The Center Dance Studio offers rigorous training in three foundational dance forms: ballet, contemporary dance, and hip hop. By engaging with the technical dimensions of dance, Center students deepen and refine their work as choreographers and storytellers. (Learn more About Us and Our Approach).
Garden of Verses (45 minutes, ages 2-3, 0-5; caregivers attend) offers a gentle, joyful introduction to creative movement for toddlers and their caregivers. Using imagery, rhyme and song, children are guided through simple yet foundational movement patterns that promote kinesthetic awareness, coordination and focus. Storybook pages spring to life as children reimagine timeless classics and embody beloved characters; props, instruments and costumes enhance the magic. How hungry is your little caterpillar? Join us in Garden of Verses to find out.
Wednesdays, 9:30-10:15 AM (ages 2-3)
Fridays, 10-10:45 AM (family class, ages 0-5)
Sundays, 10-10:45 AM (ages 2-3)
8-week fall mini-sessions begin September 11th. Tuition is $110.
Garden of Verses families may stay after class for a reduced Perch Play rate of $5: Wednesdays, 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM, Fridays 10:45 AM – 12:30 PM. Sunday students are welcome to attend.
Enroll by September 1st to have your registration fee waived!
Story Ballet (45 minutes, ages 3.5-5) invites young dancers to explore the world of ballet through an imaginative lens. Using imagery and stories as inspiration, students will engage with the vocabulary and principles of classical ballet. Our interactive, developmentally appropriate class structure nurtures students’ enthusiasm for dance while cultivating focus and a growth mindset.
Sundays, 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Wednesdays, 4-4:45 PM
Register by September 1st to have your $20 registration fee waived!
Word Play (ages 3.5 -7) In this class, students leap, prance and spin their way through the world of children’s literature. Using picture books, fairy tales and poetry, children are introduced to the fundamentals of creative movement and narrative dance. Whether they’re twirling down their own Purple Crayon path, pouncing at the Wild Rumpus, or dancing the alphabet, kids will love this interactive class that honors the reader, and storyteller, in all of us.
This hour-long class meets Sunday mornings at 10:45 AM. An 8-week session of Word Play will begin Sunday, September 11th and end Sunday, October 30th. Class will not meet on October 9th.
Siblings receive a 10% tuition discount. Register by September 1st to have your $20 registration fee waived!
Additional sample technique classes will be held Thursday, September 8th; details TBA.
Join The Center Dance Studio at The Emily Dickinson Museum’s Neighborhood Picnic tomorrow, July 29th, from 5-7 PM. We’ll be there, rain or shine, with our dancing shoes on. Music, dancing, poetry, cookies, FRIENDS!
This family friendly event is FREE and open to the public.
280 Main Street, right across from the dance studio.
We hope to see you there!
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