2026 Summer Intensives

Beginner Acro

Acro combines acrobatic/gymnastics skills with dance. This 45 minute class focuses on skills such as somersaults, splits, handstands, and backbends. This class will build strength, flexibility, coordination, balance and confidence.

Acro students must be enrolled in a jazz, ballet, or lyrical class.

Intermediate Acro

To register for this class, students MUST be able to independently perform the following prerequisite skills:

• Backbend from standing 
• Cartwheel (at least one side without a spot)
• Roundoff 
• Somersault/forward roll
• Kick up into a handstand

Students without these skills on the first day of class will be asked to join Beginner Acro regardless of years of experience – NO EXCEPTIONS.

It is recommended that Acro students also take Jazz and/or Stretch and Technique class.

Ballet is the foundation for many forms of dance. Ballet classes help people of all ages and genders work on posture, strength, flexibility, musicality, fitness and much more. During class, students will work on body alignment, barre and center work, and across the floor combinations. Ballet is a fantastic class to take in conjunction with other dance classes if you are looking to improve your technique.

Our Intermediate Ballet class is open to students with 3+ years of lyrical or ballet experience.

Hip hop is a fun, high energy dance style that encompasses a wide range of street styles such as breaking, locking, and popping, set to upbeat, appropriate, hip hop music.  Through this class, dancers develop musicality, creativity and coordination. Dancers are encouraged to take jazz class in addition to hip hop.

One of the most popular styles of dance! Jazz is an energetic and fun class set to upbeat music. A typical jazz class begins with a center warm up that strengthens and stretches the body. Students will then work on across the floor and/or center work focusing on turns, leaps, isolations and footwork.

Intermediate Jazz

For students with 3+ years of jazz experience or by invitation from instructor.

Students must have prerequisite knowledge of dance terminology and ability to independently exquisite skills such as jete, pirouettes, chaine turn, plie, pose, 5 positions of jazz, chasse etc. Students without knowledge or ability to perform these steps will be asked to join the beginner level class.

Lyrical classes provide dancers with an outlet to tell the story of a song through their movements.  This style of dance combines the technique of ballet, jazz and modern dance. Classes focus on turns, leaps, flexibility, creative expression and musicality.

Intermediate Lyrical

For students with 3+ years of lyrical and/or jazz experience or by invitation from instructor.

Students must have prerequisite knowledge of dance terminology and ability to independently exquisite skills such as jete, pirouettes, chaine turn, plie, pose, 5 positions of ballet, chasse etc. Students without knowledge or ability to perform these steps will be asked to join the beginner level class.

Age requirements listed for each of these classes must be met by July 5th, 2026.

Peewee Combo (ages 4-6)

In this class, dancers will be introduced to a variety of dance styles including jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop and acrobatics. The purpose of this introductory class is to help students develop motor skills through a variety of movements. This combo class focuses on learning basic dance vocabulary, improving flexibility, balance and learning choreography helping to boost dancers’ confidence both on and off the stage.

This class is dedicated to stretching and strengthening the body to be able to correctly execute dance movements.  Strong muscles are vital to protecting a dancer’s body and improving dance skills. Students will work on improving their jazz, lyrical and ballet technique through various center and across the floor exercises. This class offers an opportunity for dancers to focus on improving specific skills so that they are able to improve their turns and leaps. This class is highly recommended for all intermediate dancers and any dancer hoping to advance into intermediate classes.

Tap class gives the student a unique opportunity to transform into a percussive musician through the use of metal plates on the toe and heels of the dancer’s shoes. Tap focuses on creating rhythms and sounds which enhances a dancer’s ability to count music, feel the rhythm and increase their balance and coordination across dance genres.

Intermediate Tap

For students with 3+ years of tap experience or by invitation from instructor.

Students must be able to independently execute basic tap steps such as Buffalos, time steps, Irish, flaps with speed and accuracy as this class will focus on more advanced steps and will not break down prerequisite skills covered in beginner level tap classes. Students without knowledge or ability to perform these steps will be asked to join the beginner level class.