The Festival School of Ballet was founded in 1987 by Clare Fetto and her husband, Keith Carcich. After more than ten years of teaching and performing throughout Western New York, they saw a need in the city of Buffalo for a school offering classical ballet training in a professional atmosphere.
They chose to offer students of dance an alternative
Our journey began in 1976 when a young ambitious teenage dancer had the dream of owning her own dance studio. Eleanor Donovan Gilson, a South Buffalo native, opened the studio when she was a junior in high school attending Mount Mercy Academy. What began as a small one studio dance school, with only a couple students, grew into a large loving family
Eugenia's Dance Studio is devoted to constant, never ending improvement and the level of excellence continues to grow, with many students winning national dance scholarships and competition awards. The level of services, the care and nurturing of young dancers and the mentoring of dancers as they grow up at this studio is very important. All of the