- December 15, 2025
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When Jill Athridge opened Stage Door Studios in 2007, she had 40 students. Ten years later, the dance studio has more than 600 students and a staff of 20.
“I worked like a dog the first couple of years because I didn’t have the money,” Athridge says. “I did a lot of volunteer work.” That included helping in elementary school physical education classes and choreographing school shows.