Find Your Perfect Fit
Classes& Camps
Classes for all ages and skill levels — from toddlers taking their first steps to pre-professional company dancers.
Summertime at JSDA
Summer Camps & Intensives
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Summer Camps
An unforgettable summer of movement, creativity, and new friendships. Our summer camps are available for all ages — from tiny tots to teens — and cover a wide variety of dance styles in a fun, supportive environment. Open to age 3 +.
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Summer Stronger Dancer Series
Level up your technique with focused workshops, conditioning, and classes designed for dancers who want to grow stronger over the summer. Perfect for students looking to sharpen their skills before the fall season. Open to students age 9+.
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Explore Your Style
Our Classes
We offer a wide variety of dance disciplines for all ages — each class nurturing technique, artistry, and a genuine love for movement and performance.
Ballet
Foundation of All Dance
Ballet is the foundation of all dance — a graceful, precise art form built on classical technique. Students develop strength, flexibility, and artistry that carry into every other…
✦ Ballet is a corequisite to MANY of our other classes, as so many dance styles are technically based around or highly influenced by this genre.
Jazz
Energy, Style & Flair
Jazz is a high-energy, versatile style drawn from Broadway, Latin, street dance, and more. From sassy and sultry to classic and character-driven, students learn turns, leaps, jumps…
Tap
Rhythm & Musicality
Tap dancers wear shoes fitted with metal taps and use their feet to create rhythmic sounds against the floor. It's a uniquely musical genre that builds rhythm, coordination, and mu…
Hip Hop
Grounded, Bold & Athletic
Hip hop is a bold, grounded style rooted in street dance culture. Students learn sharp movements, athletic tricks, and dynamic choreography set to high-energy music. It can be funk…
Funky Hop
Hip Hop & Jazz for Tiny Dancers
Funky Hop is a hip hop and jazz class made just for our youngest dancers. It's full of imagination — think rainbow painting, laser beams, and popcorn popping — all while building c…
Lyrical
Emotion in Motion
Lyrical blends ballet, jazz, and contemporary technique into an expressive, flowing style. Dancers interpret music and convey emotion through fluid, soulful movement — typically pe…
Contemporary
Expressive & Boundary-Breaking
Contemporary is an expressive, boundary-pushing style that combines ballet, modern dance, jazz, and lyrical. It encourages creativity, improvisation, and artistic freedom — and is…
Musical Theater
Dance, Voice & Acting
Musical theater combines dance, singing, and acting in one dynamic class. Students build performance skills across all three disciplines — drawing on ballet, tap, and jazz to tell…
Acrobatics
Strength, Flexibility & Artistry
Acro combines gymnastics-style skills with the artistry of dance. Students build strength, balance, and flexibility while learning cartwheels, walkovers, handsprings, and aerials —…
Toddler Dance & Tumble
First Steps in Movement
The perfect first class for our tiniest movers! Students explore creative movement, baby ballet, and basic tumbling skills in a fun, nurturing environment — building coordination,…
✦ Toddler Dance & Tumble classes do not participate in our dance recitals.
Cheer
Spirit, Stunts & Showmanship
Cheer at JSDA blends high-energy dance with traditional cheerleading skills. Students learn sharp motions, jumps, stunts, and formation work — building confidence, team spirit, and…
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