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Community Classes

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Community Classes for Adults and Teens

Check out our Spring 2026 schedule today and plan your Spring! Learn more about our Community Class Program below:

Berkshire Pulse’s Community Class program offers a wide range of creative classes for people of any age or ability, from beginners to professionals. We are proud to offer an intergenerational program, with students ranging from teenagers to those in their 80s.

Whether you’re looking to build on your technique, train, meet new people, or simply try something new, we have a class for you. Our classes include modern, ballet, jazz, flamenco, hip hop, tap, African, musical theater, Salsa, Shake Your Soul, and more. 

Our experienced and passionate instructors are dedicated to creating a welcoming and supportive environment for all people. We believe that dance is for everyone, and we strive to provide a space where you can explore your creativity, develop your skills, and connect with a vibrant community of fellow dancers.

Pulse has never turned away a student for an inability to pay. To learn more about our robust Tuition Assistance program and Card to Culture benefits, click here.

To find and sign up for a class, scroll down to view our full roster of classes and use the search filters to identify classes by category, type, level, and day of the week.

If you do not yet have an account with the site, please create one on the My Account page. ALSO please be sure to complete the ‘Account details’ section of the My Accounts page and make sure that all of your information is current, including for any children you will be registering for classes. Thank you!

Please make sure to read Pulse’s policies before registering. Please see individual class descriptions for Community Class dress codes.

Below is a link to our one-page class schedule, which gives a snapshot of all the classes happening weekly at Berkshire Pulse – use it to plan your week!

You can find the Fall 2025 Weekly Class Schedule here.

Our Community Classes are on a drop-in basis (except where otherwise noted). Please register below to be included in the class roster and to express interest. Community Classes are all paid for with class passes, which will automatically debit from your account every time you sign in for a Community Class.
Class passes: 4 for $75, 10 for $180
Single drop-ins: $20 per class (pay in-person only)
Shared Family Class Passes also available: 10 for $190

Check out our class descriptions from last year, Fall-Spring 2024-25.

Click here for Youth Performing Arts Program Classes.


  • Class Type

  • Days

Ballet for Absolute Beginner Series

Tuesdays, June 30 – July 28 from 5:30-7:00pm
with Melissa Elstein

Adult Musical Theater Workshop

Monday- Friday, July 6-10 from 5:30-7pm
with Wendy Welch & Tom Masters

Ballet Workshop Series

Tuesday and Thursday, July 14 and 16, 5-7pm
with Eric Otto & Co.

Cunningham Modern Dance Intensive

Monday-Friday, July 27 – July 31 from 5:30-7:30pm
with Lindsay Jones

Simonson Jazz Dance Intensive

Monday-Thursday, August 3-6 from 5:30-7:15pm
with Teresa Perez Ceccon

Intermediate Flamenco, for ages 12-adult

Thursdays, 6-7pm (January 29 – June 4; No class February 19 and April 23)
With Joanne Bockemuehl-Jackson

Modern 3, for ages 13-adult

Tuesdays, 4-5:30pm (January 27 – June 2; No class February 17 and April 21)
With Ashley Hartka

Jazz 3-4, for ages 13-adult

Saturdays, 12:15-1:45pm (January 31 – June 6; No class February 21 and April 25)
With Mackenzie Wolcott

Young Choreographers Initiative (YCI), for ages 14-adult (FREE)

Tuesdays, 5:45-7:30pm, plus 7:30-8pm YCI Rehearsal as needed (January 27 – May 26; No class February 17 and April 21)
With Susan Quinn, Madisyn Boussie Assisting

Move for Life! – All Levels, for adults ages 18+

Mondays, 10:30-11:30am (January 5 - June 15; No class January 19, February 16, April 20, and May 25)
With Christine Breton

Community Modern – Absolute Beginners, for adults, teens 14+ welcome

Mondays 5:00 - 6:15PM (January 5 - May 18; no class January 19, February 16, April 20, and May 25)
With Bettina Montano

Community Ballet – Intermediate+, for adults, teens 13+ welcome

Mondays, 6:30-8:00pm (January 5 - May 18; No class January 19, February 16, April 20, and May 25)
With Andrè Robles

Community Modern – Beginner/Intermediate, for adults (At capacity, waitlist only)

Tuesdays 9:00-10:30AM (January 6 - May 26)
With Bettina Montano

Community Tap – Beginner, for adults, teens 13+ welcome

Tuesdays 6-6:45pm (January 6 - June 9)
With Teak Welch

Community Tap – Intermediate, for adults, teens 13+ welcome

Tuesdays 7-8PM (January 6 - June 9)
With Teak Welch

Kundalini Yoga – All Levels, for adults, teens 16+ welcome

Wednesday 8:30-9:45AM (January 14 - May 27)
With Crane Morehouse

Community Ballet – Beginners, for adults, youths 12+ welcome

Wednesdays 5:45-7:00PM (January 7 - June 17)
With Sarah Daunt

Contemporary – Intermediate+, for adults, teens 14+ welcome

Thursdays 6:30-8:00PM (January 15 - June 4)
With Madison Palffy

Community Ballet – Beginners, for adults, teens 16+ welcome

Thursdays 9:30-10:45AM (January 8 - May 28)
With Sarah Daunt

Shake Your Soul® – All levels, for adults ages 18+

Thursdays 5:30-6:30pm (January 8 - June 17)
With Madeline Despres-Chen

Hip Hop – Absolute beginners, for adults, teens 14+ welcome

Thursdays 7:15-8:15 PM January 15 - June 18 (no class January 8)
With Jody Green

Community Modern – Intermediate+, AT CAPACITY, waitlist only

Fridays 9:00-10:40AM (January 9 - May 29)
With Bettina Montano

Community Ballet – Beg/Int, for adults, youths 12+ welcome

Saturdays 9:30-11:15AM (January 10 - June 6)
With Sarah Daunt (January) and Hannah Littman (February through May)

Teen/Adult Hip Hop – Beg/Int, for adults, youths 12+ welcome

Saturdays 2:30-3:45 PM (January 10 - May 30; no class January 31 or February 14)
With Dashawn Davis

Ballet Zen, with Melissa Elstein (rental)

Thursdays 11am-12:30pm (March 12 & 26 April 9 & 23 May 7, 21 & 28 June 4 July 2, 9, 16 & 23 August 13 & 20)
with Melissa Elstein

Taekwondo, for ages 4-adult

Mondays 5:30-6:30pm, Wednesdays 7:15-8:15pm, Saturdays 11:30am-1:30pm
with the Martial Arts Institute of the Berkshires

Tai Chi, for ages 16-adult

Mondays, 6:30-8pm and Fridays, 9:30-11am
with Berkshire Tai Chi

Scottish Country Dance – Open Level

Thursdays, 7-9pm
With Ted Randolph

4 Class Passes

4 Class Passes for $75
Purchase class passes to pay for Community Classes

10 Class Passes

10 Class Passes for $180
Purchase class passes to pay for Community Classes

10 Family Class Passes

10 Family Class Passes for $190
Purchase this special family pass to pay for Community Classes across one household

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