Kindergarten
through 8th Grade
Kindergarten Ballet/Tap
Class Description
Students are introduced to tap dancing for the first time! They will spend the first half of class learning tap basics then switch to ballet for the second half of the class period.
Class Times
1st-5th Grade Boys
Hip Hop
Class Description
This high-energy 8-week class offers an upbeat warm up, fun choreography, and movement games to hit songs of today! Although the class is divided into 2 sessions, students are signing up for both Fall & Spring upon registration.
Class Time
9 week spring session: 3/13-Recital
1st Grade Ballet/Tap
Class Description
Class Times
Kindergarten & 1st Grade Acrobatics
Class Description
Class Time
2nd&3rd
Grade
Class Descriptions
Monday 3:45-5:05 Jazz/Tap/Ballet
Students will spend half of their class time working on their Jazz and Tap technique and the other half of the class on Ballet technique. They will do exercises, across the floor work, and choreography in all 3 disciplines.
Wednesday 4:40-5:25 Jazz/Tap
Students will spend half of their class time working on their Jazz technique and the other half working on their Tap technique. They will do exercises, across the floor work, and choreography in both disciplines.
Wednesday 5:30-6:15 Hip Hop
Students will learn a Hip Hop dance during the Fall session that will be performed in our Holiday Demonstration. They will learn a second routine in the spring for our end of year Recital. *Students must register for a full-year dance class in order to sign up for Hip Hop.
9 week fall session: October 16th – December 18th
9 week spring session: March 12th – Recital
Acrobatics
Acro Class Times
Class Description
Students will focus on Musical Theatre choreography, performance qualities, and audition techniques. *Priority registration for students enrolled in a full-year class
Class Time
If interest, we'll offer a Spring Session:
9 week spring session: March 13th -Recital
4th&5th Grade
Class Descriptions
Monday 3:45-5:05 Jazz/Tap/Ballet combo
Wednesday 4:40-5:25 Jazz/Tap
Wednesday 5:30-6:15
Hip Hop
Students will learn a Hip Hop dance during the Fall session that will be performed in our Holiday Demonstration. They will learn a second routine in the spring for our end of year Recital. *Students must register for a full-year dance class in order to sign up for Hip Hop.
9 week fall session: October 16th – December 18th
9 week spring session: March 12th-Recital
3rd-5th Grade Acrobatics
Acro Class Time
Class Description
Students will focus on Musical Theatre choreography, performance qualities, and audition techniques. *Priority registration for students enrolled in a full-year class
Class Time
If interest, we'll offer a Spring Session:
9 week spring session: March 13th -Recital
Class Descriptions
Tuesday 3:15-4:45 Jazz/Tap/Ballet
Students will work on Jazz, Tap , and Ballet technique. They will do exercises, across the floor work, and choreography in all 3 disciplines.
Tuesday 5:00-6:00 Jazz/Tap
Students will work on Jazz and Tap technique by doing exercises, across the floor work, and choreography in both disciplines.
Tuesday 6:15-7:15 Hip Hop
**Full Year and Half Year Options available
Students will learn a Hip Hop dance performance piece during the Fall session as well as one or two performance routines for the Spring session. *Students must register for a full-year dance class in order to sign up for the half-year Hip Hop option.
Half year session dates:
9 week fall Hip Hop: October 15th – December 17th
9 week spring Hip Hop: March 11th – Recital
Tuesday 7:15-8:15 Jazz/Lyrical
Students will work on Jazz and Lyrical dance technique and perform an upbeat jazz dance and a slow lyrical dance in the recital.
Wednesday 6:30-7:30 Leaps, Turns, & Tap Technique (Grades 7-11). 5 week Fall Session
Students will focus on improving their technique and their flexibility in order to progress to advanced leaps, turns, and tap footwork.
5 week fall Technique session: September 11th-October 9th.
If interest, we’ll offer a January-February session.
Wednesday 6:30-7:30 Musical Theatre (Grades 7-11). 9 week Fall & Spring Sessions
Students will focus on Musical Theatre choreography, performance qualities, and audition techniques.
9 week fall Musical Theatre session: October 16th – December 18th
9 week spring Musical Theatre session: March 12th – Recital
Thursday 4:30-5:30 Contemporary
Students will do a Modern dance-infused warm up, across the floor combinations, and choreography.
Sunday 6:00-7:00 6th-9th Grade Acrobatics
Students participate in a cardiovascular warm up, strengthening exercises, and stretches before working on individual tumbling passes and partner tricks.
Attire
Kindergarten & 1st Grade: Black long-sleeved leotard, black tights, black ballet skirt, black ballet shoes, black tap shoes.
Boys Hip Hop: Comfortable clothes, sneakers with clean bottoms.
Acrobatics: Gymnastics or dance leotard, fitted shorts/leggings, barefoot.
2nd Grade – 5th Grade Jazz/Tap: Black jazz shoes, black flat-heeled patent leather tie-style tap shoes and appropriate dance attire (ex: leotard, tights, leggings, fitted dance shorts).
2nd Grade – 5th Grade Jazz/Tap/Ballet Combo: Black ballet shoes, black flat-heeled patent leather tie-style tap shoes, black ballet skirt, and appropriate dance attire (ex: leotard, tights, leggings, fitted dance shorts).
2nd Grade – 5th Grade Half Year Hip Hop Classes: Dancewear and black dance sneakers.
Musical Theatre: Appropriate dance wear and jazz or ballet shoes
Middle School Jazz/Tap: Black jazz shoes, black flat tie-style tap shoes, and appropriate dance attire (ex: leggings, fitted dance shorts, suntan convertible tights, fitted tank top or leotard).
Middle School Jazz/Tap/Ballet Combo: Black jazz shoes, black flat-tie style tap shoes, barefoot/foot undies for Ballet, and appropriate dance attire (ex: leggings, fitted dance shorts, suntan convertible tights, fitted tank top or leotard).
Middle School Jazz/Lyrical: Appropriate dancewear, jazz shoes, and barefoot/foot undies
Middle School – Teen/Adult Contemporary: Appropriate dancewear and barefoot/foot undies.
Middle School – Teen/Adult Hip Hop: Appropriate dancewear, black hip hop sneakers
Dancewear can be purchased at any local dance store:
Dancer’s Image in Newton, Dance This Way in Concord, Dancer’s Warehouse/Capezio in Wellesley
Online resources include: discountdance.com and dancewearsolution.com .
Gym shorts, pajama bottoms, sweatpants or oversized tops are not appropriate attire for class.
Hair must always be securely pulled off the face and neck during class.
Tuition per Semester
*Amount listed is paid upon registration for the Fall Session. An equal Tuition payment will be billed again for the second half of the year.
Preschool-8th Grade
Full Year Classes
35min Preschool class: $210
45min class: $220
60min class: $240
80min class: $310
90min class: $320
9 week Children's Half Year Classes
40min class: $130
45min class: $135
60min class: $150
5 week technique: $75