The Studio: A Dance Center for Adults

Private lessons that progress at your own pace and focus on your specific needs.

Private classes are one-on-one lessons that progress at your own pace and focus on your specific needs.

Private classes are one-on-one lessons that progress at your own pace and focus on your specific needs.

Private classes are one-on-one lessons that progress at your own pace and focus on your specific needs.

Private classes are one-on-one lessons that progress at your own pace and focus on your specific needs.

"Advanced beginner"-Intermediate, depending on the options you choose.) Open classes pay particular attention to the variety of ability levels of dancers present in that particular class. Modifications are suggested to make movements and combinations either easier or more challenging for each student. Instructors demonstrate and explain terminology where needed, focusing on students’ alignment and comprehension throughout class.

An introduction or refresher course to get you familiar with the shiny shoes or to supplement your other ballet classes. There's a world of difference between demi- and full pointe! Our focus will be on the articulation of the feet, "rolling through" the shoe correctly, keeping the ankles in a straight line, and maintaining proper alignment of the rest of the body. Most time will be spent at the barre, followed by center work, and movements traveling across the floor. Pointe shoes are NOT required.

Come tap your toe and keep the beat. We'll explore basic fundamental tap movements and how to apply them to tap choreography in different styles from Broadway to street tap. All levels welcome!

In this class, Latin dance routines mixing fast and slow rhythms are used to tone your body and burn calories. Dances include Salsa, Merengue, Cha-cha, Bachata, Samba, Belly dance, African techniques and more. Please bring clean sneakers that you do not wear outside.

Taught at a relaxed pace with a focus on the basic movements and concepts of Contemporary and Lyrical dance, this class is ideal for first time students or dancers refining their technique. Each class includes exercises done in the center and across the floor.

Contemporary dance draws on modern & postmodern dance, classical ballet, and other philosophies of movement that depart from classical dance techniques. Contemporary dance can express a free type of movement and the choreography is more diverse than other specific genres. This class focuses on technique and improvisation with a focus on expression, posture, flexibility, and dance presentation.

Level 2. Students in this class are familiar with basic ballet vocabulary and exercises, either from Beginning Ballet 1, or from prior dance experience. Movement sequences and combinations vary from class to class. Center exercises include elements from the warm-up, as well as stationary and locomotor movements, balances, turns, and small and large jumps.

Level 3/4. Students are expected to be familiar with standard warm-up exercises, coordination exercises, turns, jumps, and various balances. Center exercises and choreography combine stationary and locomotor movements, balances, turns, small and large jumps, with a focus on building strength, agility, and coordination.

Bellydance can energize, promote self-confidence, and bring people together. Besides being good for the body, bellydance is also good for the mind, heart, and soul. You will learn basic shapes and movement, stylization, shimmies and undulations, as well as getting a great workout and laughing a lot!

Hip-hop is for everyone; Back 2 Basics is designed to prove this.  Focusing on the elements, this class emphasizes the 2-beat breakdown found in the simple foundation called Top Rock.  B2B will teach you how to enjoy dance and look good doing it!  Come join a judgment free zone specifically designed for adults with no prior dance experience. 

Our Ballet Blast class proves that you don't need weights or fitness props to achieve a beautiful ballet body. Ballet is hard enough, and if done correctly, it's all you need to develop long, lean, lovely muscles. This class incorporates the principles of ballet into strength-building exercises. Improve balance, strength, and stamina with simple but surprisingly effective movements. Class begins with an intense barre warm-up, followed by combinations done in the center and across the floor. No prior ballet experience necessary. Ballet slippers optional.

Level 1. Taught at a relaxed pace with a focus on learning or re-learning the basics, beginner classes prepare students for all other Studio classes. Ideal for students new to dance or a particular dance style, or for students returning to dance after an extended absence, our beginner classes provide students with a firm foundation in proper alignment, technique, and basic vocabulary. Each class includes exercises done at the barre, in the center, and across the floor.

Level 3. Students in this class are familiar with all standard vocabulary and exercises, either from other StudioDCFA classes, or from prior dance experience. Movement sequences and combinations vary from class to class. Center exercises include elements from the warm-up, as well as stationary and locomotor movements, balances, turns, and small and large jumps.

Hip-hop is for everyone; Back 2 Basics is designed to prove this.  Focusing on the elements, this class emphasizes the 2-beat breakdown found in the simple foundation called Top Rock.  B2B will teach you how to enjoy dance and look good doing it!  Come join a judgment free zone specifically designed for adults with no prior dance experience. 

Our Ballet Blast class proves that you don't need weights or fitness props to achieve a beautiful ballet body. Ballet is hard enough, and if done correctly, it's all you need to develop long, lean, lovely muscles. This class incorporates the principles of ballet into strength-building exercises. Improve balance, strength, and stamina with simple but surprisingly effective movements. Class begins with an intense barre warm-up, followed by combinations done in the center and across the floor. No prior ballet experience necessary. Ballet slippers optional.

Enjoy an entire class spent on barre exercises, providing you with a firm foundation in proper alignment, technique, and vocabulary. Each class pays particular attention to the variety of ability levels of dancers present: modifications are suggested to make movements and combinations either easier or more challenging for each student.

