This class introduces your child to various free movement and simple ballet steps. The instructor will incorporate simple dance exercises, stretches, and easy routines while helping to emphasize body awareness and creativity in a fun-loving, nurturing environment.
Caregiver participation required.

Students develop the fundamentals of ballet in a nurturing and fun environment. This class builds basic ballet/tap terminology to be used during floor work, barre, and combinations.

Hip Hop is a popular choice at the YMCA! This performance group will practice two days a week and focus on body movements coinciding with the beat and rhythm of hip hop music. It improves flexibility, develops balance, and assists in coordinating muscles.

Dance is a style that combines ballet and jazz dance techniques. It is performed to music with lyrics so that it inspires expression of strong emotions that the choreographer feels from the lyrics of the song. This style concentrates on an individual approach and expressiveness of emotions such as love, joy, hurt, or anger. 

Salsa is the result of combining many Latin and Afro-Caribbean dances, a fusion of Cuban, Puerto Rican, and African rhythms, that is one of the most popular Latin American dances. Our goal is to encourage youth of all abilities to learn, create, and have fun in a friendly atmosphere that embodies cultural awareness.