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Pre-Dance - ballet

Ballet, Tap, Jazz - Ages 7-18

Pre-K/K - ballet/tap

These classes are recommended for children ages 3-4.  Theme based classes are perfect for these little dancers.  Join us for a class that allows young dancers to build a strong technical ballet and tap foundations as well as basic tumbling skills to begin and foster their love for dance. 

Pre-K/K - ballet/tap

Ballet, Tap, Jazz - Ages 7-18

Pre-K/K - ballet/tap

These classes are recommended for children ages 4-5.  They will continue to learn how to wait their turn patiently, respectfully and quietly and to take turns graciously. Join us for a class that allows young dancers to continue to build a strong technical ballet and tap foundations to begin and foster their love for dance. 

Ballet, Tap, Jazz - Ages 7-18

Ballet, Tap, Jazz - Ages 7-18

Ballet, Tap, Jazz - Ages 7-18

These classes are for ages 7-18.  We have several different age levels of ballet, jazz, & tap classes available.  Students can enroll in all the different genres of dance or select one or more classes.  


Jazz

Lyrical/Contemporary

Ballet, Tap, Jazz - Ages 7-18

This energetic class combines stretching and basic jazz technique.  Dancers will have fun mastering specific jazz elements and then working on them throughout the season.  These fundamentals will include jazz progressions, turns, leaps and center work. 

Lyrical/Contemporary

Lyrical/Contemporary

Lyrical/Contemporary

Lyrical and Contemporary classes combine the movement quality of jazz with the technical component of Ballet.  Lyrical and Contemporary are typically danced to slower music, either ballads with words or instrumental.  These genres allow dancers to combine steps together in more of an artistic format typically danced in the center of the floor. 

Ballet/Pointe

Lyrical/Contemporary

Lyrical/Contemporary

Ballet is one of the oldest styles of dance and is taught throughout the world.  Ballet is a style of dance based on vocabulary and technique.  Classes combine stretching, barre exercises, and center technique work.  Ballet is the most disciplined style of dance and provides the perfect foundation for any dancer. A strong technical base t

Ballet is one of the oldest styles of dance and is taught throughout the world.  Ballet is a style of dance based on vocabulary and technique.  Classes combine stretching, barre exercises, and center technique work.  Ballet is the most disciplined style of dance and provides the perfect foundation for any dancer. A strong technical base taught through out several years will allow dancers to safely begin pointe work.  Placement en pointe will require a pre-pointe evaluation at the teachers discretion.

Hip Hop

Progressions

Acrobatics

Hip Hop, originally a form of street dance, has now made its way into the hearts of many of our students.  Our hip Hip classes combine a warm up, grooves, across the floor combinations and a center combination.  This hard hitting and powerful form of dance allows students of all ages to enjoy letting loose while learning body isolation an

Hip Hop, originally a form of street dance, has now made its way into the hearts of many of our students.  Our hip Hip classes combine a warm up, grooves, across the floor combinations and a center combination.  This hard hitting and powerful form of dance allows students of all ages to enjoy letting loose while learning body isolation and coordination skills while listening to fast paced music they love!

Acrobatics

Progressions

Acrobatics

Acrobatics gives the dancers a chance to perfect flexibility based tricks that can be incorporated into dance routines. These tricks take years of practice and this class allows our dancers to work on everything from cartwheels, balances, partner tricks and flips of all kinds.  Enrollment in a ballet, lyrical, and/or jazz class is required to register for our acro classes.  

Progressions

Progressions

Progressions

 Progressions allows the dancers to perfect the technical elements they work on in their other classes.  Turn combinations take many years of practice and this class allows our dancers to work on everything from pirouettes, leg spins, leaping, strength and flexibility. All of this is practiced while incorporating strong technical accountability and improvement 

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Progressions

 If you have an amazing dancer who LOVES to dance and is excited about taking the next step in furthering his or her dance technique, then this is the program for you!   These dancers train multiple hours a week in several genres. Company members perform in stage shows and approximately 4 local competitions each year, including one conven

 If you have an amazing dancer who LOVES to dance and is excited about taking the next step in furthering his or her dance technique, then this is the program for you!   These dancers train multiple hours a week in several genres. Company members perform in stage shows and approximately 4 local competitions each year, including one convention.  Placement into a company class is by summer classes/invitation only. 

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Not sure where to start? Fill out the "More info" form below and one of our friendly staff members will be in touch with you to answer any questions you may have and to help you find the best fit for your family. 

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 My daughter has danced at Performance Dance Centre since she was 3 years old. She loves the classes, to perform, her fellow dancers, and her teachers. 

~ Jennifer- Dance Mom

 Performance Dance Centre
2316 230th St. STE 104 (located on West Lincoln Way) 

Ames, Iowa

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