A beautiful blend of ballet, modern, and jazz techniques, Lyrical is commonly set to contemporary music with vocals or just instrumental bars. One goal of lyrical dance is to use gesture, expression, and controlled movements in order to execute movements and portray emotions. Besides emotional connection to music, lyrical dance typically encourages use of articulation, line, weight, and other movement qualities.

Level 1. Taught at a very relaxed pace with a focus on the basic steps and positions of ballet, this class is ideal for first time ballet students or students returning to ballet after an extended absence. Ballet Basics provides students with a firm foundation in proper alignment, technique, and basic vocabulary. Each class includes exercises done at the barre, in the center, and across the floor.

Bellydance can energize, promote self-confidence, and bring people together. Besides being good for the body, bellydance is also good for the mind, heart, and soul. You will learn basic shapes and movement, stylization, shimmies and undulations, as well as getting a great workout and laughing a lot!

An introduction or refresher course to get you familiar with the shiny shoes or to supplement your other ballet classes. There's a world of difference between demi- and full pointe! Our focus will be on the articulation of the feet, "rolling through" the shoe correctly, keeping the ankles in a straight line, and maintaining proper alignment of the rest of the body. Most time will be spent at the barre, followed by center work, and movements traveling across the floor. Pointe shoes are NOT required.

Come tap your toe and keep the beat. We'll explore basic fundamental tap movements and how to apply them to tap choreography in different styles from Broadway to street tap. All levels welcome!

Discover how much fun it can be to break some rules while still playing within the classical ballet structure. (Think Forsythe, Balanchine, etc.)

Level 2. Students in this class are familiar with basic ballet vocabulary and exercises, either from Beginning Ballet 1, or from prior dance experience. Movement sequences and combinations vary from class to class. Center exercises include elements from the warm-up, as well as stationary and locomotor movements, balances, turns, and small and large jumps.

Level 3/4. Students are expected to be familiar with standard warm-up exercises, coordination exercises, turns, jumps, and various balances. Center exercises and choreography combine stationary and locomotor movements, balances, turns, small and large jumps, with a focus on building strength, agility, and coordination.

Bellydance can energize, promote self-confidence, and bring people together. Besides being good for the body, bellydance is also good for the mind, heart, and soul. You will learn basic shapes and movement, stylization, shimmies and undulations, as well as getting a great workout and laughing a lot!

Hip-hop is for everyone; Back 2 Basics is designed to prove this.  Focusing on the elements, this class emphasizes the 2-beat breakdown found in the simple foundation called Top Rock.  B2B will teach you how to enjoy dance and look good doing it!  Come join a judgment free zone specifically designed for adults with no prior dance experience. 

Our Ballet Blast class proves that you don't need weights or fitness props to achieve a beautiful ballet body. Ballet is hard enough, and if done correctly, it's all you need to develop long, lean, lovely muscles. This class incorporates the principles of ballet into strength-building exercises. Improve balance, strength, and stamina with simple but surprisingly effective movements. Class begins with an intense barre warm-up, followed by combinations done in the center and across the floor. No prior ballet experience necessary. Ballet slippers optional.

Level 1. Taught at a relaxed pace with a focus on learning or re-learning the basics, beginner classes prepare students for all other Studio classes. Ideal for students new to dance or a particular dance style, or for students returning to dance after an extended absence, our beginner classes provide students with a firm foundation in proper alignment, technique, and basic vocabulary. Each class includes exercises done at the barre, in the center, and across the floor.

Level 3. Students in this class are familiar with all standard vocabulary and exercises, either from other StudioDCFA classes, or from prior dance experience. Movement sequences and combinations vary from class to class. Center exercises include elements from the warm-up, as well as stationary and locomotor movements, balances, turns, and small and large jumps.

Hip-hop is for everyone; Back 2 Basics is designed to prove this.  Focusing on the elements, this class emphasizes the 2-beat breakdown found in the simple foundation called Top Rock.  B2B will teach you how to enjoy dance and look good doing it!  Come join a judgment free zone specifically designed for adults with no prior dance experience. 

Our Ballet Blast class proves that you don't need weights or fitness props to achieve a beautiful ballet body. Ballet is hard enough, and if done correctly, it's all you need to develop long, lean, lovely muscles. This class incorporates the principles of ballet into strength-building exercises. Improve balance, strength, and stamina with simple but surprisingly effective movements. Class begins with an intense barre warm-up, followed by combinations done in the center and across the floor. No prior ballet experience necessary. Ballet slippers optional.

Enjoy an entire class spent on barre exercises, providing you with a firm foundation in proper alignment, technique, and vocabulary. Each class pays particular attention to the variety of ability levels of dancers present: modifications are suggested to make movements and combinations either easier or more challenging for each student.

A beautiful blend of ballet, modern, and jazz techniques, Lyrical is commonly set to contemporary music with vocals or just instrumental bars. One goal of lyrical dance is to use gesture, expression, and controlled movements in order to execute movements and portray emotions. Besides emotional connection to music, lyrical dance typically encourages use of articulation, line, weight, and other movement qualities.

Level 1. Taught at a very relaxed pace with a focus on the basic steps and positions of ballet, this class is ideal for first time ballet students or students returning to ballet after an extended absence. Ballet Basics provides students with a firm foundation in proper alignment, technique, and basic vocabulary. Each class includes exercises done at the barre, in the center, and across the floor.