Cherilyn's School of Dance - Dance studio in Pleasant Valley, New York
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Cherilyn's School of Dance

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18 West Road

Pleasant Valley, New York 12569

Opening Hours
  • Monday: 4:00 - 8:00 PM
  • Tuesday: 4:30 - 7:30 PM
  • Wednesday: 4:30 - 7:30 PM
  • Thursday: 4:00 - 8:00 PM
  • Friday: 5:00 - 7:30 PM
  • Saturday: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Sunday: Closed
11 programs

About Cherilyn's School of Dance

Welcome to Cherilyn's School of Dance, a premier dance studio located in Pleasant Valley, New York. As we prepare for the exciting 2025-2026 season, we offer a comprehensive curriculum designed to nurture talent across a wide spectrum of dance disciplines, catering to students of all ages and skill levels. Our dedicated instructors provide a strong foundation in classical techniques, with specialized classes in Ballet, emphasizing grace and precision. Younger dancers can explore the fundamentals through engaging combo classes blending Tap, Jazz, and Ballet. For those seeking energetic movement, our Hip Hop classes delve into vibrant street dance, while Jazz classes offer a Broadway-inspired curriculum. Lyrical classes beautifully fuse Ballet and Jazz for expressive movement, and Contemporary dance allows for fluid, genre-bending expression. We also feature dedicated Irish Step Dance classes focusing on intricate footwork. Our youngest students can discover dance through specialized programs like Flip Hoppers and PreFunk, introducing Hip Hop moves and basic tumbling in a fun environment. Beyond diverse class offerings, Cherilyn's School of Dance is deeply committed to competitive dance. Our performance ensembles actively participate in the competitive circuit, with upcoming performances scheduled in Danbury, CT; Springfield, MA; Hackensack, NJ; Vernon, CT; and Randolph, NJ, from February to April 2026. We strive to be a vibrant center for dance education and performance, fostering a supportive and challenging environment where every student can grow and develop a lifelong love for dance.

Styles offered at Cherilyn's School of Dance

Programs from Cherilyn's School of Dance

11 programs available

Classes

Tumbling

Focuses on building strength and flexibility for tumbling skills like round-offs, walkovers, back handsprings and aerials.

Irish Step Dance

Focuses on footwork, traveling, jumps and partner work. It has been around for ages and has grown in popularity from shows like Riverdance and Lord of the Dance. Students will build muscular strength and endurance by beginning with basic movements like sevens, toe hop backs and swing two threes. After mastering the basic movements they will also learn reel and jig steps. Advanced students will have the opportunity to learn hard shoe, the percussive side of dance, as well.

Contemporary

A style of expressive dance that combines elements of several dance genres including modern, jazz, lyrical and classical ballet. Contemporary dancers strive to connect the mind and the body through fluid dance movements

Lyrical

A combination of Ballet and Jazz. It involves the art of expression through music and dance. This class involves many jumps, turns and challenging combinations

Jazz

Involves a warm up (with combination of the body), stretching, turns, jumps, and combinations. There is a typical “Broadway Style” feel to the class.

Hip Hop

A unique and exciting style of street dance that is most commonly performed to hip-hop music. Hip-hop dance is a vibrant form of dance that combines a variety of freestyle movements to create a cultural piece of art. Through its three main styles of popping, locking, and breaking, hip-hop dance has evolved into one of the most popular and influential styles of dance.

Tap Dance

primarily consists of creating various rhythms, syncopation, and percussion with the use of tap shoes striking the floor to create sounds. Broadway and rhythm styles will both be explored.

Ballet

A classical dance form demanding grace and precision. Classes consist of barre work, turns, jumps and combinations to teach classical ballet technique. Correct body placement and form are emphasized. Ballet is the foundation of many dance styles, and is highly recommended for all students.

PreFunk

An introduction to the basics of hip hop dance and is for ages 4-6. Dancers will learn basic hip hop skills.

Flip Hoppers

A style of dance for ages 4-6. Dancers will spend the first half of class learning fun hip hop moves to upbeat music, while the second half of the class will focus on beginner tumbling skills.

Combo Class

For ages 3-6, involves teaching students the fundamentals of dance. The children will learn the core of Tap/Jazz and Ballet while having fun at the same time. Age appropriate music and games are used.


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Call Cherilyn's School of Dance at (845) 635-5908 or visit http://cherilynsdance.com/.

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Reach Cherilyn's School of Dance directly at (845) 635-5908.

What days is Cherilyn's School of Dance open?

Cherilyn's School of Dance is open on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.