Milissa Augustine Dance

Share the Joy of Dance, Acro and Tumbling! Give the gift of dance, acro, and tumbling. Share the love and joy of dance, acro, and tumbling with someone you love!

Share the Joy of Dance, Acro and Tumbling! Give the gift of dance, acro, and tumbling. Share the love and joy of dance, acro, and tumbling with someone you love!

Share the Joy of Dance, Acro and Tumbling! Give the gift of dance, acro, and tumbling. Share the love and joy of dance, acro, and tumbling with someone you love!

Ready to dance? Students are welcome to bypass the Intro to Dance classes and start right away with beginning level classes. Each week in beginning level classes, dancers build on their dance technique, strength, flexibility, stamina, terminology, body alignment, and coordination, while learning to sequence movement together in short combinations. Beginner classes may also be taken in addition to Intro to Dance classes. Beginning level classes are available in a diverse array of dance styles.

Intro to Dance is an ideal way for the adult student who is new to movement to learn the basics of dance technique and terminology in a particular style of dance. Offered year-round, these classes give dance students the necessary skill sets to attend our other classes with a greater level of success and accomplishment.

This choreography based class includes basic instruction in jazz and musical theater. Musical Theater Dance focuses on all diverse Dance styles which are used on the Broadway Stage. This class prepares students for shows and teaches them about stage performance, encompassing acting and expression through music, movement and dance!

This class is designed for individuals interested in learning and improving their tumbling skills. This class teaches flexibility, balance, strength, muscle control, discipline and concentration as well as spatial awareness. Each student will focus on floor exercise skills and individual progressions.

These classes introduce the dance student to a variety of art forms such as, ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, irish, musical theater and hip-hop.

Offered to adults in various levels. Contemporary is interpretive, improvisational, and story-telling with abstract movement and choreography that balances lyricism, fluidity and athleticism. This class introduces an expressive form of dance that is unconventional utilizing techniques of fall and recovery, floorwork and levels of movement. Disciplines are a combination of ballet, jazz and modern techniques. In this class, students are taught to use the body as an instrument to express emotions.

Offered to adults in various levels. This class is designed to help students express their individual feelings and emotions. The slow and controlled movement of Lyrical encourages artistic expression and emotional content while building grace and fluidity of movement. Using music to translate emotion into movement, lyrical is very fluid and utilizes aspects of jazz, ballet and contemporary dance. Students are challenged to find meaning behind the music and connect that to the choreography. Students are taught to use smooth transitions between movements and incorporate breath into their dance. Classes include character development through discussion and examples in both dance and student experience. Lyrical is suggested for ages 8 and up, as it focuses on emotional strength and older emotional themes.

Offered to adults in various levels. Focus is on the latest street styles of hip hop, including break-dancing, pop, & funk. Dancers are encouraged to push themselves to explore new movements and to understand the elements of choreography, music, and performance. Classes include conditioning and warm-up, simplified break down of each dance step, skill combinations and choreography. All moves and music are age appropriate and level specific. Students love learning these upbeat dance steps while moving to their favorite songs in a high energy, social and fun environment.

Offered to adults in various levels. Classes incorporate the classic steps and footwork of tap dancing while adding a fresh approach to fun and upbeat choreography. Dance students learn to coordinate rhythm, agility, and musicality to execute clear tap sounds and the fluidity of movement and style.

Offered to adults in various levels. A stylized technique based class that emphasizes long lines and musicality. As an ever changing art form, jazz encompasses many forms of technique from contemporary to musical theater. All classes focus on flexibility, strength, turns, hops, jumps, leaps and jazz choreography, while keeping emphasis on technique, center, and placement. Jazz technique developes strength and coordination thru technical warm-up, center isolations, floor and/or barre stretches, and dance combinations. Creative routines are taught by using exciting music and fresh moves as dance students learn how to interpret their music with control and fluidity.

This class is offered to serious students enrolled in at least one ballet class per week and is considered strong enough to advance to the technique of pointe work.

Offered to adults in various levels. This class will focus on the classical elements of ballet, teaching students proper technique based on body alignment, proper placement and posture. Barre and center work are utilized to teach musicality, rhythm, flexability and coordination. Ballet provides a foundation for all other forms of dance as well as conditioning for sports and injury prevention. Ballet is the basis for all forms of dance and is encouraged for all dancers, as well as athletes wishing to gain better body control, core strength and alignment. Grace, poise and self-discipline are incorporated in this class.

Our goal is to offer a wide variety of classes throughout the year from beginning to advanced levels in Ballet, Pointe, Jazz, Tap, Hip hop, Lyrical, Contemporary, Modern, Irish, Ballroom, Acro, and Musical Theater that are inspirational, fun, and challenging.

These classes introduce the dance student to a variety of art forms such as, ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, irish, musical theater and hip-hop.

Contemporary is interpretive, improvisational, and story-telling with abstract movement and choreography that balances lyricism, fluidity and athleticism. This class introduces an expressive form of dance that is unconventional utilizing techniques of fall and recovery, floorwork and levels of movement.

This class is designed to help students express their individual feelings and emotions. The slow and controlled movement of Lyrical encourages artistic expression and emotional content while building grace and fluidity of movement. Using music to translate emotion into movement, lyrical is very fluid and utilizes aspects of jazz, ballet and contemporary dance.

Focus is on the latest street styles of hip hop, including break-dancing, pop, & funk. Dancers are encouraged to push themselves to explore new movements and to understand the elements of choreography, music, and performance.

