Core Dance & Acrobatics Studios

Jazz classes are combined with Teen Dance Team, offering an opportunity for growth. While not required, these classes are highly recommended for team members.

Ballet classes are required for Core Dance Team members, with 1-2 weekly hours depending on age and level. This foundational training is essential for serious dancers.

Acrobatics is a highly popular program at Core and is truly second to none. It is a stye of dance that combines elements of Acrobatics and floor gymnastics with classical dance.

This is a developmental class containing Jazz and Tap. Dancers will continue to progress, preparing them for elementary school level classes. Dancers will be introduced to proper warm-ups, stretches, and vocabulary combined with across the floor progressions and mini combinations. This is an upbeat, fun, well-rounded introduction to dance for our young students.

This is a developmental class containing Ballet and Tap. Dancers will continue to progress, preparing them for elementary school level classes. This involves more advanced movement and rhythms. We will also incorporate more barre work for Ballet. Engaging music and a positive fun environment is used to inspire these little ones to dance!

To schedule privates, send us an email. 24-hour notice is required on all cancellations. $45 per half hour; $75 per /hour

Interested in one-on-one or small group training? We’d love to help! Rates: $45 per 30 minutes | $75 per hour Booking: Email us to schedule. Cancellation Policy: 24-hour notice is required for all cancellations.

Designed for the most dedicated ballet dancers, this company performs throughout the community, competes at the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP), participates in optional ballet festivals, and presents a winter show each season. Dancers are required to take appropriate ballet classes weekly (1–3 hours, depending on age) in addition to weekend rehearsals.

Designed for the busy dancer, this team offers a competitive experience while allowing time for other activities. Dancers are required to take Ballet and Team Rehearsal each week (minimum 2 hours) and will attend 3 regional competitions alongside the Core Elements Performance Company (formally known as Core Dance Team).

Our premier competitive dance company trains 4–9 hours per week, depending on age. Dancers attend 5 regional competitions each season, with optional conventions and Nationals every other year. Enrollment in the appropriate L.E.A.P. Track (based on age and level) is required. Tracks are color-coded on the schedule for easy reference.

Students on the Hip-Hop Crew are required to take at least one Hip-Hop class, with the option to add Acrobatics, in addition to scheduled rehearsals. They attend 3–5 competitions alongside the Core Elements Performance Company, competing exclusively in the Hip-Hop category.

Also known as Flexibility & Conditioning/Jumps, Leaps & Turns, this popular weekly class is designed to accelerate a dancer’s progress. The first half of class focuses on building strength and flexibility to enhance overall technique, while the second half emphasizes mastering jumps, turns, leaps, and “tricks.”

Contemporary dance is a versatile and expressive style that blends elements of Ballet, Modern, and Jazz. This genre encourages dancers to explore creativity, improvisation, and innovative movement. Core’s Contemporary program is curriculum-based and progressive, guiding dancers through structured technical development while nurturing artistry and personal expression. Classes focus on movement exploration, fluid transitions, dynamic shapes, and emotional storytelling through choreography and improvisation.

Musical Theater is a Jazz-based class inspired by the vibrant style of Broadway. Dancers will learn choreography that reflects the movement seen in musical theater productions, combining technical jazz foundations with strong performance skills. Core’s Musical Theater program is curriculum-based and progressive, helping dancers build stage presence, character development, and expressive movement. Classes focus on connecting with the audience, using facial expressions, storytelling, and stylized choreography to bring each performance to life.

Lyrical dance blends the technical foundations of Ballet and Jazz with expressive, fluid movement. This style emphasizes musicality, emotion, and storytelling through dance. Core’s Lyrical program is curriculum-based and progressive, allowing dancers to build skills and artistry through structured levels of training. Classes focus on flexibility, strength, dynamic expression, and proper alignment, while encouraging emotional connection and individuality through improvisation and choreography.

Jazz is an energetic and expressive dance style that builds on Ballet and modern technique. This class is ideal for dancers looking to strengthen their overall technique while exploring a wide range of movement styles. Core’s Jazz program is curriculum-based and progressive, ensuring dancers advance through structured levels with clear technical goals. Students will focus on foundational technique through jumps, turns, and across-the-floor progressions, while learning innovative choreography. Classes feature a variety of Jazz styles, blending traditional and contemporary influences in a fun and upbeat environment.

Hip-Hop is a high-energy, fast-paced dance style rooted in street and urban movement, set to current and classic Hip-Hop music. Classes incorporate a variety of styles including breaking, locking, and popping, while also focusing on rhythm, coordination, and personal expression. Each one-hour class includes a warm-up, conditioning, and technique training, along with choreography inspired by today’s latest trends in music and movement. Dancers are encouraged to explore their individuality while building strong foundational skills.

Acrobatics is one of Core’s most popular and distinguished programs. This unique dance style blends elements of floor gymnastics with classical dance technique, focusing on strength, flexibility, control, and fluidity of movement. Dancers develop acrobatic skills in a safe, structured environment while enhancing their overall performance quality.

Tap is a percussive dance style where the dancer’s feet become instruments, creating rhythms through metal plates on the toes and heels of specially designed shoes. Students will explore musicality, timing, syncopation, and rhythm while learning foundational tap technique and across-the-floor progressions. Our tap classes are curriculum-based to ensure structured, progressive learning. Foundational levels follow the Al Gilbert Tap Technique, a time-tested syllabus known for building strong, technically sound tap dancers from the ground up.

