2025-2026 Schedule & Classes Offered
The Performing Arts Connection proudly offers a variety of dance genres for all different interests.
Our classes are created based upon age, experience, dancer ability, and the amount of interest in a particular style. ​
PAC is excited to share our schedule for the 2025-2026 dance season!
Classes Offered
Jitterbugs
Ages 2-3 years old
Preschoolers discover the joy of movement and music in this theme-based class that develops coordination, following directions, feeling rhythms and strengthens growing muscles. Spatial concepts are explored.
Young Dancers
Ages 3-4 years old
Special ½ hour classes in ballet, tap and jazz. Dance disciplines will be introduced and developed while students build coordination, strength and confidence. Students will explore their creative potential and develop a love of movement and music.
(Classes are scheduled so that at least two disciplines can be conveniently explored and developed.)
Adaptive Dance
Ages 8 and Older
This class invites students with varying physical and/or cognitive abilities to use dance in expressing their unique strengths and gifts through movement. Adaptive dance encourages students to explore the joy of dancing in a creative and inclusive class environment and to develop their rhythm and performance capabilities.
Ballet
TBJ through Adult
Beginning through advanced levels. Students receive Classical Ballet training emphasizing technique, body placement and performance artistry. Lyrical techniques are included in ballet training for experienced/more advanced students. Ballet technique is the basis of and enhances all dance techniques. A great class for all dancers!
Tap
TBJ through Adult
Beginning through advanced levels. Classical tap steps and techniques are taught along with rhythm tap, street tap, syncopation and musical theater stylings.
Jazz
TBJ through Adult
Beginning through advanced levels. Classes emphasize Broadway and modern jazz techniques and performance styles including isolations, turns, leaps and rhythms. The truly American dance discipline!
Hip Hop
Minis through Adult
Beginning through advanced levels. Upbeat contemporary techniques and street styles are introduced and developed including isolations, turns, popping and locking.
Pre-Pointe
Vary by Instructor Discretion
By continuing to focus on ballet technique, pre-pointe is an additional ballet class that allows dancers the opportunity to solidify their fundamentals and grow in confidence before starting pointe work. (Pre-pointe class placement is individual and determined by the instructor.)
Pointe
Vary by Instructor Discretion
Pointe technique is offered to students with sufficient physical development, abilities, strength and training. (Pointe class placement is individual and determined by the instructor).
Musical Theatre
Minis through Adult
Dancers experience a
jazz-based class filled with Broadway style dancing and music. Emphasis on performance skills such as connecting with the audience and facial expressions.
Contemporary
Teens through Adult
Offered to students with training in ballet and/or modern or jazz. Placement is determined by the instructor. Contemporary training is strongly based on ballet technique, incorporating modern and interpretive movements.
Contemporary Jazz
Teens through Adult
This intermediate/advanced level fusion class combines elements of contemporary dance with jazz and jazz funk. Previous/concurrent training in ballet, jazz, and contemporary dance is recommended.
Senior Workshop
Seniors Only
Experienced dancers explore a variety of dance genres and have the opportunity to choreograph and teach dance steps and combinations in a collaborative group routine each semester.
Praise
Teens through Adult
Praise is a lyrically-based dance class using contemporary Christian music. Dancers can use this class as a time of worship through dance and sharing praises/prayer requests as we enjoy fellowship together.
Acting & Improv
Minis through Adults
Our acting class focuses on the key elements of performance, including character development, dance/scene work, and improvisational exercises through class collaboration and prompted/unprompted formats. This class is offered to all experience levels.
Vocal Performance
Minis through Adults
Open to all experience levels, our vocal skills class builds fundamental singing techniques through breath support, pitch accuracy, and tone production. Class exercises will help develop vocal control and projection confidence.
Non-Performance Based Classes
​PAC offers non-performance-based, specialty classes as our students request and show a desire to explore and develop different performance disciplines or fitness! Whether it is strengthening to build endurance for other classes or learning new ways to move our bodies, these classes are a great way to keep active and grow in the art of dance! Classes will form with sufficient enrollment.
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Current Class Offerings Include:
Acro (Ages 8+) Stretch and Strength (Ages 11+) Dance Fitness (18+)