Classes incorporate the classic steps and footwork of tap dancing while adding a fresh approach to fun and upbeat choreography. Dance students learn to coordinate rhythm, agility, and musicality to execute clear tap sounds and the fluidity of movement and style.

A stylized technique based class that emphasizes long lines and musicality. As an ever changing art form, jazz encompasses many forms of technique from contemporary to musical theater. All classes focus on flexibility, strength, turns, hops, jumps, leaps and jazz choreography, while keeping emphasis on technique, center, and placement.

This class will focus on the classical elements of ballet, teaching students proper technique based on body alignment, proper placement and posture. Barre and center work are utilized to teach musicality, rhythm, flexability and coordination. Ballet provides a foundation for all other forms of dance as well as conditioning for sports and injury prevention.

his choreography based class includes basic instruction in jazz and musical theater. Musical Theater Dance focuses on all diverse Dance styles which are used on the Broadway Stage. This class prepares students for shows and teaches them about stage performance, encompassing acting and expression through music, movement and dance!

Offered to various ages. Contemporary is interpretive, improvisational, and story-telling with abstract movement and choreography that balances lyricism, fluidity and athleticism. This class introduces an expressive form of dance that is unconventional utilizing techniques of fall and recovery, floor work and levels of movement. Disciplines are a combination of ballet, jazz and modern techniques. In this class, students are taught to use the body as an instrument to express emotions.

This class is designed to help students express their individual feelings and emotions. The slow and controlled movement of Lyrical encourages artistic expression and emotional content while building grace and fluidity of movement. Using music to translate emotion into movement, lyrical is very fluid and utilizes aspects of jazz, ballet and contemporary dance. Students are challenged to find meaning behind the music and connect that to the choreography. Students are taught to use smooth transitions between movements and incorporate breath into their dance. Classes include character development through discussion and examples in both dance and student experience. Lyrical is suggested for ages 8 and up, as it focuses on emotional strength and older emotional themes.

Offered to ages 4 & up in various levels. Focus is on the latest street styles of hip hop, including break-dancing, pop, & funk. Dancers are encouraged to push themselves to explore new movements and to understand the elements of choreography, music, and performance. Classes include conditioning and warm-up, simplified break down of each dance step, skill combinations and choreography. All moves and music are age appropriate and level specific. Students love learning these upbeat dance steps while moving to their favorite songs in a high energy, social and fun environment.

Offered to ages 3 & up in various levels. Classes incorporate the classic steps and footwork of tap dancing while adding a fresh approach to fun and upbeat choreography. Dance students learn to coordinate rhythm, agility, and musicality to execute clear tap sounds and the fluidity of movement and style.

Offered to ages 6 & up in various levels. A stylized technique based class that emphasizes long lines and musicality. As an ever changing art form, jazz encompasses many forms of technique from contemporary to musical theater. All classes focus on flexibility, strength, turns, hops, jumps, leaps and jazz choreography, while keeping emphasis on technique, center, and placement. Jazz technique developes strength and coordination thru technical warm-up, center isolations, floor and/or barre stretches, and dance combinations. Creative routines are taught by using exciting music and fresh moves as dance students learn how to interpret their music with control and fluidity.

Offered to all ages in various levels. This class will focus on the classical elements of ballet, teaching students proper technique based on body alignment, proper placement and posture. Barre and center work are utilized to teach musicality, rhythm, flexability and coordination. Ballet provides a foundation for all other forms of dance as well as conditioning for sports and injury prevention. Ballet is the basis for all forms of dance and is encouraged for all dancers, as well as athletes wishing to gain better body control, core strength and alignment. Grace, poise and self-discipline are incorporated in this class as well. Class begins with exercises at the barre for alignment, flexibility, and coordination, then moves center to the basic steps and patterns of dance.

Performing companies for young dancers wishing to practice performance skills in multiple dance styles and perform throughout the community.

These classes introduce the dancer to a variety of art forms such as, ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, irish, musical theater dance and hip hop.

This class combines fundamental skills in Jazz, Ballet, Tap and Hip-hop. Using imagery and engaging music, this class focuses on basic technique and proper body alignment. Elements include dance class etiquette, warm up and stretch, ballet at center floor and barre, jazz technique across the floor and choreography. Preschool Combo includes fundamental skills designed to teach body control. Routines are shorter in length to provide students with a sense of mastery over the material, allowing for growth and personal pride. Each class includes life skill fundamentals such as sharing, listening, taking turns, positive self talk, and respect. Our student-teacher ratio allows for an abundance of personal contact and dancer specific instruction.

A wonderful introduction to the fundamentals of movement, music, body awareness and self-expression. Incorporating basic ballet, tap, and steps concentrating on rhythm, coordination and discipline while having fun!

Creative movement is a way for all children, boys and girls, to explore their sense of self and the environment. Parents and Tots will have opportunities to move, play, and connect with each other and other families. Multi-sensory, developmentally targeted movement activities will promote social, emotional, and physical awareness skills. Class is focused around the children, however, parents will have special time to learn your child’s unique view of the world and share experiences with other parents. Use of movement games, music, rhythm, balls, scarves and other props will enhance the natural curiosity and creativity of your child. Introducing children to basic movement at an early age improves coordination and stimulates creativity and imagination. Come dance with us!

Workshops and master classes by faculty and guest artists are offered to supplement the regular schedule of classes. They are in-depth studies of a particular dance style or concept. Workshop beginning and ending dates vary. Workshops help students improve specific skills and master classes give students a chance to study and learn with some of the industries leading talent.

Seasonal programs for children offering unique performance opportunities and intensive study in a particular style of dance .