Jo Ann Warren Studio

High-energy fun for kids who love to move! Groovers introduces the basics of hip hop dance — isolations, footwork, and freestyle expression — while improving balance and coordination. Classes are fast-paced, fun, and build confidence.

Using mats, tunnels, beams, and upbeat music, children explore safe acrobatic basics like rolls, balance, and spatial awareness. Tumblers builds strength, coordination, and confidence in a supportive environment.

The next step in the journey. This hour-long class introduces ballet and tap technique with more structure — across-the-floor work, barre exercises, and movement vocabulary. Dancers grow stronger, more flexible, and more confident with every class.

A joyful mix of pre-ballet and pre-tap. Children learn early ballet positions and simple tap rhythms while improving coordination, memory, and musicality. Classes are playful and engaging, laying the foundation for future technique.

A play-based introduction to music and dance where parents join the fun. Props, storytelling, and interactive activities develop balance, coordination, and imagination — all while strengthening the parent-child bond.

The Jo Ann Warren Studio Company consists of our most advanced dancers in each age group on all areas of dance. These dancers, ages 6-18, take classes in ballet, jazz, tap, tumble, contemporary, lyrical, hip hop and voice.

Looking for youth hip hop dance classes in Worcester, MA? SQUAD is the ultimate hip hop dance crew for kids and teens ages 10+. This exciting performance team brings dancers together to train in hip hop technique, perform at community events, festivals, and halftime shows, and build friendship, confidence, and teamwork along the way.

SQUAD is a dynamic youth hip hop dance crew for dancers ages 10 and up who are ready to perform, grow, and shine. These talented and passionate dancers light up stages across central Massachusetts at sporting events, community festivals, and citywide celebrations. From halftime shows at the Worcester Railers and local high school games, to parades, festivals, and live showcases, SQUAD members bring excitement, energy, and individuality to every performance.

Performance Plus (P+) is a youth dance performance team for ages 5–10. Perfect for dancers who love the stage, P+ offers fun, community, and quality training.

The Performance Plus Dance Team consists of talented and exciting young dancers ages 5-14. They perform for distinguished audiences and community events throughout central Mass.

The next step in the journey. This hour-long class introduces ballet and tap technique with more structure — across-the-floor work, barre exercises, and movement vocabulary. Dancers grow stronger, more flexible, and more confident with every class.

A joyful mix of pre-ballet and pre-tap. Children learn early ballet positions and simple tap rhythms while improving coordination, memory, and musicality. Classes are playful and engaging, laying the foundation for future technique.

This class blends elements of modern, ballet, and improvisational dance to explore expressive movement. It focuses on developing fluidity, dynamic range, and emotional expression through contemporary choreography.

This class dives into advanced hip hop styles, incorporating intricate footwork, isolations, and freestyle elements. Teens will learn to execute complex movements and develop their own style and creativity.

Aimed at more experienced students, this class teaches advanced tumbling skills and acrobatics. It includes a structured warm-up, skill progression, and choreography, with a focus on technique and safety.

This class explores advanced jazz techniques, including dynamic movements and energetic choreography. Emphasis is placed on style, musicality, and performance quality, with a focus on developing individual expression.

This class emphasizes advanced tap techniques and rhythms. Dancers will refine their footwork and timing, exploring complex combinations and developing a strong sense of rhythm.

This advanced class focuses on developing technical proficiency and artistic expression through classical ballet techniques. Teens will work on strength, flexibility, and precision while learning intricate choreography.

This class is a great transition class for those with combination class experience, or pre-teens and teens in conjunction with ballet. Contemporary dance draws on both classical ballet, modern, theatrical, and concert dance employing a special technique for developing the use of the entire body in movements expressive of abstract ideas.

Hip hop is an urban dance style that is done to hip hop music. This is a fun and high energy dance form that has grown in popularity. Students explore the freedom of movement and develop rhythm, coordination, and musicality. Age appropriate music is always selected for every level.

Tumble combines classical dance with acrobatic moves. Acro teaches flexibility, strength, balance, muscle control, concentration and discipline.

Jazz dance includes high energy classes that allow dancers to step outside their comfort zone. Dancers learn leaps, turns, kicks, and jumps, as well as other jazz technique. In jazz classes, students learn to incorporate style to their movement and develop strength, stamina, and flexibility.

Tap is a percussive form of dance using the feet. Tap shoes are worn to produce sound through movement. Classes focus on rhythm, precision and musicality. Students will develop coordination and a great sense of rhythm.

Ballet is the foundation for all dance genres. Classes are designed to build strong technique that is essential to other dance forms. Students will be educated and challenged to continually grow and develop their technique and vocabulary. Ballet classes will also develop proper body alignment, strength, flexibility, grace, balance, poise, and musicality. As students become advanced, pointe work may be incorporated.

Primary Tumble is the fusion of dance technique with the precision and athleticism of tumbling. Students gain flexibilty, balance, muscle control, and above all learn discipline and concentration becoming instantly proud of their new-found skills.

