Pre-Teen Classes
Fall 2025/2026 Schedule
32 Week Classes Run September 3, 2025 through May 22, 2026
Classes
Pre-Teen Ballet
Ages: 10+
Class length: 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. Level 3 and above are required to take ballet twice per week. The program will include terminology, anatomy, and choreography.
Preteen Ballet levels 1 and 2 is a once-a-week class.
Preteen Ballet 3 is a twice-weekly class and is required.
BALLET TECHNIQUE
Required for PreTeen Ballet 2/3 and PreTeen Ballet 3
Class length: 1 hour - 1.25 hours
This class is an additional class for the higher-level ballet students to hone in on their technique. Students in Level 3+ are required to take this supplemental class. This class will not present any work at recital time as its main focus is to enforce ballet barre & center work.
Open Classes
PreTeen Ballet I
Wednesday 6:30 - 7:30 pm
PreTeen Ballet I
Thursday 7:30 - 8:30 pm
PreTeen Ballet II, by permission only
Wednesday 8:30 - 9:30 pm
PreTeen Ballet II/lll, by permission only
Thursday 6:30 - 7:30 pm
Beginning/Intermediate Ballet Technique, by permission only
Wednesday 4:30 - 5:30 pm
PreTeen/Teen Ballet III, by permission only
Tuesday 7:15 - 8:30 pm
Beginning/Intermediate Ballet Technique, by permission only
Wednesday 4:30 - 5:30 pm
Pointe 1 (must have instructor approval) 12+
Tuesday 7:45 - 8:30 pm
Pre-Teen Hip Hop
Ages: 10+
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.
Open Classes
PreTeen Hip Hop I
Monday 7:30 - 8:30 pm
PreTeen Hip Hop I
Thursday 7:30 - 8:30 pm
PreTeen Hip Hop II, by permission only
Monday 7:30 - 8:30 pm
PreTeen Hip Hop II/III, by permission only
Thursday 5:30 - 6:30 pm
PreTeen Hip Hop III, by permission only
Wednesday 7:30 - 8:30 pm
Pre-Teen Jazz
Ages: 10+
Class length: 1 hour
Jazz classes will include a warm-up, center technique, across-the-floor progressions, and typically ends with choreography. This style of dance includes powerful and energetic movement with strong lines and precise isolations.
Open Classes
PreTeen Jazz IA
Monday 4:30 - 5:30 pm
PreTeen Jazz IB, by permission only
Monday 6:30 - 7:30 pm
PreTeen Jazz II, by permission only
Thursday 4:30 - 5:30 pm
PreTeen Jazz III, by permission only
Tuesday 6:15 - 7:15 pm
Must also take Beginning/Intermediate TLC (Turns, Leaps, Conditioning), by permission only
Friday 5:15 - 6:15 pm
Pre-Teen Contemporary
Ages: 10+
Class length: 1 hour
Contemporary is known for being the fusion of many dance styles, including ballet, jazz, and hip hop, with a strong foundation in modern technique. Classes will include a warm-up, center technique, across-the-floor progressions, and choreography. Through structured improvisation, students will explore artistic expression, articulation of the spine, body initiations, and musicality. Other concepts introduced in this genre include partner work, weight bearing, counterbalance, and floorwork.
Open Classes
PreTeen Contemporary I*
Wednesday 7:30 - 8:30 pm
*Level I/ First year Contemporary students must be enrolled in a Ballet class or have a year of Ballet experience
PreTeen Contemporary II, by permission only
Wednesday 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Pre-Teen Tap
Ages: 10+
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. (Black Oxford tap shoes, see dress code).
Open Classes
PreTeen/Teen Tap I
Thursday 7:30 - 8:30 pm
PreTeen Tap II, by permission only
Friday 6:15 - 7:15 pm
PreTeen Tap III, by permission only
Tuesday 6:15 - 7:15 pm
Pre-Teen Musical Theater
Ages: 10+
Class length: 1 hour
This style introduces its 3 core elements: acting, singing, and dancing. Classes include a vocal warm-up, acting exercises, basic jazz technique, and choreography. Emphasis is placed on developing stage directions, self-confidence, character building, and facial expressions for acting. Focus is placed on breath, tone, and projection for singing.
Vocal Class
Ages 10+
Class length: 1 hour
"Vocal MT is our Music Theory and Vocal Technique class. This class will focus on building the muscles, learning proper breath/vocal technique, and learning music theory and vocabulary to ensure a comprehensive understanding of music. This class is pre-approved only. If your dancer is Interested, please reach out to our front desk, who will contact the Education Directors."
Open Classes
PreTeen Musical Theater
Tuesday 7:30 - 8:30 pm
Vocal Class ages 10+
Saturday 11:00 - 12:00 pm
Acting
Ages: 10+
Class length: 1 hour
This class is perfect for students who want to try out the theater arts or just love theater games and improvisation! No experience is required. Through games, exercises, improvisation, and some scene study, students will gain confidence and poise onstage as actors. There will be a brief education on theater history, and basic theater terminology will also be introduced.
Acro
Ages: 10+
Class length: 1 hour
Acro 1 - This class serves as an introduction to Acro skills that can be a great asset in a dancer’s training, while enhancing self-esteem, coordination, balance, flexibility, strength, form, and focus. Students will fine-tune their basic tumbling skills while focusing on their form through weekly strength and flexibility training to ensure injury prevention and technical execution. Students will be introduced to preparation drills for the following skills: front and back walkovers, side aerials, chin stands, and shoulder stands.
Acro 2 & 3 - Acro classes incorporate gymnastic-based tricks with fluidity and flexibility of dance technique. Students work on enhancing self-esteem, coordination, balance, flexibility, strength, form, and focus through their weekly strength and flexibility training. Students will build upon their Acro skills through different variations and more complex progressions. The strength and flexibility progressions prepare the students to execute skills, such as: Valdez, Rose Plop, Flip flop variations, Tinsica, front aerials.
Open Classes
Acro I 10+ yrs
Saturday 10:00 - 11:00 am
Acro II 10 + yrs. * permission only
Saturday 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Acro III 10 + yrs. * permission only
Saturday 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Turns/Leaps/Conditioning (TLC)
Ages: 10+ Instructor Permission Only / * Must be enrolled in a ballet/jazz class 2nd year.
Class length: 1 hour 15 minutes
(Must be enrolled in a second-year ballet or jazz; placement approval is needed)
This non-recital class is geared toward dancers interested in taking their technique to the next level. Required for all jazz dancers level 3 & higher. The curriculum works to increase mobility, stability, balance, stamina, and overall strength. Refining and advancing skills for all turns and leap progressions will be a focus in this class. Placement approval is needed.