Fidalgo DanceWorks

Children’s classes are designed with the progressive young dancer in mind. With tap and classical ballet technique as the core structure, Children’s Dance teaches technique, terminology, staging and all the basic skills needed to continue on to other dance styles.

A dance class for fitness and toning. You’ll get the workout you want while enjoying some dance moves. Class offered 3 times a year (Fall, Winter, Spring). See session schedule for dates and times. For adults and teens (ages 14 and up).

Conditioning class for all dancers in level 3 and higher of any style. This class does not perform and is a supplemental class for current students to gain strength, flexibility, and knowledge of caring for a dancer’s body.

Tumbling 2 is for returning tumbling students who can execute a cartwheel and hold an unassisted bridge and who want to explore more advanced tumbling skills. This class is for 2-4th graders.

Tumbling 1 is for new students grades 1-3. Who are interested in learning fundamentals of tumbling. They will learn basic non apparatus skills such as for cartwheel, forward and backward rolls, bridges and more.

Tap dance has its roots in the fusion of several ethnic percussive dances, primarily African tribal dances and Scottish, Irish and English clogging. Tap is an entertaining form of dance where rhythm and rhythmic variations are the highlight to any musical accompaniment.

Building on the technical fundamentals of ballet and modern, contemporary dance explores how movement choices can be the mode for storytelling and authentic human expression. Class will include lessons on body mechanics, strengthening the mind body connection, improvisation, partnering and dance composition.

A gentle movement class focused on improving range of motion, strength and full body expression through dance.

Expand your creative mind, physical awareness and movement vocabulary through imaginative play and teamwork.

Originating from African dance culture, jazz dance has changed and continued to develop through the decades. While having its own base technique, jazz dance is a style that's physical movements embody the popular music and movement of any given time.

The newest style of dance, developed in the 1970s, Hip Hop refers to street dance styles primarily performed to hip hop music. Hip Hop includes a wide range of styles, including but not limited to, breaking, locking, popping & tutting. Arresting isolations, percussive rhythm, and street style characterize this urban dance form. Explore this cutting-edge dance style and catch the excitement in class.

Variations will learn and study from the classical ballets including Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia Swan Lake and more. Students will study the ballet’s history and learn select pieces or “variations” from the original works.

Lyrical dance fuses ballet and jazz techniques and is performed to music with lyrics to inspire movements and express strong emotions.

Ballet is a classical dance form demanding grace, precision, and discipline. Our dancers, from beginner to pre-professional, combine these elements with fluid, technical movements to classical and contemporary music. Placement for all levels is by staff approval only, with advancement based on physical and intellectual grasp of the material. Formal evaluations are held at the end of each school year. Pointe work available by instructor placement only.