Explore our diverse range of ballet and movement classes tailored for every age and skill level. At Beach Ballet, we believe in transparent pricing and flexible tuition options to ensure that the art of dance remains accessible to our entire community. Below you will find detailed information about our seasonal offerings and current investment rates for the upcoming term.

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Class Descriptions

Creative Dance Combo: This delightful dance experience is the perfect introduction to the graceful art of ballet and the rhythmic fun of tap, offering young dancers aged 3-6yrs.

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Beginning Ballet: A beginning ballet class for ages 5 and up typically introduces young dancers to the fundamentals of both styles in a fun, engaging, and age-appropriate way. Students will learn basic ballet positions, vocabulary, and steps like plié, tendu, and dégagé. The class aims to develop coordination, balance, musicality, and a love for dance, while also fostering self-confidence and social skills. 

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Pre-Intermediate: A ballet  class for ages 8 and up typically serves as a bridge between foundational ballet training and more advanced work. It's designed for students who have a solid grasp of basic ballet vocabulary and are ready to increase their technical proficiency, strength, and artistry.

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Intermediate/Advanced Ballet: Dancers ages 8 & up focus on building a strong foundation in ballet technique, while also developing coordination, musicality, and grace through more challenging routines and combinations. Students will refine their understanding of ballet steps, positions, and terminology, and begin to incorporate more complex movements like port de bras and epaulement. 

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Adv. Ballet/ Pointe: Our Ballet 4/5-Pointe class is a serious and advanced level of training designed for dedicated dancers who are ready for the rigorous demands of pointe work. This level typically requires an audition or teacher placement to ensure students have the necessary strength, maturity, and technical foundation to safely begin this demanding discipline.

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Adult Ballet/Barre: Adult Barre is a nonperforming class that takes place entirely at the barre. Great for anyone that wishes to enhance their posture, fitness level, and classical ballet technique in a welcoming studio environment. This beginner friendly class is open to teens (with director approval/parent permission) all the way to silver swans. Expect to sweat!

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Adult Ballet: Our adult ballet class is an artistic session designed for mature dancers to build strength, flexibility, and grace in a supportive, low-pressure environment. Dancers begin at the barre and move to center floor to focus on body alignment, core stability, and musicality tailored to adult anatomy and fitness goals. All levels are welcome. Many of our adults perform in our annual production of the Nutcracker as parents and our spring showcase where they perform a beautiful center floor routine! Miss Trinity may even surprise us with a little jazz routine for fun!

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Lyrical Ballet: Lyrical dance is a style that blends ballet and jazz techniques to express emotions and tell stories through fluid, expressive movements, often performed to music with lyrics. It emphasizes conveying the feeling and meaning of the music through the dancer's body language and facial expressions. 

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Contemporary/Jazz: Contemporary Jazz dance is a versatile and expressive dance style that emerged in the mid-20th century, blending elements of ballet, modern dance, jazz, and other genres. It's characterized by its fluidity, freedom of movement, and emphasis on emotional expression. Unlike strict, codified dance forms, contemporary jazz dance encourages individual interpretation and innovation, constantly evolving and adapting. This class is open to our intermediate/advanced dance team students only and students will be placed by the director.

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Dance Conditioning: This class focuses on developing the strength, endurance, and mobility required for all dance techniques. Whether you're working on turnout and balance or advancing to complex tricks, you will build the physical foundation to support your artistic goals. Expect to learn basic anatomical concepts while training with particular emphasis on the foot and ankle complex, pelvic girdle, and core. Open to ages 10 and up however, dance team students ages 8+ may also take class. This is a nonperforming class and highly recommended for all dance team students.

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Tap: We offer multiple levels of tap for dancers ages 3 and up. Tap dance levels 2 & 3 typically build upon the foundational skills learned in level 1, introducing more complex steps, rhythms, and combinations. Level 2 focuses on adding sounds to basic steps, level 3 introduces more intricate variations and requires dancers to master preceding levels or receive instructor permission, indicating a higher degree of technical proficiency and musicality. 

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Recreational Jazz:  Multiple styles of of jazz are introduced  blending the technical foundation of jazz with elements from other dance styles like contemporary, hip-hop, and musical theatre jazz, creating a dynamic and versatile style. These classes often emphasize musicality, improvisation, and personal expression, encouraging students to find their unique voice through movement for ages 8 and up. Note: students should have prior dance training in ballet or Acro.

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AcroKidz: Our AcroKidz class for ages 3 to 5 is a fantastic way to introduce young children to the fundamentals of acrobatics, gymnastics, and movement in a fun and safe environment. The focus at this age is on developing foundational skills and a love for physical activity.

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Acro levels 1 to 5: Acro dance classes are a great way to build strength, flexibility, and tumbling skills, and they are structured in a tiered level system to ensure student safety and progression. Please see the level chart. Acro 1 & up is open to ages 5  & up.

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Adult Heels Class:   Heels dance blends elements of Ballet, Jazz, Burlesque, Latin, Hip Hop (Bounce, Twerk), and more. This style will develop your confidence and self expression through elegant postures, dynamic footwork, and sensual floorwork. We will spend most of our time learning choreography, with dedicated technique practice woven into the session. Choreography will be modified for all levels and abilities, whether beginner or advanced. Adults only 18+.Please wear character shoes for class - no spiked heels. 

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