Tag: youth program

Classes for our fall session are officially in full swing!

It’s not too late to sign up for our Youth Performing Arts Program classes—and drop in to try one of our Community Classes for movers of all ages and levels.

Introducing Wacky Wednesday

a rotating workshop series with classes for all levels

We’re excited to announce a new workshop series called Wacky Wednesdays!

Each Wednesday, we’ll have rotating workshops with guest teaching artists. All workshops are open to absolute beginners, meaning you don’t need any related experience to participate. Just bring your curiosity and an open mind!

WACKY WEDNESDAY SERIES

for ages 12 to adult

📅 Wednesdays starting September 13

🕡 6:45-8pm

First up – 4 weeks of Improv Theater with Liz Butler and Ben Jardine!

Improv theater is the practice of building a scene or a story one piece at a time, in the moment, without any planning or scripting. Working with a group of others, or by yourself, you create a supportive environment where anything goes. It’s a joyous, uplifting, and deeply rewarding exercise where you can learn about yourself and have fun in the process.

Swing for Teens and Adults

📅 Thursdays

🕓 6:45-7:45pm

for beginner and intermediate dancers ages 12 to adult

This class teaches the partnered basics of East Coast Swing with a particular emphasis on rhythm, artistry, and jazz dance history. We’ll explore movement patterns that establish the foundations of Lindy Hop as a social, vernacular jazz dance. The goal is to boost your confidence to hit the dance floor and have fun, while celebrating the music, movement, and spirit of the Harlem Renaissance and Swing Era! 

No partner necessary – come as you are!

Ballet Zen is Back!

with Melissa Elstein

for beginner and intermediate levels, ages 21+

📅 Thursdays

🕑 2-3:30pm

Learn gentle core strengthening exercises at the beginning of class, followed by ballet barre and basic center work, with a guided deep relaxation and short meditation to close. This class emphasizes leg and core strength, weight shifts, and balance work while learning ballet technique. 

These skills are useful for fall prevention – so important as we age – and combined here with beautiful music, the gracefulness of ballet movement, mental focus and relaxation, students will have a holistic movement class experience.

This March, we are doing a promotion for our community class pass holders! Class passes run 10 classes for $170 ($17/class) or 20 for $300 ($15/class). That’s a savings of up to $100 compared to our regular drop-in rate of $20!

If you buy a 10 or 20-class pass this month, you can try a new class for FREE!

Class passes can be purchased online or in-person. You can try any new class for free by letting the front desk know.

*This promotion applies to any students with an active class pass.

Board of Directors Update

We are excited to announce Gail Belmuth as our new Board President, alongside new Board member Alex Bloomstein and returning Board member Dr. Jerome F. Errico.

Gail follows Board President of 12 years, Diane Pearlman, and Interim Board President, Jenny Daily. We are so grateful for their support and leadership!

Dunham Workshop

with Saroya Corbett

📅 Saturday, March 25
🕙 10am-12pm

Ages 12 to adult

Join Saroya Corbett, Bolin Fellow of Dance, for a second workshop in Dunham Technique, an Afro-Modern dance technique. As a certified instructor in and a life-long practitioner of Dunham Technique, Saroya will discuss the dance technique as a holistic practice and the work of Katherine Dunham, the technique’s creator. After the discussion, participants will experience a Dunham Technique movement class which will combine the theories and philosophies of the technique into physical practice.

Summer Intensive Highlight

🔎Dance Discovery (Ages 8-13)

📅 Monday to Friday, June 26 – July 7 (no classes on July 4)
🕘 9am – 3pm

For beginners and advanced beginners, this program has a half-day option for dancers ages ages 8-9 (9am-12pm full two weeks only).

An exciting journey into the engaging and rewarding world of dance, this two-week program provides an introduction to dance forms including ballet, modern, African, Contradance, and more. Dancers will also have a chance to practice dance-making of their own!