Youth Classes (7-11 Yrs)

Dancers begin formal ballet training at the barre learning classical ballet positions, postures, and alignment. Dancers develop strength, flexibility, musicality, balance, coordination, and stamina through center exercises. Eastside Dance draws from the best of Balanchine and Vagonova ballet techniques.

Join us in this fast-paced dance class. Dancers learn hip-hop dance technique and culture in a studio setting, beginning with bounces, rolls, grooves, rocks, and 2-steps. Dancers learn choreography weekly, developing coordination, rhythm, strength, and memory. Classes are set to age-appropriate hip-hop music. 

Musical Theater is a unique class offered at Eastside Dance, that combines the most common forms of dance found on Broadway: Musical Theater Jazz and Tap. If you love musical theater and acting, or dream of being on Broadway, this class is for you!

  This class is perfect for free-form movers or dancers who can't help but move to the music. Contemporary movement pulls from Jazz, Lyrical, Classical modern dance techniques (Horton, Graham, Cunningham), and improvisation, to create a grounded, free, and emotive movement. 

 Dancers will have a blast in this upbeat class! Pom dance draws from Cheer, Hip-hop, Jazz, and Pom techniques. Dancers will develop their strength, coordination, flexibility, and teamwork while learning cheer jumps, basic stunts, and dance team choreography If your dancer dreams of being on a dance team or cheer squad, this is the class for them.