Important dates for Spring 2025 Registration!
Friday, December 6 at 11am: Spring 2025 Schedule posted (view-only)
Monday, December 9 to Saturday, December 14: Priority Re-Registration for returning Fall 2024 students only
Monday, December 16: Online registration opens for everyone!

Choose your classes today!

Online registration for fall classes opens today!

Do you have questions about fall registration? Need help with the registration process? We are here to help!

In-person registration is available at Pulse during these dates and times:

  • Tuesday 8/29, 2-7pm
  • Wednesday 8/30, 2-7pm
  • Thursday 8/31, 2-7pm

*Community Class attendees returning to an ongoing class do not need to re-register, but if you have any questions about the schedule, new classes, want to update your information, etc., this is a great time to do so.

Important Dates for Fall:

  • August 23: Online registration opens
  • August 29-31: In-person registration available from 2-7pm; online registration continues
  • September 4-10: Studios closed for Labor Day and maintenance, online registration continues
  • September 11: First day of fall session for all Community & Youth Performing Arts Program Classes

New Class Highlight:

Music & Storytelling

with Jeffrey Howard

Look at these young movers so invested in storytime! We loved our Music & Storytelling class during our Dance Adventure program SO much that we’ve added a class this fall.

MUSIC AND STORYTELLING🎵

📅 Tuesdays

🕞 3:45-4:30 PM

for ages 4-6

Using basic percussion instruments like shaky eggs, djembes, and the ukulele, this class will engage young children in music! Activities include: using rhythm to say your name in syllables; using the sounds of the instruments to cook a recipe; and acting out animals using sound and motions. Using books like “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and “How Things Work in Busytown,” we will augment the stories and scenes using the sound from our instruments and the motion of our bodies.


Class Highlight: Flamenco

A group pf dancers doing flamenco in a dance studio

with Joanne Bockemuehl-Jackson

📅 Thursdays

🕡 5:45-6:45pm

for beginners/intermediate ages 12 to adult

Explore the passion of flamenco in your body and connect to your inner DUENDE. The class will focus on exercises for Flamenco footwork, body posture, and coordination. Exercises will then be incorporated into short segments of choreography, taking the student beyond the steps and into the experience of individual style and expression. Joanne’s flamenco classes increase self-confidence and emphasize individuality, supporting the student in expression of personal character and emotion.

This class is best suited for students with basic knowledge of flamenco to deepen their practice but open to beginners with regular attendance. Classes are intergenerational – just like a family!

This class is both for Youth Performing Arts Program students and community members. No drop-ins! This class requires commitment to the full session.

Fall in love with dance!

Summer may be coming to an end, but we are so excited for fall. Our Fall 2023 Schedule is live on our website now.

Important Dates for Fall:

  • August 23: Online registration opens
  • August 29-31: In-person registration for Youth Performing Arts Program Classes available from 2-7pm; online registration continues
  • September 4-10: Studios closed for Labor Day and maintenance, online registration continues
  • September 11: First day of fall session for all Community & Youth Performing Arts Program Classes

New Class Highlight:

Musical Theater Collective

with Tom Masters, Teak Welch, and Wendy Welch, plus guest teaching artists

📅 Saturdays🕑 2-4pm
for ages 10+
We’re excited to debut a new program for our musical theater dancers, actors, and singers. Become a triple threat while taking this workshop with classes in Broadway Jazz, voice, acting, and improvisation. Students will learn healthy warm-up practices for the voice and body, and work on character development, expression, ensemble, and more. 


Community Class Highlight:

Capoeira

with Tarcisio “Taz” Ramos Dos Santos

📅 Mondays🕓 6:45-8pm

for absolute beginners ages 13 to adult

Discover the essence of Afro-Brazilian martial art with our captivating Capoeira class at Berkshire Pulse.

Experience acrobatic movements, dance, powerful kicks, and the enchanting rhythms of traditional Capoeira music. This dynamic practice cultivates strength, flexibility, rhythm, and coordination. Suitable for all levels, come and embrace the spirit of Capoeira with us today!

*Please note: this class requires commitment to attending for the first 4 weeks.

Savoring the end of summer

There has been so much joy in our studios this summer! The picture above is from an Appalachian Flat Footing Workshop with Miriam Piilonen during our Pulse Intensive.

This week, our Hip Hop/Street Style Intensive is underway, and we are having a blast!


New Chapters at Pulse

We’re excited to share that staff members Veronica Bone and Gillian Ebersole have updated job descriptions and positions.


Starting this Weekend: Dunham Technique Workshop Series

with Saroya Corbett

A group of dancers pose for a photo in a studio.

Open level, for ages 13-adult

In this series, Saroya Corbett, Arthur Levitt Jr. ’52 Artist-in-Residence Fellow at Williams College, will share her expertise in Dunham Technique, an Afro-Modern dance technique.


Jumpstart Your Fall Dancing

A dance instructor teaching a group of dancers at ballet barres

New and returning students ages 10-18

This program offers students who are new or returning to Pulse the opportunity to resume training with a week of afternoon ballet and modern classes before the Fall session begins.


Upcoming Summer Intensives

It’s not too late to register for our upcoming summer intensives!

Musical Theater
(August 7-12)
Day Camp: ages 10 to 14
Evening Series: ages 14 to adult

Deep Dive! Contemporary Intensive
(August 14-18)
for advanced teens and adults ages 17+

Jumpstart
(August 28 – September 1)
new and returning students ages 10-18

Berkshire Pulse