Primary Hip Hop introduces students to hip hop dance technique which offers freestyle movement and expression while improving balance, coordination and flexibility as students learn beginning isolations and footwork of popping and locking.

Primary Jazz is a high energy class that teaches jazz technique. Dancers will learn leaps, kicks, and jumps. They will also learn how to incorporate style to their movement all while developing strength, stamina, and flexibility.

This class will explore a performer’s creative depths with a combination class of vocals and theatre. Students will gain confidence on stage.

This is a combination class consisting of ballet, tap, and hip hop. Students will be taught the essentials of each discipline in a fun yet structured environment.

introduces students to hip hop dance technique which offers freestyle movement and expression while improving balance, coordination and flexibility as students learn beginning isolations and footwork of popping and locking.

Using soft equipment such as mats, tunnels, cones and foam beams, along with energetic, upbeat music, preschoolers will acquire balance, spatial awareness, and confidence in a caring and safe environment.

This is a combination class consisting of ballet and tap. A student’s education of basic movement and terminology will be challenged, strengthened and broadened through across-the-floor and combinations.

This is a combination class consisting of ballet and tap. Students will be introduced to the basics of both dance disciplines in a fun yet structured environment.

This class is an introduction to dance and creative movement in a fun yet structured recreational atmosphere. Students will utilize dance props and song to work balance, stretch and team work.

Whether you’re looking for your child’s first preschool ballet class, a place to explore voice and theatre, or advanced training in jazz, tap, hip hop, acro, or contemporary dance, you’ll find a community that celebrates every individual.

Whether you’re looking for your child’s first preschool ballet class, a place to explore voice and theatre, or advanced training in jazz, tap, hip hop, acro, or contemporary dance, you’ll find a community that celebrates every individual.

Whether you’re looking for your child’s first preschool ballet class, a place to explore voice and theatre, or advanced training in jazz, tap, hip hop, acro, or contemporary dance, you’ll find a community that celebrates every individual.

From beginner dance classes to advanced training for teens preparing for the stage, each program is tailored to meet students where they are and help them grow.

From beginner dance classes to advanced training for teens preparing for the stage, each program is tailored to meet students where they are and help them grow.

While technique in ballet, tap, jazz, acro, contemporary, hip hop, voice, and theatre is at the core, students also learn lessons that last a lifetime: respect, resilience, teamwork, and the confidence to share their talents with the community.

From a child’s very first preschool dance class to their final senior solo, each individual is encouraged to grow with confidence, creativity, and self-expression.

The Summer Technique Series at JAWS is geared towards intermediate and advanced level dancers as a way to supplement their technique training during the summer months. Dancers will continue to develop their technical skills as well as their artistic performance skills through warm ups, progressions and combinations. Classes will focus on stretching, endurance, strengthening, balance, control and alignment. Class placement is at the discretion of the directors.

This new and exciting technique series is geared towards dancers looking to increase their technique training during the summer months. Dancers will continue to develop their technical skills as well as their artistic performance skills through warm ups, progressions and combinations. Classes will focus on stretching, endurance, strengthening, balance, control and alignment.

Join us this fall for an incredible eight-week program of singing, dancing, acting, and fun! Directed by Ellie Hanson, performers ages 5-15 will be given the direction and tools to shine onstage in our production of Disney’s Frozen Jr.!! Our programs are designed to showcase the skill sets of performers at every level, with instruction given to help young performers learn and grow. This wintery tale will take place in a state-of-the-art theater, fully equipped to bring this story to life. You won’t want to miss this experience!!

Discover how powerful the right community, training, and opportunities can be. New students are invited to begin with a special intro program that includes two weeks of group classes and performance shoes—all for just $39.99.

In this month long transformative program, young artists will train with New England’s industry leaders. This program was designed for students age 11+ and is an exploration of dance culture. Students will explore innovative ways to progress through their movements while embracing self- expression based in strong technical execution

Creative Movers summer sessions are a place where children have serious FUN! Each session provides a unique theme with creative lesson plans. Combining skill building, games and crafts your Mover will create, grow, express and learn all summer long!

Under the Direction of Brianne Marshall our faculty will help develop your child’s performance skills to take them to the next level. All students participate in Music, Dance and Theatre lessons while also learning the show. At the end of this two-week program the students and faculty will proudly present an ON STAGE production. Showtimes will be released closer to the event.

Dance camp assists children to develop physical skills, eye-hand coordination, improve balance and agility, increase confidence, build self-esteem and get physically fit while having fun. No previous experience is needed to enroll in Dance Camp. Each session includes a unique mix of Hip Hop, Tumble, Jazz, Lyrical, costume design, choreography workshop and more!

Camps are 2-week in length (Monday through Friday) with performances at the conclusion of camp. Depending on enrollment, there are multiple productions, split by age range. Each production is limited to 20 students so that all are featured. Camp Hours 9:00 AM- 1:00 PM Early drop off (8:00 AM) and aftercare (until 4:00 PM) are available at an additional extra cost. Please provide extra snacks and a non-internet activity such as a book, coloring/drawing, lego, etc.