Fusion Dance Center - Dance studio in Lansing, Michigan
Google Maps

Fusion Dance Center

Verified
Address

6500 Mercantile Way

Lansing, Michigan 48911

Opening Hours
  • Monday: 4:30 - 9:30 PM
  • Tuesday: 4:30 - 9:30 PM
  • Wednesday: 5:30 - 8:00 PM
  • Thursday: 4:30 - 9:30 PM
  • Friday: Closed
  • Saturday: Closed
  • Sunday: Closed
26 programs

About Fusion Dance Center

Fusion Dance Center in Lansing, Michigan, offers a dynamic and diverse range of dance programs for all ages and skill levels. Led by studio owner and director Amy Berry, who has been teaching since 2009, the center fosters versatile dancers with a deep appreciation for various genres. Students can explore an impressive array of styles including Acrobatics, Ballet, Belly Dance, Contemporary, Flamenco, Hip Hop, Jazz, Lyrical, Modern, Musical Theater, Salsa, Tap, and Zumba. The experienced teaching staff includes Mya Berry (Acro, Tap, Hip Hop), Babe Dyer (Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Hip Hop), Kaylee Malt (Contemporary, Lyrical, Jazz), Ellie Fracassi, Aubrey Garcia, Brynn Ruhl, and Bethany Scholten (Ballet). Fusion Dance Center emphasizes holistic development, enhancing physical and mental wellness while building a strong sense of community. Programs cater to beginners and serious dancers alike, offering year-round recital classes, intensive 8-week sessions, and summer workshops. Enrollment is flexible, allowing students to join throughout the year. The studio nurtures talent through its Recreational Performance Team and Competition Teams, including Imagery and Minis, providing ample performance opportunities such as showcases, a winter carnival, and studio day at the Lugnuts, culminating in June recital shows. With a focus on technique, artistry, personal expression, and a mind/body/soul connection, Fusion Dance Center is dedicated to providing a supportive, enriching, and inclusive environment for students to flourish and build confidence.

Programs from Fusion Dance Center

26 programs available

Classes

Adult Classes

Pom

Pom dance is a high-energy style that combines elements of jazz, hip-hop, and cheerleading. It is characterized by sharp, precise movements, jumps, leaps, and the use of pom-poms to add visual flair and energy.

Acro

Acro dance, or acro-gymnastics, combines classical dance technique with athletic acro-gymnastic elements. It requires strength, flexibility, balance, and control to perform acrobatic feats integrated seamlessly into dance choreography.

Hip-Hop

Hip-hop dance is a vibrant and energetic street dance style characterized by its athletic movements, intricate footwork, and freestyle improvisation. It encompasses various sub-styles and is deeply rooted in hip-hop culture.

Tap

Tap dance is a percussive style of dance characterized by the sound of metal taps on the dancer's shoes striking the floor. It requires rhythm, coordination, and precision to create intricate footwork and musicality.

Competitive

Competitive dance classes are designed to prepare dancers for performance and evaluation in dance competitions. These classes focus on advanced technique, choreography, performance quality, and the discipline required to excel in a competitive environment.

Cultural

Cultural dance encompasses a wide range of traditional dance forms from various ethnic and cultural groups worldwide. These dances often tell stories, celebrate rituals, or express community identity, preserving heritage through movement.

Contemporary

Contemporary dance is a highly versatile and expressive dance genre that draws from modern, ballet, jazz, and lyrical styles. It often involves floor work, improvisation, and a focus on the dancer's connection to gravity and breath.

Creative Movement

Creative movement is a playful and exploratory approach to dance, especially for young children. It focuses on developing gross motor skills, body awareness, and imagination through movement, allowing dancers to discover their own way of moving.

Jazz

Jazz dance is an energetic and dynamic style characterized by syncopation, improvisation, and isolation of body parts. It often incorporates sharp movements, leaps, and turns, drawing inspiration from African American vernacular dance.

Lyrical

Lyrical dance is a fusion of ballet, jazz, and contemporary dance techniques, emphasizing fluid movements and emotional expression. It tells a story or conveys a feeling through choreography that is often set to popular music with lyrics.

Pointe

Pointe work is a specialized ballet technique where dancers perform on the tips of their toes, requiring immense strength, balance, and dedication. It is a significant milestone in a ballet dancer's training, allowing for an extended line and ethereal quality in movement.

