Blacksburg Dance Theater

West Coast Swing, Tango, and other styles. Group & private lessons available.

BEST VALUE: Unlimited Winter Family Pass, includes unlimited weekly classes per family, parade practice, walking in Holiday Parade, and all Fun Friday classes. Can be divided into two monthly payments.

Fun Fridays classes offering single class, monthly, and full winter session pricing options.

Creative Ballet plus Parent/Toddler Classes, offering single class, monthly, and full winter session pricing options.

Boys Ballet Bootcamp for ages 6-12, offering single class, monthly, and full winter session pricing options.

Try it All Sampler for dancers aged 6-10, offering single class, monthly, and full winter session pricing options.

Deepening Dance Practice Series for YPC and dancers aged 10 and up, offering single class, monthly, and full session pricing options for the winter.

This offering introduces tweens and teens to the basics of softshoe technique, including posture, foot placement, and traditional Irish movements. No prior dance experience is necessary; just a willingness to try something new and enjoy the rhythm and spirit of Irish dance! Dancers in all Irish classes will have the opportunity to perform in the Roanoke Saint Patrick’s Day Parade!

These classes build on the foundational elements taught in Irish Dance I and II. Irish II/III: Hardshoe introduces and develops core hardshoe techniques, while reinforcing timing and form learned in earlier levels. In Irish Dance III and IV, dancers will take on more advanced material and continue to grow their understanding of traditional steps, musicality, and performance skills in an energetic and encouraging environment. Dancers in all Irish classes will have the opportunity to perform in the Roanoke Saint Patrick’s Day Parade!

This offering is an intermediate/advanced level class that will emphasize L.A. music industry style hip hop dance techniques with age-appropriate choreography. Fun, upbeat classes that incorporate isolation movements, progressions across the floor, and complex choreography help build strength and flexibility. Most importantly, dancers develop confidence as they express themselves while creating their own personal movement and style. Dancers are required to have completed at least one semester of Hip Hop II and have instructor permission to participate.

Our Commercial Hip Hop classes build upon the foundation of skills set in the Kids POP classes, but are also appropriate for those with no dance experience! These offerings are inspired by hip hop dance, pop culture, other dance genres, and set to age-appropriate pop music. Fun, upbeat classes that incorporate isolation movements, progressions across the floor, and complex choreography help build strength and flexibility. Most importantly, dancers develop confidence as they express themselves while creating their own personal movement and style.

This 30-minute class focuses on the proper alignment needed to build strength and flexibility in a safe and sustainable way. It’s hard work but we make it fun with great tunes and good friends!

This advanced-beginner level class will scaffold from fundamental rhythms to more complex footwork with fun music and time allotted for percussive improvisation! Appropriate for all levels of tween and teen movers, but geared towards those with at least some dance experience.

These classes will focus on both classical and contemporary jazz dance skills including isolations, footwork, leaps and turns. Based on the interests of the group, some musical theatre choreography may be introduced. Appropriate for all levels of tween and teen movers, but geared towards those with at least some dance experience.

In our lyrical dance classes, students will unlock the power of expressive movement. These classes combine elements of ballet, jazz, and contemporary dance to create a unique style that emphasizes fluidity, emotion, and storytelling. Students will learn how to convey feelings and narratives through their movements, while building strength, flexibility, and technical skills. Whether you're new to lyrical dance or looking to refine your skills, this class provides a supportive and inspiring environment to explore your artistic potential and connect with the music on a deeper level.

These advanced beginner-level classes are targeted at tweens/teens who have had some experience in ballet and want to build their skill, stamina, and vocabulary. Class will focus on the fundamentals of classical ballet supported by detailed instruction using barre, centre technique and combinations, and variations, complemented with strengthening and stretching exercises.

In these classes, fundamentals of modern dance will be introduced and expanded upon in a supportive, non-competitive environment. Dancers will become comfortable with leaps, jumps, turns, inversions and quick footwork. We will oscillate between learning set choreography and engaging with individual + group improvisation activities. Be ready to move, sweat and create!

These classes teach foundational elements of Irish dance. Irish Dance I focuses primarily on softshoe basics starting with traditional Irish dance moves and evolving into a few basic jig and reel steps. Irish Dance II introduces additional time signatures. Dancers in all Irish classes will have the opportunity to perform in the Roanoke Saint Patrick’s Day Parade!

