Dance Center of Greensboro

Each spring, the Dance Center of Greensboro’s competition teams attend regional dance competitions. Students compete in lines, large groups, small groups, duo/trios and solos. Each year we have a variety of competition dance genres including Pointe, ballet, tap, jazz, acrobatics, contemporary and musical theatre. Our dance teams have won numerous ‘highest score’ of the day, first place overalls, top ten overalls, judges awards, best technique, and best choreography awards. Participating in dance competitions helps young dancers become stage PROS and the feedback from professional judges helps each dancer improve their technique and artistry.

The Dance Center of Greensboro offers tumbling & hip hop classes. These popular classes are high energy, quick paced, and fun! Perfect for ages 5+ from beginning through advanced. Challenge your balance, strength, speed, flexibility, and musicality today. Our tumble students are safe learning on protective mats & our 35ft. air track.

The Dance Center of Greensboro offers tap classes from beginning level through advanced levels. Various styles of tap classes include Broadway, classic & rhythm.

The Dance Center of Greensboro offers a wide variety of jazz styles including Broadway, classic, funk, pop, and competitive.

Contemporary, Modern and Lyrical dance combines influences from numerous dance genres including ballet, jazz, African & Butoh. These styles strive to connect the mind and the body through interpretive movements which can range from creating stories to abstract improvisation to very specific meanings. Come explore new ways to move with us.

Our goal concerning our ballet students is to progress them to an advanced level which includes dancing en Pointe. While some studios may offer specific pre-pointe and pointe classes; The Dance Center of Greensboro recognizes that pointe is an extension of intermediate/advanced level ballet.

The Dance Center of Greensboro offers Cecchetti Syllabus, ABT-NTC Curriculum, and Vaganova techniques as well as non-syllabus techniques. This allows for focus on a strong technical base, helping one further their ballet opportunities.

The Dance Center of Greensboro offers ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, tumble/acrobatics, and hip-hop classes to dancers when they begin kindergarten. The tuition rate is listed below and due on the 5th of each month.

The Dance Center of Greensboro offers ballet/tap/tumbling combination classes for our preschool dancers. By offering numerous classes per week, we make scheduling easy for our busy preschool families. The tuition rate is listed below and due on the 5th of each month.

The Dance Center of Greensboro offers tap classes in various styles. From beginning level through advanced in Broadway and rhythm styles. Classes consist of warm-up, across the floor work, center work and combinations. DCG offers tap classes beginning at age 7 thru adult. Come on in and try out your next tap class with us.

Classes consist of warm-up, strengthening, floor work, body isolations, leaps and turns, and fun combinations in the style of the class. DCG offers jazz/lyrical classes beginning at age 6 – adult. We offer beginning thru advanced and competitive jazz options. Come on in and try out your next jazz class with us.

The Dance Center of Greensboro offers contemporary, lyrical and modern classes. Classes consist of a warm up, exercises emphasizing musical interpretation and emotional expression as well as proper technique of floor work, flexibility, strength, leaps, and turns. DCG offers lyrical/jazz classes for our younger dancers age 6+ as well as contemporary and modern classes for the beginning, intermediate, advanced, and competitive levels. Come on in and try out your next contemporary class with us!

The Dance Center of Greensboro offers more than 16 ballet classes and rehearsals per week. Classes consist of Cecchetti, ABT – National Training Curriculum, Vaganova as well as non-syllabus technique. Our ballet program focuses on the proper development of each ballet dancer through proper alignment, correct technique, musicality, strength, and quality of movement. Non-syllabus classes are essential for learning unseen enchainments and learning additional steps and variations for both male and female dancers. Cecchetti syllabus classes include national ballet examinations. This program inspires young dancers to reach to their full potential as they progress level to level, exactly as they do in school. Come on in and try out your next ballet class with us!

A 90-minute combo tap/jazz class in Broadway style, ages 11+

A 45-minute tumbling only class for students, ages 5+

A 45-minute hip hop class for dancers, ages 5+

A 90-minute combo ballet/tap/jazz class, performs 3 routines, for the second-fourth grades.

A 60-minute lyrical/jazz/tumble class for children in first and second grade.

A 60-minute combo ballet/tap class for children in 1st grade, ages 6+.

A 60-minute combo ballet/tap/tumble class for young dancers ages 3-4.

A 45-minute evening class combining ballet/tap/tumble for dancers, ages 4-5.

A 60-minute combo ballet/tap/tumble class for dancers ages 3.

A 45 -minute combo ballet/tap/tumble class for the very young dancers, ages 2.

The Dance Center of Greensboro hosts master teachers and guest choreographers frequently. Our guest artists offer classes and choreography in classical ballet, Broadway jazz, tap, hip hop, contemporary, and tumbling. Several of our guests are in the midst of their professional dance careers currently and love working with the students at The Dance Center of Greensboro. It’s an honor to host these working professionals that offer our students professional advice and encouragement.

The Dance Center of Greensboro’s tumbling/acrobatic-arts faculty come from the renowned Anti Gravity Company (NYC, Las Vegas) and national tumble and cheer teams. Our tumbling program includes elements of gymnastics, acrobatics, and cheer. Our tumbling teachers are certified with Acrobatic Arts and Dance Masters of America and have trained with top notch coaches such as Bela Karolyi, Hector Salazar, Kristie Phillips, Christopher Harrison, Andrew Pacho and more. Please see faculty bios for additional information.

The Dance Center of Greensboro’s tap & jazz faculty come from Broadway and National/International Broadway touring companies as well as commercial industrial & television experience. Our tap and jazz faculty combine styles of Luigi, Gus Giordano, Henry Le Tang, Danny Hoctor, Bob Fosse, Charles “Chuck” Kelley, Crystal Chapman, Tommy Tune, Joe Tremaine, Brian Foley, Chet Walker, and more. Please see faculty bios for additional information.

The Dance Center of Greensboro’s ballet faculty come from professional ballet backgrounds including performances with The Royal Ballet, Boston Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, New York City Ballet, Gateway Ballet, and more. Our ballet faculty has combined styles of Enrico Cecchetti, Aggripina Vaganova, George Balanchine, Robert Joffrey, Robert Barnett, Duncan Noble, Nina Danilova, Gyula Pandi and more. Please see faculty bios for additional information.

The Dance Center of Greensboro offers a pre-professional program, for the more serious student, which provides additional performance opportunities. Being a member of DCG’s performance company requires additional technique classes plus numerous rehearsals, in a weeks time. These committed dancers gain performance experience participating in our annual nutcracker ballet, dance competitions, national ballet examinations, and several spring recital performances.

The Dance Center of Greensboro offers technique classes in ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, Broadway tap & jazz, leaps & turns, hip-hop, tumbling/acrobatics, preschool classes, adult programs and children’s combination classes. We offer the highest quality of dance education by combining our standardized curriculums with our professional faculty. Our teaching methods work, our faculty have professional dance experience, and our students have gone onto professional companies.

Our Summer Camps and Classes are a great mix between training and fun.