Academy of Dance Arts

Upper Division dance classes for ages 8 and above. Registration starts on February 15, 2024.

Personal training sessions help you gain the skills and confidence when the instructor or studio is available! Priced in 30-minute increments OR the best value is a 3-class card, with 45-minute sessions included.

we offer classes integrated with our advanced level student for adults who want more challenges and have had experience. See our Ballet program for full details or contact our office for more info.

Clogging is known for its energetic and entertaining performances, and it continues to be popular in traditional and modern dance communities. The dance form has evolved over time and incorporates elements of Irish, Scottish, and English step dances. It involves rhythmic leg and foot movements to create sounds that accompany the music. Cloggers wear special shoes with taps on the toe and heel to produce distinctive sounds.

This fast-paced class focuses on helping students improve their dance skills by incorporating deeper stretches, cleaner turns, and higher leaps. It aims to facilitate progress while ensuring an enjoyable experience for the participants.

Tap dance is known for the percussive sounds made by tap shoes striking the floor. It is a lively and rhythmic form of dance that focuses on creating sounds with the feet and legs. Students learn various tap techniques and musical rhythms while working on body coordination and teamwork. As they progress through levels, dancers learn more advanced skills, complex progressions, repertoire, speed, articulation, and sound refinement.

Hip hop dance is all about creativity, self-expression, and embracing the powerful connection between freestyle movement and music. It’s vibrant and energetic. Whether you're popping, locking, breaking, or incorporating other elements of hip hop dance, it's all about embracing the groove and letting the music move you. It's a dynamic and expressive dance form that allows individuals to develop their own unique style while moving to the rhythm.

Jazz dance is a form of dance that showcases individual style and originality. It is energetic and fun, emphasizing unique movements, improvisation, and the exploration of various musical rhythms. Jazz dance often incorporates elements of other dance styles, allowing for a diverse and dynamic expression of movement. It's a great way to build coordination, flexibility, and strength while allowing for personal creative expression.

This interpretive dance style combines foundational disciplines such as ballet, modern, and jazz. It connects movement, expression, and feeling by expanding the energy in dance beyond known limits. Contemporary dance explores movement possibilities, transcending everyday experiences and expressing the internal emotions often called the soul. The lyrical aspect of this style will challenge dancers to express their movement to the story within the lyrics, and musical details.

This highly expressive dance began in the late 1800s as a reaction to the classical, structured technique of ballet. Pioneers of the art form involved more abstract, organic, free flowing movement to portray ideas and emotions, involving no footwear and less restricting costumes. Modern dance has evolved over the years as many artists and choreographers created their own unique methods and styles, but it continues to maintain the following characteristics: bare feet, more grounded movement and body contact with the floor, elements of improvisation, and a focus on breath. It is most often performed in concert and theatrical settings.

Ballet is a classical dance form characterized by grace, precision, and determination, performed to classical music. It is known for its formalized steps, flowing patterns, and ethereal movements. Ballet's foundational techniques, such as turnout, pointed toes, and specific body alignments, significantly influence most other dance forms and promote good physical health for dancers. Ballet also often tells a story, using expressive movements and gestures to convey emotions and narratives. At the Academy, our curriculum foundation includes aspects of the Cecchetti, Vaganova, Balanchine, and Bournonville methods of Ballet.

Little toes are invited to makes some noise! Students are introduced to basic tap technique, musical rhythms and following the beat, and body coordination. This foundational education prepares them for others dance styles too!

Growing dancers express themselves through creative movement exploration and modern dance basics while gaining spatial and kinesthetic awareness. Students learn to tell stories and share ideas through movement!

Aspiring dancers begin to develop lifelong friendships with fellow learners who love ballet and embrace bold movement while learning French vocabulary. We encourage and celebrate progress, social connections, and emerging artistry!

Fabulous first steps to learn dance, and ballet skills while developing grace and coordination. Creative movement time refines gross motor skills, and fosters focus, musicality, and movement exploration to celebrate bold and creative spirits!

Tots are invited to take their first steps in ballet and dance through creative movement, music, and stories, igniting big imaginations and playful learning! Dancers must be daytime potty trained.

The Academy of Dance Arts offers options for teens and adults who want to learn Ballet, Tap & Clogging but have never danced - including Dance Conditioning & Mobility, PLUS options for those who haven’t really stopped! Whatever your level, we have the ideal class fit for you!

Our Upper Division invites dancers to explore beginner through advanced technique and movement fun with ballet, tap, modern, jazz, or hip hop. These school-year long classes perform in the year-end Performance.

Our Early Childhood Program allows our youngest dancers to explore and discover the building blocks of dance such as balance, strength, coordination, and flexibility, while music, stories, and imaginative play stimulate creative learning.

The next step to level up for those who have had some training, we offer a class during Friday lunch hours, from 12-1pm at our 230 Main Street location with Ms. Claire. The class runs Sept-April and is priced at $65/month.

Held Saturdays at our 230 Main location from 10-11:30am, our classes include Intermediate dancers of all ages who have a working ballet vocabulary and want to grow skills or keep them fresh! (Not Available in the Summer)

Intermediate Cloggers meet Thursdays 7:30-8:15 at Canyon Lake Drive.

For pre-teens, teens and adults, the learning is targeted to the age-appropriate style in an introductory ballet class. Perfect for musical theatre students, high school drama support or adults learning something new, this class will be held on Tuesday evenings, 7:45-8:45pm at our 230 Main St. location with Ms. Annaliese. The class runs Sept-April and is priced at $65/month.

Learn the basics of Clogging with the option to advance as your skills do! Wednesdays 7:45-8:30 for Beginners at 230 Main St!

Adult Beginning Jazz/Hip Technique! No experience necessary! This class usually runs in a 6-week format. Contact us to get one the list for the next new class!

Tap your troubles away while you improve memory skills, get a cardiovascular workout, and have fun! Learn the roots and history of tap, jazz music and drumming. Discover proper placement to efficiently execute steps while improving balance and coordination. This class usually runs in a 6-week format. Contact us to get one the list for the next new class!

Summer Dance program for ages 3-12. Click here to register for Summer Dance. Registration starts on March 1, 2025.