Ballet

Ballet is a foundational dance technique that emphasizes grace, precision, and strength. It is known for its rigorous training and beautiful aesthetic, often serving as a starting point for many other dance forms.

Acro Program

Our Acro Dance program incorporates both acro skills and dance technique that creates extremely strong and versatile dancers! This program is based on skill levels and not ages to provide the safest and most efficient training. We follow the Acro Dance Teachers Association Program Syllabus, which include checklists for each skill family and progression.

Zumba Dance Fitness, Monthly Hip Hop

This level is for adults that just want to have fun, and either learn something new or expand on previously learned skills. Whether you’ve never been on a dancefloor or are wanting to dust off those old dance shoes, you are welcome in this level! We currently have adult classes such as weekly Zumba fitness and monthly hip hop.

Acro, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Contemporary, Modern, Lyrical, Pom, Pointe

This is the highest level of dance in the FDC journey! These dancers are typically more experienced Junior High aged (12-13) and High School aged dancers with some experience. New dancers ages 16+ are welcome in this level, as well as experienced collegiate dancers. This level is expanding on all previous level skills and can be challenging in both technique and required focus and commitment in class.

Ballet, Contemporary, Modern, Lyrical, Pom, Musical Theater, Hip Hop, Tap, Acro

Dancers in this level are typically Middle/Junior High school students and early level High schoolers. The 9-11 year olds in this level typically have more advanced dance experience, with the 11-14 range just starting dance. Here goals are more specific to skills in each genre, and a higher level of etiquette, movement and performance quality is seen.

Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Pom/Recreational Team, Contemporary, Lyrical, Acro

Dancers in this level are typically Middle/Junior High school students and early level High schoolers. The 9-11 year olds in this level typically have more advanced dance experience, with the 11-14 range just starting dance. Here goals are more specific to skills in each genre, and a higher level of etiquette, movement and performance quality is seen.

Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Pom, Tap, Musical Theater, Acro

Our older elementary-aged students are realizing their potential and learning to rise to the occasion. This level usually includes more advanced 7-8 year olds and new students ages 9-10. Here dancers expand on basic dance knowledge and begin to really shine through learning better control and more in-depth performance skills, as well as honing classroom focus!

Ballet, Jazz/Hip Hop, Tap, Pom, Acro

Our older elementary-aged students are realizing their potential and learning to rise to the occasion. This level usually includes more advanced 7-8 year olds and new students ages 9-10. Here dancers expand on basic dance knowledge and begin to really shine through learning better control and more in-depth performance skills, as well as honing classroom focus!

Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Tap, Acro 1

The early elementary age is where students are forming their dance identities as new stars! These classes expand on classroom etiquette, teach the foundations of each class genre they are enrolled in, including how to honor roots of the art form, and begin to find their own performance qualities.

Tiny Tumblers

Our youngest students are ages 3-5 and are those ready to explore the world of dance! These dancers spend their time learning basic classroom etiquette skills and are introduced to simple dance moves. It is really about exploring interaction with others and their own bodies in time and space.

Creative Movement

Our youngest students are ages 3-5 and are those ready to explore the world of dance! These dancers spend their time learning basic classroom etiquette skills and are introduced to simple dance moves. It is really about exploring interaction with others and their own bodies in time and space.

Imagery required classes

Recital classes

Courses

8 Week Session Classes
$144.00

Join us for 8 weeks of dance lessons with no recital performance. This is a great opportunity to try dance, a new genre, or train during other sports off-season without the long-term commitment.


Frequently Asked Questions

How do I contact Fusion Dance Center?

Call Fusion Dance Center at (517) 755-9344 or visit http://www.fusiondancecentermi.com/.

Does Fusion Dance Center have a website?

Yes, you can find Fusion Dance Center online at http://www.fusiondancecentermi.com/.

What is the best way to contact Fusion Dance Center?

The quickest way is to call (517) 755-9344 or visit http://www.fusiondancecentermi.com/.

What city is Fusion Dance Center in?

Fusion Dance Center is in Lansing, Michigan.

Does Fusion Dance Center have evening hours?

Yes, Fusion Dance Center offers evening hours. Monday: 4:30 - 9:30 PM, Tuesday: 4:30 - 9:30 PM, Wednesday: 5:30 - 8:00 PM, Thursday: 4:30 - 9:30 PM.