Classes We Offer

Dance with Me invites caregivers in the classroom to avoid separation anxiety and allow students to be engaged and supported in their first dance experience. Students will learn the fundamentals of ballet and jazz technique and express themselves through movement with creative stories, miming, games, and basic tumbling skills. This is also a fun way for mom, dad, or a caregiver to move and bond with their child!

Available for Ages 2-3.

Creative Dance introduces dancers to the fundamentals of ballet and jazz dance in a positive, creative, and fun manner. Activities and movements are incorporated in class to enhance cognitive and social development. Students learn classroom etiquette, discover rhythms, and are encouraged to use their imaginations to express themselves through movement.

Available for Ages 3-5.

At Prairie School of Dance, ballet is a foundational part of our dance training, helping dancers build strength, balance, alignment, and artistry that support growth across many dance styles. Our traditional ballet classes blend technique and musicality in a fun, encouraging environment. Dancers begin at the barre, move through center floor and across-the-floor combinations, and finish with a graceful reverence — all set to classical music. Along the way, students develop flexibility, coordination, poise, discipline, grace, and a love of movement.

Available for Ages 6-Adult.

Jazz is the style of dance often seen on Broadway or television. Students warm up with stretching, isolations, strengthening exercises, and “across the floor” exercises including turns and leaps. We’ll incorporate a combination that is usually fast-paced, rhythmically-based and danced to traditional jazz music and uplifting popular music. Jazz is a great discipline to help a dancer discover the joy of moving and responding to music.

Available for Ages 6-18.

Tap is a discipline in which sounds and rhythms are created with tap shoes. Tap creates music with the body and is great for patterning skills for the mind and body. Students begin learning the fundamentals of tap including shuffles and flaps, and progress to learning wings and pull backs. Class is usually fast-paced, rhythmically-based and danced to traditional jazz or uplifting popular music.

Available for Ages 6-Adult.

Hip Hop began as social street dance and continues to inspire many dance forms. Our Hip Hop classes focus on isolations, stretching, rhythms, upper body strength, and funky footwork. All music and movement is age appropriate. These classes are very fun and very popular!

See Pop Hop for availability.

This class combines the disciplines of Ballet, Jazz, and Tap, giving the dancer exposure to multiple genres. Ballet lays a strong technical foundation for all dance genres. It creates poise, flexibility, strength, and extension. Jazz is the style of dance often seen on Broadway or television that challenges dancers to quick foot work, weight changes, and strong musicality. Tap is a discipline in which sounds and rhythms are created with tap shoes.

Available for Ages 6-18.

This class combines the elements of Jazz and Hip Hop and other popular dance moves. Dancers are inspired to respond and move to the upbeat, and age-appropriate music used in this class.

Available for Ages 6-18.

This 6 week special-session is designed to encourage sibling, friend, and family bonding while learning new dance techniques in a fun environment. Students will get a workout while learning choreography that builds every week. It will culminate in a performance at our PA Spotlight Show.

Available for Ages 6-18.

This class is for dads and their daughters! This fabulous 8-10 week class features dancing and bonding with your friends and dads! Both fall and spring sessions end with a performance. You are welcome to register for both sessions.

Available for Ages 7-18, and 18-99.

While all of our REC classes are co-ed, this class is designed especially for active boys who desire to train separately. Through popular “pop hop” dance moves and tap techniques, dancers will cross-train, stretch, build strength, work isolations, learn floor work and funky footwork, improve coordination and increase their musicality with Mr. Jake! This class is fun, quick, and upbeat!

Available for Ages 6-10.

Our adult classes are designed for everyone’s enjoyment; no experience is necessary! Adult participants range from the “curious dance parent” to the adult who danced through most of their youth. Try something new to improve the well-being of your body, mind and spirit with ballet and tap adult classes!

Available for Ages 18-99.

Musical Theater classes are designed for the aspiring singers, actors, and dancers among us! This class focuses on the fundamentals of Jazz and Tap dance with an emphasis on performance, characterization, and musicality. Students not only dance in class but also have vocal warm-ups and occasionally play theater/performance games. Recital pieces include a vocal aspect.

Available for Ages 6 & up.

Sacred Dance is a beautiful way to express Christian faith through movement, music, and worship. These uplifting classes blend primarily Modern and Contemporary dance with elements of Ballet and Jazz, all set to inspiring instrumental and contemporary Christian music.

Dancers will grow in both technique and confidence while exploring creativity, connection, and joyful worship. Classes may also include devotional moments and prayer time, creating a welcoming space for spiritual encouragement and community.

Throughout the year, students have the opportunity to share their gifts by performing during local church services. Our hope is that every Sacred Dance student not only develops as a dancer, but also experiences the joy of worshipping God in a meaningful and exciting new way.

Available for Ages 6 & up.

The Acrobatic Arts program is based on safe and effective progressions with proven results in five divisions of AcroDance: Flexibility, Strength, Balancing, Limbering and Tumbling. Developed with input from professionals and experts in ballet, modern dance, jazz, contortion, artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, sport acrobatics, yoga, acro yoga, pilates, physiotherapy, hand balancing and more. Simple thoughtful progressions take the beginner preschool level dancer from log rolls and summersaults to the advanced dancer tumbling effortlessly across the stage!

Available for Ages 6-18yr.

No experience required. Through low-impact exercise with emphasis on core strength and proper form, each workout provides the information and guidance to practice the skills of coordination, strength, endurance, balance, and integration, and the opportunity to try new challenges every time. Pilates is useful for any age or occupation, and this class allows participants to connect with and strengthen their own bodily knowledge and to cultivate healthy, happy, and whole selves.

Available for ages 18-99.