Keshet Dance and Center for the Arts

The Scholarship Fund also supports tuition for Keshet’s Pre-Professional Program (KP3) students; not many pre-professional programs in the U.S. offer unlimited, non-competitive scholarships to all students.

Keshet Dance Company & Center for the Arts believes that the joy of dance is for everybody – that’s why we offer sliding scale classes and performances! Access to dance education and performance has historically been prohibitively expensive and exclusionary.

Areas of training include: mixed ability dance, dance technique, inclusion & belonging, and others. Check back here for when these public training opportunities are scheduled.

Areas of training include: mixed ability dance, dance technique, inclusion & belonging, and others. Check back here for when these public training opportunities are scheduled.

Areas of training include: mixed ability dance, dance technique, inclusion & belonging, and others. Check back here for when these public training opportunities are scheduled.

Visiting Artists and Artists-In-Residence from Keshet’s Makers Space Experience and Presenting Voices programs often offer guest classes, workshops, and advanced classes while they are in Albuquerque. Check here for classes as they come up, or follow our social media!

Keshet offers Mixed Ability/Adaptive dance classes for ages 6 and above! Keshet’s Mixed Ability/Adaptive classes focus on celebrating the expression of all individuals and all abilities in dance. While dancers of all abilities are welcome in all Keshet programming, Mixed Ability/Adaptive classes specifically integrate all mobility devices as well as all levels of physical and developmental abilities.

Keshet’s Fine Wine Dance class brings together individuals ages 55+ to explore movement and choreography as a community. Dropping in is welcome, and all classes are on a sliding scale starting at $0-full price. Learn the building blocks of contemporary dance choreography, including body awareness, space mapping, movement qualities, movement vocabulary. performance elements, and improvisation techniques.

Contact Improvisation is an exploration of the kinesthetic possibilities of bodies moving through contact, where participants learn to discover and develop agency with their own sense of risk and safety, trust and boundary; rather than depending on outside authorities telling them how, where, and when to move. Sometimes wild and athletic, sometimes quiet and meditative, it is a dance of intimacy (physical closeness) and expression that involves exploration of the fundamentals of sharing weight, consent, touch, being kinetically aware, and following a shared, rolling point of contact between partners.All levels of experience are welcome!

Jazz includes the basics of Jazz dance technique. Students will learn basic steps, stretching, isolation, and how to explore characters and expressions through movement. Jazz at Keshet has a focus on rhythm and improving flexibility. This is a great class for any student interested in Musical Theater, exciting dancing, or learning how to express themselves through movement.

We explore contemporary dance technique and styles using structured improvisation, guided movement exercises, and choreographed material. We’ll find out how our bodies move and work – and try to have some fun along the way! This class is great for both beginners and those with more dance experience.

Contemporary Dance embraces many dance styles and techniques. Contemporary classes at Keshet include in-depth examination of the fundamentals of contemporary, Graham technique, release technique, weight shifting, floor work, dynamic shifts in quality of movement and musicality, and experimenting with choreography. Classes are structured by a center warmup and floorwork, followed by technique exercises and traveling exercises. Dancers will be pushed to explore their physical limitations while searching for joy in their own movement.

Students will train rigorously, learning plié, battement tendu, battement degagé, rond de jambe à terre, battement frappé, adagio, grand battement combinations, and performing développés and grand battements in proper alignment. In the center, students use ballet body positions to perform battement tendu and complicated adagio combinations. Allegro work will challenge students with basic petit and grand allegro combinations. Across the floor, students will learn ballet locomotion, port de bras, allegro steps, pirouette combinations with consecutive turns

KP3 combines rigorous training in contemporary dance and ballet enhanced through the study of other techniques and theory to create well-rounded and versatile dancers.

Keshet’s Pre-Professional Education Program is designed to develop the mind, body, and heart of youth. Experienced dance faculty offer a diverse curriculum and support pre-professional students in the pursuit of their goals and interests.

Teen Hip Hop (ages 13-17) explores building upon basic Hip Hop movement! Students will learn basic steps, explore improvising, and how to find their personal groove. This is a great class for any student interested in exploring rhythm, movement, and dancing with joy!

Hip Hop (ages 9-12) teaches the basics of Hip Hop dance. Students will learn basic steps, explore improvising, and how to find their personal groove. This is a great class for any student interested in exploring rhythm, movement, and dancing with joy!

Teen Jazz (ages 13-17) aims to challenge and excite dancers equally with the opportunity to refine and build upon basic Jazz technique through center exercises, across the floor, and fun combinations. This class will focus on strengthening the body, exploring characters and expression, and developing more techniques!

Jazz (ages 9-12) teaches the basics of Jazz dance technique. Students will learn basic steps, age-appropriate stretching, musicality and rhythms, and how to explore characters and expressions through movement. This is a great class for any student interested in Musical Theater, exciting dancing, or learning how to express themselves through movement.

Teen Contemporary (ages 13-17) focuses on a working knowledge of the basic vocabulary and basic concepts of contemporary dance technique.

Contemporary (ages 9-12) is an exploratory class that will introduce and build on a variety of modern/contemporary movement practices to encourage students’ understanding of their bodies and the relationship to how and why they move.

Teen Ballet (ages 13-17) aims to equally challenge and excite dancers with the opportunity to refine and build upon basic ballet curriculum at the barre, in the center, and across the floor. This class will focus on strengthening the body, exploring artistry within ballet technique, and will strive to encourage dancers to set personal goals and aim for individual growth, all while having fun!

Ballet (ages 9-12) class aims to equally challenge and excite dancers with the opportunity to refine and build upon basic ballet curriculum at the barre, in the center, and across the floor. This class will focus on strengthening the body, exploring artistry within ballet technique, and will strive to encourage dancers to set personal goals and aim for individual growth, all while having fun!

Ballet Basics (ages 4-5) explores the foundation of ballet technique. This class will include developmentally appropriate stretching, ballet positions, and movement exploration with a focus on the joy in moving with others.

Ballet and Contemporary (ages 6-8) is for young dancers wanting to explore the basics of ballet and contemporary dance. This class will focus on spatial awareness, musicality, and joy in movement.

Creative Movement (ages 2-3 or 4-6) brings young dancers together (with one parent/guardian for ages 2-3) for exploring movement! This class will use movement games and prompts to focus on spacial awareness, musicality, and joy in dance.

Keshet offers Company Class up to 3 times a week for advanced-level dancers. If you would like to join, please email info@KeshetArts.org prior to attending, as Keshet’s Company Class schedule often adjusts for rehearsals, performances, and touring. Keshet Company Classes are offered on the same sliding-scale as all other Keshet classes.

A half-day camp designed just for our growing dancers to sample various dance forms!!. Dancers will take Contemporary, Ballet and Improvisation! Dancers will perform short pieces that they have learned for their family and friends at the conclusion of camp on Friday! No experience necessary.

A half-day camp designed just for the youngest dancers. Dancers will take Ballet, Contemporary, and Creative Movement classes. Dancers will perform short pieces that they have learned for their family and friends at the conclusion of camp on Friday! No experience necessary.

This one-week Pre-Professional Program Immersion is designed for motivated and experienced dancers ages 10-18. Dancers will take daily classes in contemporary, ballet, and more, refining technique while broadening understanding of various dance styles. Dancers must have significant prior training in contemporary and/or ballet in order to attend this Immersion. Placement auditions take place on the first day in ballet class. This is a great way to kick off the 2025-2026 pre-professional training season!

Build dance foundations in our one-week camp. Explore Contemporary and Ballet techniques. Dancers will perform short pieces that they have learned for their family and friends at the conclusion of camp on Friday! No experience necessary.