Barbara's Conservatory of Dance is a Topeka dance school rooted in decades of local instruction and focused on serious dance training. Under the direction of Lacee, who returned to her hometown to lead the conservatory and Ballet Midwest, the school combines longstanding community ties with conservatory-level experience. Its faculty includes teachers with strong backgrounds in performance and choreography and close connections to the University of Missouri–Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance. The conservatory emphasizes disciplined study, artistic development, and sustained dance education, with leadership and alumni who have progressed from early training at the studio to higher education and professional performance.