Summer Teen Classes
Summer 2026 Schedule
5 Week Classes Run June 22 - July 23 Summer core classes are grouped by age and designed to accommodate mixed levels.
Teachers will provide individualized challenges and modifications to support each child’s ability.
Xcelerated Program - For dancers with experience and approval for enrollment
Classes
Ballet
Ages: 13+
PreTeen/Teen Ballet
Class length: 1 hour
The foundation of all dance forms. Body placement, flexibility, alignment, strength and technique are achieved through barre and center floor work based on a variety of techniques. Class will have a strong emphasis on classical technique with advanced levels incorporating contemporary movements. Students will also learn ballet vocabulary and a basic introduction of dance kinesiology. Advanced classes will include optional work en Pointe.
Pointe Technique*
Pointe Technique is for dancers currently dancing in Pointe shoes. This class is designed to keep up their Pointe Technique over the summer. *Must have experience en pointe
Open Classes
PreTeen/Teen Ballet
Tuesdays 7:00-8:00 pm
Point Technique*
Thursdays 7:00-8:00 pm
Must have completed 1 full year on pointe
Jazz
Ages: 13+
Class length: 1 – 1 1/2 hours
This popular form of dance incorporates many styles such as
contemporary and theatrical. Jazz is the dance style of the stage, screen
and music videos. The classes include a warmup, isolations,
across-the-floor work and technique ending with choreography set to
contemporary music.
Hip Hop
Ages: 13+
Class length: 1 hour
A high energy, high impact class exploring current styles of movement seen on TV and in music videos. Inspired by the urban hip hop music.
Teen Tap
Ages: 10+
Class length: 1 hour
This form of dance teaches the student the basic fundamentals of tap sounds and steps leading to advanced rhythms and syncopation. Students develop coordination of mind and body and a more perceptive sense of rhythm, timing and phrasing.
Xcelerated Program*
Ages: 10+ Intermediate
Ages: 13+ Intermediate/Advanced
*Designed for experienced dancers, this program requires pre-approval from our Education Directors. Please note that Movement classes may only be taken alongside the Technique class.
Ballet
Class Length: 45mins - 1 hour
The foundation of all dance forms. This class focuses on the body awareness and strength needed to maintain proper alignment, rotation, and foundational technique. Class typically includes a classical ballet barre, center exercises, and grande allegro across the floor.
Technique:
Conditioning, Floor Barre, Jazz, Modern technique classes
Class length: 45mins - 1 hour 15mins
This class will rotate weekly between Jazz, Modern, and Conditioning. Dancers will participate in full-body conditioning designed to build muscular strength, endurance, and flexibility. Jazz classes include a structured warm-up, center technique, and across-the-floor progressions, with an emphasis on refining and advancing turns and leap progressions. Modern classes include a warm-up, center technique, and across-the-floor progressions that encourage artistic expression, spinal articulation, body initiation, and musicality.
Movement**:
Combo or Center work in Jazz/Contemporary/Modern
Class length: 30 - 45mins
Movement Classes focus on choreography combinations across a variety of styles, including Jazz, Contemporary, Modern, and Jazz Funk. ** For the safety of our dancers, enrollment in a Technique class is required, as Movement classes do not include a warm-up.
Hip Hop
Class Length: 1 hour
A high energy class that includes hip hop grooves, footwork, foundational drills, and freestyle. The majority of this class is spent learning a variety of styles through choreography.
Tap
Class Length: 1 hour
This form of dance teaches students the basic fundamentals of musicality and skills leading to advanced rhythms and syncopation. Students develop coordination of mind and body and a more perceptive sense of rhythm, timing, and phrasing.
Open Classes
Intermediate Ballet
Tuesdays 5:00-6:00 pm
Intermediate Technique
Tuesdays 6:00-7:15 pm
Intermediate Movement
Tuesdays 7:15-8:00 pm
Intermediate Hip Hop
Thursdays 8:00-9:00 pm
Intermediate Tap
Thursdays 7:00-8:00 pm
Intermediate/Advanced Ballet
Wednesdays 5:00-6:00 pm
Intermediate/Advanced Technique
Wednesdays 6:00-7:15 pm
Intermediate/Advanced Movement
Wednesdays 7:15-8:00 pm
Intermediate/Advanced Hip Hop
Thursdays 5:00-6:00 pm
Intermediate/Advanced Tap
Thursdays 6:00-7:00 pm




