Les Jolies Petites School of Dance was opened by Dr. Sharon Cook in 1998 to share her passion for and expertise in dance to a diverse range of students. She was taught everything from ballet to African dance, and she sent two of her assistant instructors to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre in NYC in 2008. As a result, there is a lot of the Alvin Ailey method taught to her students in the years since. The school teaches hip hop, ballet, and modern dance at all levels. The teachers are supportive to their students and the students have traveled to several places around the world in order to perform.