Dance Maker Performing Arts Academy (DMA) is a state of the art performing arts studio serving Pawhuska, Oklahoma and the surrounding area. We offer dance classes for all ages with a specialty in youth ballet.

DMA 501(c)3 non-profit organization that offers a comprehensive dance curriculum to students ages three and up. We are a mission-driven organization and it is our goal to provide the highest quality arts education possible to the youth of our community.

OUR MISSION

Located in the heart of the Osage Reservation, our highly trained and dedicated staff use dance, theater, and performance to engage, inspire and transform the lives of their students. We seek to enrich our entire community with access to the arts.

OUR PRINCIPLES

Arts education is a pathway to life skills; physical and mental wellness, healthy identity formation, creative and cultural expression, self-respect, discipline and more. These principles empower young people in any future they choose to pursue, arts-focused or otherwise.

OUR LEGACY

DMA is known in our community for our deep investment in our students and promotion of arts in their lives. DMA is a feeder school for Wahzhazhe, an Osage Ballet giving our students the unique opportunity to perform with professional dancers in a professional production.