About StarMakers


Motivate, Inspire, Dream.

StarMakers enhances the lives of area youth with all of the benefits of dancing and tumbling in a group environment: health, confidence, self-expression, social, relaxation, and fun. We offer studio classes and recreational teams with opportunities to grow and advance to the nationally competitive levels.

History and Community Service

Christi Stanton is the Owner/Director of StarMakers Dance Company and StarKidz After School/Summer Camp Program. She began teaching at the age of 19 in her parent’s garage with 5 students. Her studio has grown to a state of the art 10,000 square foot facility in Inman, SC, close to I-85.

StarMakers has winning teams on local, state and national levels. StarMakers Staff choreographs routines for high school and college dance/cheer teams. Christi and her staff judge dance and cheer competitions on all levels for some of the country’s largest dance and cheer competitions.

StarMakers is involved in many local afterschool programs including South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind. StarMakers Sudden Impact Elite teams are proud to serve the community throughout the year with many local performances including; Impact Sports Amazing Chase, Magnolia Manor, and many Elementary School Arts and Culture Weeks.

Why We Love Dance

Dance is both exercise and an art form. It allows for self-expression, while also requiring discipline and skills mastery. Basically, dance is challenging—and exhilarating!

When you dance, your cardiovascular system improves, your muscle tone increases and you burn calories. Dance and tumbling increase flexibility, strength, posture, and balance. In addition, your brain uses multiple areas simultaneously, reminding you of steps and keeping you in rhythm, amongst other things.

Dance is also social. You’ll meet new people and make new friends over a common bond. Dancers also get to experience different world cultures and become familiar with various historical eras through different styles of music and dance.

Dance can lead to scholarship and career opportunities. Skills obtained while learning dance can be used in school and in almost any profession out there.

Most importantly, dance increases self-esteem and confidence, allowing you to be your best you!