Our POP dance classes are inspired by hip hop dance, pop culture, other dance genres, and set to age-appropriate pop music. Fun, upbeat classes that incorporate isolation movements, progressions across the floor, and complex choreography help build strength and flexibility. Most importantly, dancers develop confidence as they express themselves while creating their own, personal movement and style.

These 50-55 minute classes will provide the foundational elements of modern dance training in a fun, non-competitive environment. We will start with gentle warm up activities, and will ultimately progress towards fun, full-bodied movement phrases. Creative expression and improvisation will be introduced and encouraged, along with basic partnering skills and a variety of composition tools that will enable dancers to create their own original choreography.

Fundamentals of jazz dance and basic rhythm tap technique will be introduced in this 55-minute offering. The jazz portion of class will focus on isolations, footwork, leaps and turns, while the tap portion of class will scaffold from beginner-level rhythms to more complex footwork with fun music and time allotted for percussive improvisation!

These 50-55 minute class scaffolds on the framework set by Creative Ballet I and II, but delves more deeply into classical ballet technique. A barre warmup will be introduced, followed by center exercises and combinations across the floor. Dancers will learn basic French ballet terminology, placement of the feet and arms, and fundamental ballet skills. In keeping with our teaching philosophy, this class will be taught from a joyful and alignment-based perspective, with opportunities for improvisation based on classical ballet prompts.

Building on the foundation set in the Creative Ballet I class, Creative Ballet II + Tap will focus on exposing dancers to introductory ballet and tap terminology in a fun, low-pressure environment. Plenty of opportunities for storytelling and creative expression will be offered through the lens of classical ballet and rhythm tap, with an emphasis on safe and appropriate alignment. The class will alternate between ballet and tap skills; dancers should supply their own ballet/tap shoes.

Roll like a log, bounce like a ball, soar like a bird and scamper like a mouse! In this introduction to creative dance, we’ll explore all the fun and fantastic ways people can move. We’ll exercise our brains and bodies, play games and act out stories. Basic ballet and modern dance terms will be introduced in a relaxed, non-competitive environment. Ages 3-4 and able to separate from caregiver for duration of class .

Shake your sillies out in this parent-child creative movement class! These 45-minute classes will provide developmentally appropriate movement activities, songs and games with emphasis on joyful connection with parent or caregiver. Creative Movement is a fantastic way to create balance in body and mind (for kids and parents too!) through the contrasting elements of dance concepts. Geared towards children aged 1 year (and walking) to 3 years, with parent or caregiver.

This 30-minute offering for parents of infants is designed as a fun way to get parents moving while bonding with your baby. Caregivers/babies are welcome to socialize before and after class. We'll do some gentle, accessible baby-wearing dance moves, emphasizing the bouncing beats that babies love with fun pop music that caregivers don't hate ;)

Classes for young children focus on creative exploration, basic ballet and modern dance terminology, musicality and joyful expression. Classes for older children, teens, and adults balance creative exploration with technical training to allow dancers to achieve safe and appropriate skeletal alignment through release of muscular tension and relinquishing of habitual movement patterns.

Classes for young children focus on creative exploration, basic ballet and modern dance terminology, musicality and joyful expression. Classes for older children, teens, and adults balance creative exploration with technical training to allow dancers to achieve safe and appropriate skeletal alignment through release of muscular tension and relinquishing of habitual movement patterns.

Classes for young children focus on creative exploration, basic ballet and modern dance terminology, musicality and joyful expression.

A rotating four-week series designed for all experience levels, geared toward beginners! Each session explores a different dance or movement style in a fun, supportive, and inclusive environment.

Half-Day Dance + Nature Camps at Heritage Park! Our most requested summer offering is back! Highlights include creek splashing, outdoor dance obstacle courses, bug hunts, and a special outdoor dance performance for families.

We’re offering even more morning sessions this year for our popular half-day camps! Each camp will include art projects, dance classes, outdoor play time, and - of course - a special performance for families on the last day.

These full-day camps are designed for dancers who would like to focus on increasing their technical skills and creative artistry! Some dance experience recommended, but not required.