Spisak Dance Academy - Dance studio in Glendale, Arizona
Google Maps

Spisak Dance Academy

Verified
Address

5255 West Phelps Road

Glendale, Arizona 85306

Opening Hours
  • Monday: 3:30 - 9:00 PM
  • Tuesday: 3:30 - 9:00 PM
  • Wednesday: 3:30 - 9:00 PM
  • Thursday: 3:30 - 9:00 PM
  • Friday: 3:30 - 6:30 PM
  • Saturday: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Sunday: Closed
21 programs

About Spisak Dance Academy

Spisak Dance Academy, located in Glendale, Arizona, is Arizona's oldest and most established dance school, dedicated to fostering a lifelong love for movement in students of all ages. With a rich history, Spisak Dance Academy seamlessly blends tradition with contemporary trends, offering a comprehensive curriculum that develops technical skill while cultivating self-awareness, self-esteem, confidence, and expressive abilities. Our diverse range of genuine dance styles includes Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Acrobatics, Lyrical, Contemporary, Modern, and Hip Hop, ensuring a rich and varied experience for every dancer. Classes are designed for children as young as three, with specialized programs like the K-1 Dance Program for ages 5-6, focusing on foundational techniques, building confidence, and discipline. Ballet is a cornerstone technique, starting at the barre and progressing to complex movements. Tap classes enhance rhythm and musicality, while Jazz builds upon balletic foundations with dynamic choreography. Acrobatics classes focus on fluid, balletic movement with an emphasis on body contortion, and Lyrical blends ballet and jazz to interpret music. Contemporary dance offers a modern approach for trained dancers, and Modern dance explores freedom of movement. Hip Hop classes delve into street dance styles rooted in hip hop culture. Spisak Dance Academy is committed to providing expert instruction from dedicated, experienced dance instructors who guide students through progressive learning experiences. We emphasize consistent training for effective learning and offer various class programs, from pre-school options to core classes for ages 7 and up, and specialized teen classes. We provide a nurturing and inspiring environment where students can develop their passion for dance and learn valuable life lessons, transforming them into well-rounded individuals.

Styles offered at Spisak Dance Academy

Programs from Spisak Dance Academy

21 programs available

Classes

Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Hip Hop, and Modern

Spisak Dance Academy offers dance lessons for all ages, teaching basic skills of self-awareness, self-esteem, confidence, and the ability to express themselves. Dance lessons are life lessons!

Acro

By placement – call for a free evaluation class

Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Hip Hop, and Modern styles of dance

We offer Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Hip Hop, and Modern styles of dance. We teach all ages and our students help them learn the basic skills of self-awareness, self-esteem, confidence, and the ability to express themselves. Dance lessons are life lessons!

K-1 Dance Program

The K-1 Dance Program is focused on Kindergarten and 1st graders, ages 5 to 6. We have designed this program to be engaging and fun to keep the attention of the younger children and therefore instill a love of dancing in them from a young age that will endure a lifetime! The program is a full hour of one subject in ballet, tap, jazz, acrobatics, or hip hop. Because ballet is such a fundamental style we suggest starting with ballet while learning any of the other subjects. Our experienced K-1 dance instructors work with children as young as three all the way up up to high school age, training all students equally while watch them grow and as a result of their training, bloom.

Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Hip Hop, and Modern

Spisak Dance Academy is proud to be Arizona's oldest and most established dance school while staying up to date with the latest trends. We train each student equally and help them develop their own passion. We teach all ages and our students help them learn the basic skills of self-awareness, self-esteem, confidence, and the ability to express themselves. Dance lessons are life lessons!

Pre-School Classes

Pre-school Classes for Ages 3 to 5, not yet in Kindergarten. Combination classes are for those ages 3 to 5 and not yet in kindergarten. We offer the 3–5-year-olds not yet in school a one-hour “combo” class that includes pre-ballet, tap, and basic acrobatic skills. They work on hand/eye coordination, small and large muscle motor skills, and learn about the class protocol. They sing, dance, and move!!!

Hip Hop

A range of street dance styles primarily performed to hip hop music; the style has evolved as part of the hip hop culture. It is influenced by a wide range of styles that were created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews seen in videos, movies, and television programs.

Modern

This style of dance is often considered to have emerged as a diversion from classical ballet as it allowed dancers to move more freely. It is taught using several original and adapted styles of the original innovative choreographers—Graham, Taylor, Cunningham, Dunham, and Horton to name a few.

Contemporary

A genre of dance performance that has developed during recent years. It has grown to become one of the dominant genres. Mostly developed for trained dancers, there is a requirement that those enrolled in this class have previous ballet, tap, and jazz training.

Lyrical

Lyrical dance is described as using ballet movement and technique in more free form. It is choreographed to music interpreting the lyrics of a song or to instrumental music that is “lyric” in quality. Lyrical classes resemble ballet or jazz in warm-up, center, across-the-floor, and choreography study. Ballet study is a prerequisite to take lyrical classes.

Acrobatics (5-9 Years Only)

Acro focuses more on body contortion and tricks that defy the center of gravity. Bodies are worked long and lean, and control is a key component to build strength and flexibility. Acrobatics is more fluid and balletic in its performance style. Gymnastic tricks are meant to be executed by training the muscles to be shortened to build more power for the 4 events—Floor, Beam, Uneven Bars and Vault.

Jazz

While strongly based on classical ballet techniques and choreography, classical jazz dance incorporates movement with clean and strong lines originating from the chest and hips. Classical jazz is jazz dance at its core. There are many styles of jazz dance that have developed over the decades from early social dancing to portrayal of jazz music to theater dance. Class study includes different styles of turns, jumps, leaps, and body movement using music from every genre’.

Tap

Tap dance is known as a cultural and rhythmic form of dance. Students are learning about music, how to make music, and how to listen to music. We know that students who take tap classes are better rhythmically with far better musicality. They also tend to have a much better sense for accent, dimension, and shading in their other styles of dance. It’s a benefit for college program acceptance and professional work.

Ballet

Ballet is the most important dance subject. The structure of a ballet class will almost always be the same wherever you go, whether you are a beginner or a seasoned professional dancer. This is where all dancers will learn terminology, body placement and alignment, and how to warm up the body properly and safely. Ballet class is progressive. In the beginning, dancers will start off at the barre learning basic movement and technique. The class will progress to center and across-the-floor work and will get bigger and faster as the dancers become stronger. Every ballet class finishes with Reverence.

Hip Hop

Friday 4:15 pm
Ballet

Saturday 10:00 am
Combination 3-5 Not Yet in School

Saturday 9:00 am
Acro

Thursday 5:15 pm
Jazz

Thursday 5:15 pm
Tap

Thursday 6:15 pm
Lyrical

Requires ballet enrollment.

Thursday 7:15 pm

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I contact Spisak Dance Academy?

Call Spisak Dance Academy at (602) 547-0547 or visit http://www.spisakdanceacademy.com/.

What are Spisak Dance Academy's hours?

Spisak Dance Academy is open Monday: 3:30 - 9:00 PM, Tuesday: 3:30 - 9:00 PM, Wednesday: 3:30 - 9:00 PM, Thursday: 3:30 - 9:00 PM, Friday: 3:30 - 6:30 PM, Saturday: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM.

What days is Spisak Dance Academy open?

Spisak Dance Academy is open on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

What city is Spisak Dance Academy in?

Spisak Dance Academy is in Glendale, Arizona.

What is the best way to contact Spisak Dance Academy?

The quickest way is to call (602) 547-0547 or visit http://www.spisakdanceacademy.com/.