Middle School Dance
Expanding technique, strength, flexibility, artistry, and versatility through structured training designed for growing dancers.
Register TodayWhat Our Program Is About
Our middle school program builds upon foundational training while introducing more advanced movement, stronger technical expectations, and deeper performance development.
Students continue growing in confidence, coordination, flexibility, artistry, musicality, and discipline within a supportive and structured learning environment. We understand that this age group needs both technical challenge and positive reinforcement to unlock their true potential as artists.
Our Middle School Disciplines
Explore progressive and technical training paths designed specifically for 4th-6th grade dancers.
50 Minutes
Ballet
- Builds core posture, proper physical alignment, and solid technical foundation.
- Focuses deeply on long-term flexibility, core strength, and fine muscle control.
- Essential baseline training required for excellence in all other dance styles.
50 Minutes
Tap
- Develops complex rhythmic understanding, musicality, and sharp timing.
- Focuses heavily on sound clarity, pattern variations, and footwork precision.
- Encourages structural coordination and individual stage confidence.
50 Minutes
Jazz
- High-energy dynamic movement synchronized with technical studio execution.
- Improves personal flexibility, technical turns, leaps, and core strength.
- Builds dynamic performance presence and projection quality on stage.
50 Minutes
Hip Hop
- Focuses on intense modern syncopation, urban rhythm, and musicality.
- Introduces foundational and progressive street-style movement structures.
- Requirement: Jazz class must be taken concurrently alongside Hip Hop.
40–75 Minutes
Contemporary
- Seamlessly combines classic ballet mechanics and expressive modern dance movement.
- Focuses heavily on artistic emotional expression, core control, and fluid execution.
- Requirement: Ballet and Jazz classes are required with Contemporary.
45 Minutes
Broadway
- Beautifully combines upbeat musical theater dance, acting, and classic storytelling.
- Deep focus on dramatic stage presence, facial projection, and character work.
- Requirement: Ballet or Jazz class is required with Broadway.
45 Minutes
Poms
- High-velocity, incredibly sharp, and perfectly synchronized movement training.
- Focuses heavily on rhythmic visual formations, clean transitions, and crisp precision.
- Provides a stellar technical foundation for future school spirit teams and dance squads.
60 Minutes
Next Level Technique
- Pure conditioning focused heavily on muscular strength, deep flexibility, and coordination.
- Builds advanced spatial movement foundations and high-tier technical mechanics.
- Note: Non-performing technical training class (no year-end recital stress).
45 Minutes
Pre-Pointe
- Carefully prepares advanced young dancers for safely transitioning into pointe shoe training.
- Approval: Instructor evaluation and approval strictly required.
- Requirement: Requires simultaneous enrollment in two weekly ballet classes.
75 Minutes
Company
- Elite, invite-only team environment based strictly on seasonal placement auditions.
- Focuses intensely on elite performance choreography and advanced execution mechanics.
- Requirement: Requires mandatory enrollment in multiple additional classes.
75 Minutes
Ballet Technique
- Continued rigorous focus on posture alignment, technical turn execution, and stamina.
- Directly supports and accelerates overall improvement across all alternative dance fields.
- Note: Non-performing technical class focusing solely on pure studio execution.
What To Expect
Our middle school dancers are highly encouraged to grow technically, artistically, and personally in a disciplined and positive environment.
Technical Precision
Increased master focus on physical alignment, precision of movement quality, and rapid technical growth parameters.
Strength & Flexibility
Rigorous body training loops explicitly designed to optimize core control, joint flexibility, motor coordination, and stamina.
Supportive Environment
Beautifully structured instruction that seamlessly fosters personal confidence, peer teamwork, and athletic lifestyle discipline.
Performance Growth
Students gain profound artistic confidence, nuanced performance charisma, and premium stylistic expression mechanics.