President of Franchise Development, Karen Maltese.

**Kinderdance®**, established in 1979 is a worldwide recognized dance, gymnastics, yoga and fitness program for children age’s two to twelve. Over 175 Franchisees currently teach to thousands of children weekly at thousands of locations in the US and around the world.

The **Kinderdance®** programs are all original worldwide dance, motor development, gymnastics, and fitness programs that combine academic readiness skills that are specifically designed for children ages 15 months to 12 years old. What makes Kinderdance® unique is that all our programs incorporate educational concepts in a developmentally designed curriculum that teaches to the total child. We place special emphasis on building “self-confidence” and “self- esteem” in young children.

The company offers their educational movement programs on site to child-care centers, recreational centers, churches, fitness centers, corporate childcare, community centers, military bases, public and private schools, and many other viable locations.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- franchise expansion (topic)
- Education & Childcare (sector)
- Florida (location)
- franchise award (topic)
- dance programs (topic)
- childrens education (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20200903_kinderdance_a_top_childrens_franchise_awards_a_franchise_in_florida.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/87d991dd-ba1f-49a9-8cdc-ed76b7d2b222).