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The Annual Spring Production is TWO great nights of dance entertainment brought to you by all our RMSA students and RMDT's Spring Company. Both nights feature tap, hip hop, jazz, contemporary ballet, musical theatre, modern, and contemporary dance styles set to great music and lighting. This is definitely not a "spring recital" but a professional live performance that will keep all ages entertained!

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Tap is one of the dance styles that dancers are trained in as part of the Spring Company.

Jazz is one of the dance styles that dancers are trained in as part of the Spring Company.

Hip Hop is one of the dance styles that dancers are trained in as part of the Spring Company.

Modern is one of the dance styles that dancers are trained in as part of the Spring Company.

Contemporary Ballet is one of the dance styles that dancers are trained in as part of the Spring Company.

Contemporary is one of the dance styles that dancers are trained in as part of the Spring Company.

Ballet is one of the dance styles that dancers are trained in as part of the Spring Company. Traditional dance classes, especially ballet, are used to train technique and foundation, not to learn dances.

Musical Theatre is one of the dance styles that dancers are trained in as part of the Spring Company.

Rocky Mountain Dance Theatre's 28th Annual full-length production of The Nutcracker Ballet set to Tchaikovsky's famous score. Choreography, sets, and lighting are all original, led by professionals in their field. Along with a large cast of performers from our local community and surrounding areas, RMDT is proud to announce the return of Randy Pacheco for his 7th year as guest artist. Soloists with Ballet Arizona, Randy will be performing the role of Cavalier, dancing the Grand Pas with RMDT/RMSA’s very own Alumni Jessica McNeil as Sugar Plum Fairy.

Advance Academy is offered by audition only. Please contact the studio to set up a meeting time if you are interested in registering for classes of this level.

Academy 5B is offered by audition only. Please contact the studio to set up a meeting time if you are interested in registering for classes of this level.

Intermediate-Advance Academies are for the serious dancer only and acceptance is based on a student’s knowledge both physically and mentally, along with technical foundation.

Academy 4B is designed for students 11 years and older with 7-9 years of dance experience. Each dancer is evaluated individually for Academy 4b. This Academy is for the more serious dancer and is the final level offered to dancers before they move into pre-advanced placement.

Academy 4 is designed for students 11 years and older with 6-8 years of dance experience. Each dancer is evaluated individually for Academy 4. This Academy program offers students five dance disciplines: Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Contemporary, and Tap.

This Academy is designed for 4th to 6th grade intermediate dancers, with 5-7 years of dance training recommended. This Academy program offers students five different dance disciplines: ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, and contemporary.

This Academy is designed for 3rd to 5th grade intermediate dancers, with 4-6 years of dance training recommended. This Academy program offers students five different dance disciplines: ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, and contemporary.

Academy 2B is designed for 2nd -4th grade intermediate dancers, with 3-4 years of dance training recommended. Students spend approximately two -three years in Academy 2B.

Academy 2 is designed for 2nd or 3rd grade intermediate dancers, with 3 years of dance training recommended. The Academy program offers students four different dance disciplines: ballet, tap, jazz, and hip hop.

Academy 1B is designed for 1st or 2nd grade beginner dancers. The Academy program offers students four different dance disciplines: ballet, tap, jazz, and hip hop.

Academy 1 is designed for beginning dancers; generally 1st grade. The Academy program offers students four different dance disciplines: ballet, tap, jazz, and hip hop.

RMSA Jazz Christmas Performance Information; locations & costumes

RMSA dancers can now letter in dance for Cody High School

Registration for 2024-2025 dance classes

Affiliated nonprofit Rocky Mountain Dance Theatre Nutcracker Auditions Information

Everything you and your child needs to know for Masterpiece's of Ballet and Spring Production

Dress code for dance class

Adult / Recreational Dance sessions offered yearly

This session will be for those who have no ballet background and have never taken a ballet class in their life OR if you'd like a refresher on the basics of ballet before enrolling into our regular Adult Ballet Session.

For those with a basic understanding of ballet or revisiting ballet as an Adult. Each class will focus on alignment, foundation of technique, vocabulary, and movement quality. Follows a standard ballet class format; learning combinations at the barre, center, and across the floor.

This session is for those who have no ballet background and have never taken a ballet class in their life OR if you'd like a refresher on the basics of ballet before enrolling into our regular Adult Ballet Session. These classes will focus on the basics of ballet terms and technique starting from the very beginning, preparing you for the regular adult ballet session. You can take this session as often as you wish. Please understand these classes are progressive and missing a class is not ideal.

For those with a basic understanding of ballet or revisiting ballet as an Adult. Each class will focus on alignment, foundation of technique, vocabulary, and movement quality. Follows a standard ballet class format; learning combinations at the barre, center, and across the floor.

Masterpieces of Ballet is a full-length professional ballet production, produced at an equivalent level to RMDT's Christmas Nutcracker, but focusing on segments of or entire classical ballet stories. The variations and choreography performed by our soloists is the same that was danced by the original ballet production and as it is by professional ballet companies still today!

RMSA’s 3/4 year old dance class is a fun, all-around introduction to dance for 3-4 year olds. Children in this class develop loco-motor skills, learn rhythm, and how to behave in a structured dance class environment.

RMSA's 5 year old dance class is a fun, engaging class where children ages 5-6 are introduced to patterns in dance and music, simple ballet sequences, and dance vocabulary.

This session will be for those who have no tap background and have never taken a tap class in their life OR if you'd like a refresher on the basics of tap before enrolling into our regular Adult Tap Session. The class will focus on tap terms and basic tap steps, preparing you for the regular adult tap session.

A class for those with a basic understanding of tap or revisiting tap as an Adult. This general class will focus on developing all the elements of tap dance. This includes movement, vocabulary, musicality (rhythm, timing & phrasing).

A class for those with a basic understanding of tap or revisiting tap as an Adult. This general class will focus on developing all the elements of tap dance. This includes movement, vocabulary, musicality (rhythm, timing & phrasing). The last part of class, students will learn steps to a dance which will build onto each week.

This session is for those who have no tap background and have never taken a tap class in their life OR if you'd like a refresher on the basics of tap before enrolling into our regular Adult Tap Session. The class will focus on tap terms and basic tap steps, preparing you for the regular adult tap session. You can take this session as often as you wish. Please understand these classes are progressive and missing a class is not ideal.

Nonprofit, RMDT’s Annual Production of The Nutcracker offers members of the community, of all ages, an opportunity to participate in and contribute to a classical theatre experience, at the same time providing education in ballet and theatre techniques, academic knowledge, self-discipline, self-confidence, and artistic expression. In an atmosphere of encouragement and acceptance, The Nutcracker provides experience and interaction with peers as well as professionals in dance and theatre, such as lighting & stage experts and guest artists from the likes of Ballet Arizona, New York City Ballet, Julliard, and the Suzanne Farrell Company of Washington DC. Since its first production in 1997, The RMDT Nutcracker is the only performance in the area which this type of exposure to the arts is afforded to our youth. The cast and crew work hard to ensure that The Nutcracker is of professional grade and entertaining for the community to enjoy.

At RMSA, we believe everyone can discover the joy of dance. RMSA’s Tween & Teen Dance Methods Class is for beginners who have never danced or haven't danced in a few years. This is a NEW class being offered that will be one 1.5 class a week, covering 4 disciplines (ballet, jazz, hip hop & contemporary), over 10 weeks.

RMSA Summer Dance Classes & RMDT Intensives