KJ Dance Plano

KJ's nationally recognized abundantly decorated performance company. This highly awarded and vibrant group of dancers has established a reputation of excellence in all dance disciplines. Auditions for this program take place during our annual North Texas Summer Dance Intensive, held at KJ Dance - Plano.

Ages: 7 and Up KJ's nationally recognized abundantly decorated performance company. This highly awarded and vibrant group of dancers has established a reputation of excellence in all dance disciplines. Auditions for this program take place during our annual North Texas Summer Dance Intensive, held at KJ Dance - Plano.

Offered to our Competitive PULSE Dance Company members and by special invitation from the KJ Faculty. These advanced classes are offered at our competitive level.

Lyrical is a dance style that combines the foundational principles of Ballet with the freedom, fluidity, and expressiveness of Jazz, Contemporary, and Modern Dance. It demonstrates emotion and technique while allowing students to stylize their movement with fluid transitions.

For ages 12 years of age and older, this class is designed to help future and current drill team members improve their dance technique and auditioning skills. KJ Dance has had incredible success in helping prepare drill team focused students reach their goals year after year.

High-energy exploration of diverse street-dance styles—hip hop, krumping, popping, locking, breakdancing—using age-appropriate, content-safe music. Builds rhythm, coordination, personal style, and confidence.

A high-energy class introducing the fundamentals of hip hop and jazz through age-appropriate movement and music. Dancers explore rhythm, musicality, and dynamic expression in a fun, upbeat setting that builds confidence and coordination.

An energetic, expressive program that builds strength, coordination, musicality, and performance quality. Dancers advance in technique and style with age-appropriate music and choreography. Teen Jazz: Designed for teen dancers to refine technique, style, and performance skills. Emphasizes strong jazz foundations, stylized choreography, and dynamic movement patterns that build musicality, flexibility, and confidence.

Classes will focus on the teaching of rhythm tap and strong foundational tap basics that compound throughout the year. These fast moving classes are fun and upbeat serving the beginning to advanced student’s growth and development in this genre of dance.

This class focuses on overall body alignment and technical awareness and placement. KJ Dance provides a ballet program that trains students on a vocabulary of technical steps, poses, leaps and jumps, to convey a story/theme/atmosphere. Traditional barre’ work and center work combinations are included in this class.

The goal is to prepare our dancers in an accelerated and advanced program. EDGE will be designed to prepare dancers for KJ’s PULSE competitive company program, outside curriculum programs, or advanced continued dance training. Dancers will have the option to participate in one local workshop, two local competitions, the end of year concert and in the KJ Giving Gala in order to experience being part of a team and working toward common goals in a no stress, fun environment. This talented and energetic group of dancers will participate in this program with an accelerated technical curriculum. EDGE dancers learn valuable skills, such as exploring their individual creativity along with working as a team for a common purpose.

This level focuses on powerful and dynamic tumbling including consecutive jumps, front walkovers, back walkovers, back handsprings, and aerials. Dancers should have a solid foundation in both beginner and intermediate acro skills before progressing to this level.

At this level, dancers continue developing strength and control through skills such as jump combinations, handstand walks, front limbers, bridge walks, backbend kickovers, and straight-leg cartwheels. This level builds upon beginner acro skills to prepare dancers for advanced tumbling.

This level introduces dancers to foundational acrobatic skills and builds body awareness, coordination, and flexibility. Skills include all jump shapes, forward rolls, left-sided handstands, back shoulder rolls, bridge holds, and basic cartwheels without emphasis on form.

Through KJ Dance’s partnership with the Junior Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, dancers train in spirited pom-style classes and prepare for appearances at events such as game days at AT&T Stadium, Rally Day, Dallas Mavericks Halftime Performance, the Cowboys Christmas Extravaganza at The Star in Frisco, and charity events. The KJ Dance Junior Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have a total of 9 performance opportunities. Performances are not mandatory but highly encouraged! Registration is by age group.

Foundational classes that introduce Ballet and Tap while focusing on strength, coordination, musicality, and body awareness. Each class includes time in both styles to build technique and confidence in a supportive environment. A continuation of our foundational combo program, these classes include Jazz, Ballet, and Tap training. Dancers further develop technique, musicality, flexibility, and performance quality.

Building on Rhythm & Rhyme I, this class deepens exploration of movement, rhythm, and basic technique through creative play, music, and storytelling. Dancers further refine coordination, listening, independence, and respectful behavior. Rhythm & Rhyme II dancers perform in the In-House Recital at KJ Plano in May.

This introductory class engages young dancers through imaginative movement, music, and props. Students explore basic dance positions while developing coordination, independence, listening, and classroom behavior in a creative, nurturing environment. Rhythm & Rhyme I dancers perform in the In-House Recital at KJ Plano in May.