Your teen will reach new heights in dance and aerial arts!

Students in our Dance Foundations and Aerial Arts receive a solid dance education, whether they are dancing on the floor or in the air. No previous experience is required! Tap and Ballet round out our offerings so that there's something for everyone. Leadership options for teens include our NEW student teacher education program! Technique classes are also for adults where noted.

Dance Foundations

Here’s where students learn the essentials of dance, including good posture, efficient movement patterns, command of one's body, balance and proprioception, musicality, physical literacy, and technical skills! Students can perform at community events and at our June showcase. 

​Class option:
  • Teens and adults: Thursdays, 7:00p to 7:45p

Aerial Fabrics

Your teen will learn the secret to standing on, leaning out from and spinning on aerial fabric in this fun and challenging class. They will increase their endurance through practicing movement sequences, and will hone their understanding through preparing for aerial choreography. 

Try-it-out class option:
  • Teens and adults: Tuesdays, 7:00p to 7:30p (six-week sessions)

Session-based class option for elementary-level students:
  • Teens and adults: Wednesdays, 7:30p to 8:15p

Session-based class option for intermediate students: 
  • Teens and adults: Mondays, 7:00p to 8:00p

Tap Dance

Your teen will be step-stamp-stomping their way through this tap class, full of commotion and creativity. Tap can be taken on its own, or in combination with other classes. Students perform at community events and at our June showcase.

Try-it-out Ballet / Tap Combo class option:
  • Teens and adults: Tuesdays, 7:30p to 8:15p (six-week sessions)

​Session-based class option:
  • Students to age 18: Thursdays, 5:00p to 5:30p

Ballet

​Does your teen pine for the day when they can rise up on their toes and dance en pointe? This focused ballet class works in tandem with our Dance Foundation program to lay the foundation for more advanced ballet work. Like all of our programs, this class is open to all genders.

Try-it-out Ballet / Tap Combo class option:
  • Teens and adults: Tuesdays, 7:30p to 8:15p (six-week sessions)

​Session-based class option:
  • Students to age 18: Thursdays, 4:30p to 5:00p
  • ​Students perform at community events and at our June showcase. Costumes are extra special! Co-requisite: Dance Foundations.

Ambassadors Leadership Program

Students hone leadership skills through planning and helping to run events, and develop their performance abilities through extra on-stage opportunities. Admission is by application, and requires a commitment to attend meetings and events for the whole 2019/20 session. Co-requisite: Dance Foundations. Fees apply.

Ambassadors meet:
  • Some Wednesdays, 4:45p to 5:30p, plus events as scheduled.

DanceStep Student Teacher Education Program

 The DanceStep program encourages and empowers our next generation of young leaders by providing opportunities for students to assistant teach within certain classes. Working alongside our dance teachers, assistants also study theory, providing valuable knowledge in areas such as Anatomy, Safe Dance, Learning Styles and Musicality. 
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Each level is completed over the course of a studio year and has an online theory component, and an in-class practicum component.​​

​Admission is by application. Co-requisites: Ambassadors Leadership Program and Dance Foundations. A per-level fee applies.