Academy Dance Center

Additional styles of dance offered, including musical theatre, are available to Academy Pro students. Students must still register for any additional classes through the Office for scheduling and class size availability.

Additional styles of dance offered, including hip hop, are available to Academy Pro students. Students must still register for any additional classes through the Office for scheduling and class size availability.

These are core classes within the Academy Pro program. Students may take additional core classes at their level or below in ballet, tap, and jazz.

Formerly named Carte Blanche, Academy Pro is for the more serious students who are truly invested in their dance education and time at the Academy. By paying one flat fee per month/quarter the student is entitled to take as many classes as they can fit into their schedule. Besides our additional styles of dance (hip hop, musical theatre, etc.) students may take additional core classes at their level or below in core classes (ballet, tap, jazz).

This is a drop-in rate per class. It is not part of the tuition installment plan and is available for students who wish to attend individual classes.

Dance Conditioning classes focus on strengthening, toning, and stretching different parts of the body which facilitate the further development of muscles used in dance. This class is recommended for ages 7 and up in conjunction with their regular dance class training.

Musical Theatre classes focus on learning proper dance technique while exploring the various dance styles used in Broadway shows. Class curriculum is based on ballet and jazz technique layered with Broadway style movement and includes a proper warm-up, stretches, isolations, across-the-floor progressions, and combinations.

Hip-Hop is a form of street dance, featuring popping and locking, body isolations, and current popular moves of today. It is related to Jazz, but with a less technical foundation and more of a freestyle feel.

Tap Dance classes explore the traditions of rhythm tap and Broadway tap. Class begins with warm up exercises at the barre or in the center that increase control, coordination, and rhythm, followed by across the floor exercises that teach dynamics, shading, phrasing, and musicality, concluding with extended rhythmic phrases and combination exercises.

The Academy’s unique Contemporary/Lyrical dance classes (for students age 6 and up) introduce students to elements of Horton, Graham, & Limon techniques and focus on movement from the inside out, encouraging use of breath, energy, and connection.

Jazz Dance classes explore classic and contemporary jazz dance, rooted in the vernacular (social dance) forms, that draws inspiration from a wide range of music including jazz, swing, blues, pop, soul and funk.

Progressive multi-level classes using hard-toed and stiff-shanked pointe shoes while performing steps from ballet. With rarely any exceptions, students will not be considered for Pointe classes until the age of 11 regardless of the completion of the minimum requirements.

This class is dedicated to teaching basic pointe fundamentals and students will work on important preparatory skills and specific exercises for feet, core, and ankle strengthening. Students may begin taking this class at age 9 & may be taken or repeated more than once.

Through a progressive training sequence, beginning with our youngest dancers (Pre-Ballet), students are exposed to the Academy’s structured syllabus, curriculum, and levels.

Ballet classes (for students age 4 and up) are the foundation for training at the Academy and focus on developing a solid ballet technique with emphasis on understanding correct body placement, proper use of turn out, coordination of the upper body (epaulement), and use of arms (port de bras).