AGES 12+
Make dance their own.
As dancers get older, they begin to discover what they want from dance — more challenge, more technique, more performance, a favorite style, or simply a place to move and spend time with people they enjoy.
At Millstone Dance, there's room for all of it.
Our 12+ classes give experienced dancers opportunities to continue developing their skills, challenge themselves, explore their creativity, and keep dance as a meaningful part of their lives.
New to dance? No problem.
It's never too late to start. If you're new to dance or unsure which level is right, we're happy to help you find a class that's a good fit.
Keep Developing
For dancers ready to build on their experience and take on more challenging technique and choreography.
Hip Hop 3
Starting around age 11 · 1 hour
Bring your own style.
Hip Hop 3 challenges dancers through more complex choreography while developing rhythm, musicality, coordination, performance quality, and individual expression.
Builds:
Hip Hop Technique · Musicality · Coordination · Performance · Confidence
Hip Hop 4
Starting around age 14 · 1 hour
Take your movement to the next level.
Hip Hop 4 gives experienced dancers the opportunity to take on more challenging choreography while developing musicality, rhythm, strength, performance skills, and their own individual style.
Builds:
Advanced Technique · Musicality · Rhythm · Performance · Individuality
Acro 3 & 4
Age Based On Teacher Placement· 1 hour
Challenge your skills. Build your strength.
Acro 3 & 4 gives experienced dancers the opportunity to continue progressing their acrobatic skills while developing strength, flexibility, balance, control, and body awareness.
Placement is based on teacher evaluation so that each dancer can work at an appropriate level and progress safely.
Builds:
Strength · Flexibility · Balance · Control · Confidence
Musical Theater 2
Starting around age 12 · 1 hour
Dance. Perform. Tell the story.
Musical Theater brings dance, acting, music, and storytelling together. Dancers explore choreography and character while building expression, stage presence, musicality, and confidence.
Builds:
Performance · Expression · Musicality · Creativity · Confidence
Ballet 3
Starting around age 12 · 1 hour
Strengthen technique. Build confidence.
Ballet 3 gives dancers the opportunity to continue developing their ballet technique while working on strength, flexibility, musicality, coordination, and control. Dancers build on their foundation while taking on more challenging combinations and movement.
Builds:
Ballet Technique · Strength · Flexibility · Musicality · Control
Ballet 4
Starting around age 14 · 1 hour
Challenge your technique. Deepen your artistry.
Ballet 4 is designed for experienced dancers ready to take on more advanced ballet technique and choreography. Dancers continue developing strength, control, musicality, alignment, and artistic expression while being challenged to grow.
Builds:
Advanced Technique · Strength · Musicality · Control · Artistry
Lyrical 3 / Contemporary
Starting around age 12 · 1 hour
Find the story in the movement.
Dancers combine ballet and contemporary technique with musicality and expression to create movement that feels both technically strong and personal. This class challenges dancers to explore dynamics, emotion, and individuality while continuing to develop their skills.
Builds:
Technique · Musicality · Expression · Creativity · Confidence
Ballet is required when taking a lyrical class.
Lyrical 4 / Contemporary
Starting around age 14 · 1 hour
Push your technique. Find your expression.
This class gives experienced dancers the opportunity to take on more challenging lyrical and contemporary movement while developing strength, musicality, expression, and individuality.
Builds:
Advanced Technique · Musicality · Expression · Strength · Artistry
Ballet is required when taking a lyrical class.
Jazz 3
Starting around age 12 · 1 hour
More challenge. More confidence. More of their own style.
Jazz 3 builds on foundational jazz skills through more challenging choreography, combinations, and technique. Dancers continue developing musicality, coordination, strength, performance quality, and confidence.
Builds:
Jazz Technique · Musicality · Coordination · Performance · Confidence
Jazz 4
Starting around age 14 · 1 hour
Challenge yourself. Push your technique.
Jazz 4 gives experienced dancers the opportunity to work with more advanced choreography while continuing to develop technique, musicality, strength, performance quality, and individual style.
Builds:
Advanced Technique · Musicality · Strength · Performance · Artistry
Pom 3
Starting around age 14 · 1 hour
Precision meets performance.
Pom 3 combines energetic choreography with strong technique, precision, musicality, and performance. Dancers develop the ability to move together as an ensemble while continuing to challenge themselves individually.
Builds:
Precision · Musicality · Strength · Teamwork · Performance
Tap 3
Starting around age 12 · 1 hour
Find your rhythm. Build your confidence.
Tap 3 gives dancers the opportunity to continue developing their tap technique while working on increasingly complex rhythms, combinations, musicality, and performance skills.
Builds:
Tap Technique · Rhythm · Musicality · Coordination · Confidence
Tap 4
Starting around age 14 · 1 hour
More rhythm. More precision. More challenge.
Tap 4 challenges experienced dancers to continue developing speed, clarity, rhythm, musicality, and technical precision through increasingly complex combinations.
Builds:
Advanced Tap · Rhythm · Musicality · Precision · Performance
Build The Dancer
Strength & Flexibility
Starting at age 8 · 1 hour
Stronger bodies. Better movement.
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Strength & Flexibility gives dancers dedicated time to build the physical skills that support everything they do in the studio.
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Through age-appropriate exercises and stretching, dancers work on strength, flexibility, balance, control, and body awareness.
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It's a great addition for dancers who want to feel stronger and more capable in their other classes.
Builds:
Strength · Flexibility · Balance · Control · Body Awareness
Pre-Pointe / Pointe
By teacher recommendation.
Building the strength for what's next.
Pre-Pointe and Pointe are extensions of our ballet program for dancers who are ready for the physical and technical demands of pointe work.
Students must be enrolled in Ballet 2 or above and Strength & Flexibility. Pointe readiness is individually determined by our faculty.
Pointe is an opportunity, not a requirement. Every dancer progresses at their own pace.
Builds:
Strength · Alignment · Balance · Control · Technique
Want To Perform?
Some dancers love the opportunity to perform beyond their weekly classes.
Others are ready for a bigger challenge.
At Millstone Dance, these opportunities are available for dancers who want them - but they're not the only way to be part of our studio..
Performance Team
Ages 5+ · Community Performances
Take the dance beyond the studio.
Performance Team gives dancers the opportunity to share their love of dance at community events throughout the year.
Dancers perform at local events and special appearances while building confidence, teamwork, stage presence, and performance skills. It's a fun way to experience performing without the commitment of a competition team.
Builds:
Confidence · Teamwork · Performance Skills · Stage Presence · Community
Competition Junior Jazz
Ages 9+ · Competition Team
A bigger challenge for growing dancers.
Competition Junior Jazz gives experienced young dancers the opportunity to take on more challenging choreography while developing their technique and performance skills.
Dancers work together toward a shared goal while building confidence, discipline, musicality, teamwork, and a deeper understanding of jazz technique.
Builds:
Jazz Technique · Musicality · Performance · Teamwork · Dedication
Competition Pom Production
Ages 6+ · Competition Team
Big energy. Big performance. Big teamwork.
Pom Production brings dancers together for an energetic production that combines choreography, performance, and teamwork.
Dancers develop precision, strength, endurance, performance skills, and the ability to work together as an ensemble while preparing for competition.
Builds:
Precision · Strength · Performance · Teamwork · Endurance