These curriculum-based classes are designed to develop strong foundational Ballet technique, focusing on mastery of the five positions, plié variations, tendus, and other level-appropriate skills. Instruction is delivered by a professional Ballet Master, ensuring dancers receive high-quality, traditional training. Classes include both barre and center floor work. Dancers progress through a structured Level I curriculum and may advance to Level II or III upon the instructor’s recommendation, with an emphasis on refining classical Ballet technique, precision, and artistry.

Aerial Silks and Aerial Lyra are breathtaking art forms that combine athleticism, artistry, and acrobatics. Whether your dancer is looking to cross-train, try something new, or build upper body and core strength, Aerial is the perfect challenge.

Aerial Silks and Aerial Lyra are breathtaking art forms that combine athleticism, artistry, and acrobatics. Whether your dancer is looking to cross-train, try something new, or build upper body and core strength, Aerial is the perfect challenge.

Aerial Lyrical classes are for both children and adults to develop strength, flexibility, and artistry while learning spins, balances, and dynamic poses on the aerial hoop. Students progress at their own pace in a safe, supportive environment, building confidence and creativity as they explore movement in the air.

Aerial Silks classes designed for both children and adults to build strength, flexibility, and confidence while learning to climb, wrap, and perform beautiful poses in the air. Students progress safely at their own pace, gaining body awareness and creativity as they explore this unique art form.

Tap is a form of dance by using the shoe as well as the floor, as a percussive instrument. Wearing specially-designed shoes with metal taps on the balls and heels of the foot, dancers will learn musicality, timing, syncopation, music theory, and how to create rhythms with their toes and heels.This class will focus on the basics and fundamentals of tap with basic footwork and progressions across the floor.

This class will focus on the basics of ballet. Students will build off of the five positions, master plié variations and tendus, among other level-appropriate skills. Dancers will use both barre and centre floor. Dancers will work to master level I curriculum to move on to level II with the instructor’s recommendation. Dancers will build upon their classical Ballet skills to strengthen their precision and ability.

This developmental class combines Jazz and Tap, helping dancers build skills and prepare for elementary-level classes. Students will be introduced to proper warm-ups, stretches, and dance vocabulary, along with across-the-floor progressions and short combinations. This upbeat, fun class offers a well-rounded introduction to dance for young students.

This is an introductory class containing Ballet, Tap and Creative Movement. Young dancers will learn the basic Ballet and Tap steps. They will learn how to follow direction and imitate movement, while developing gross motor skills in a positive and fun environment. Engaging music is used to get these little ones inspired to dance, all while introducing basic Ballet and Tap technique and vocabulary.

Ability to Groove is a program for people with disabilities to express their emotions through dance. Ability to Groove opens up a whole new world to individuals with disabilities, a world where they can just move, be free and self-expressive.

Contemporary is a dance genre that encourages freedom of expression, improvisation, innovation and the creative exploration of movement. It incorporates certain elements of Ballet, Modern dance, and Jazz.

Musical Theatre is a jazz-based class filled with Broadway style dancing and music. Classes incorporate the style of dance one would typically see on a Broadway stage. This form of dancing emphasizes learning performance skills such as connecting with the audience and facial expressions.

This class is a basic introduction to hip hop and jazz funk style dance. The class will include hip hop technique and choreography, and of course freestyle improvisation! We have a blast dancing to age appropriate music and moves for the young dancers.

This developmental class introduces young dancers to both ballet and tap, helping them build foundational skills and prepare for elementary-level classes. Students will learn more advanced movements and rhythms, with an increased focus on ballet barre work. Classes are designed to be fun and engaging, using lively music to inspire a love of dance.

Hip Hop is a fast-paced and energetic dance style using the latest street/urban dance moves set to Hip Hop music. It encompasses a wide range of street styles including breaking, locking, and popping. Hip Hop class also focuses on developing rhythm and coordination, while encouraging individual style. These hour long classes follow current trends in dance and music and include a warm-up, conditioning, basic-intermediate technique styles as well as introductions to new styles of choreography.

Acrobatics is a highly popular program at Core and is truly second to none. It is a stye of dance that combines elements of Acrobatics and floor gymnastics with classical dance.

Jazz is an excellent class for the dancers who are interested in further developing and strengthening their dance technique. Jazz includes elements of Ballet and Modern technique. We work to develop a solid technical base. The dancers will learn a variety of jumps and turns as well as innovative choreography in this upbeat class. This class will feature a variety of Jazz styles.

Lyrical dance combines technical elements of Ballet and Jazz. Students will concentrate on freedom and fluidity of movement. Lyrical is influenced by the expressiveness and airier aspects of dance. Classes focus on stretch, strength, subtle and dynamic expression, and conveying musicality and emotion through properly aligned movement. Students are encouraged to explore emotion and individuality in dance through freestyle/improvisation and performance of lyrical choreography.

Otherwise known as, Flexibility & Conditioning/Jumps, Leaps & Turns. This highly popular weekly class is designed to accelerate a young dancers progress by focusing on strength and flexibility to improve technique for the first half of class. The second half focuses on a dancers Jumps, Turns, & Leaps, as well as "tricks".