City Dance Theatre

Offers various dance and play options, along with dance parties. This segment celebrates the joy of movement and provides opportunities for social engagement through dance.

Please check back April 2026 for all our Summer dance options. Celebrating 30 years of dance education in Salem, Oregon. This event promises a variety of dance opportunities for students to explore.

Hip Hop class for our littlest dancers age 3-6

Hip Hop is a high energy class that builds stamina and introduces moves similar to those seen in music videos. Class incorporates a warm up designed to provide strength, flexibility and conditioning, preparing students for this energetic and constantly evolving dance style.

Lyrical Jazz maintains the percussive rhythmic characteristics that define Jazz, but it incorporates elements of Ballet & Modern dance to give it a smooth, lengthened look and lyrical quality.

Tap class for our youngest dancers age 3+

Tap focuses on musical phrasing, the complexity of rhythms and on the challenge of making melodies with the feet.

Jazz is an American dance form which evolves and changes. Students work on placement and technique while learning modern and contemporary jazz styles. The class consists of warm-ups, floor progressions and combinations.

Modern dance is usually a lyrical and poetic way of moving, which evolved as dancers found the need to break away from the rigidity of Classical Ballet and express themselves using a more free style. Modern Dance is characterized by its bending of the spine into spirals and contractions as well as the use of off center movement such as tilts and layouts. It lends itself to various types of music and is traditionally danced barefoot.

PBT is a program developed to help students advance in all dance forms by training muscle memory. PBT focuses on core stability, weight placement and alignment. PBT is practiced internationally.

Pointe requires a solid foundation of advanced ballet technique. The Director determines when a student is technically and physically capable of beginning pointe work.

Ballet class for our youngest dancers age 3+

Ballet is the basic foundation of all dance forms. It teaches proper placement, carriage, grace & poise. Barre exercises develop strength and flexibility while center work allows students to practice classic dance principles. Ballet is a beautiful and athletic dance form.