AGES 8-12
Keep growing. Find what they love.
By this age, dancers are beginning to discover what makes dance their own.
Some love the challenge of developing their technique. Some can't get enough of performing. Some have a favorite style they want to explore. Others enjoy taking several different classes simply because they love to dance.
At Millstone Dance, there's room for all of it.
Whether your dancer is continuing from previous classes or trying something completely new, we'll help them find opportunities to learn, grow, challenge themselves, and enjoy being part of our dance community.
New to dance? No problem.
It's never too late to start. We'll help you find a class that's a good fit for your dancer's age, experience, and interests.
Explore Your Favorites
Pom 2
Starting around age 8 · 1 hour
Big energy. Strong technique. Teamwork.
Pom 2 builds on the foundations of Pom while giving dancers opportunities to develop sharper movements, stronger technique, and more challenging choreography.
Dancers work on strength, flexibility, endurance, performance, and teamwork while learning what it takes to move confidently and together.
Builds:
Technique · Strength · Endurance · Performance · Teamwork
Hip Hop 2
Starting around age 8 · 1 hour
Bigger moves. More confidence. Your own style.
Hip Hop 2 gives dancers the opportunity to build on their hip hop foundations while taking on more challenging movement and choreography.
Dancers develop musicality, coordination, strength, rhythm, and performance skills while continuing to find their own style and confidence.
Builds:
Hip Hop · Rhythm · Musicality · Coordination · Performance
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
Acro 2
Starting around age 8 · 1 hour · Teacher Placement
Take on new skills. Build the strength to do them.
Acro 2 gives dancers the opportunity to build on their foundational acro skills while working toward more challenging tricks and combinations.
Dancers develop strength, flexibility, balance, control, and body awareness while learning to safely progress their skills and build confidence along the way.
Builds:
Strength · Flexibility · Balance · Control · Confidence
Ballet/Lyrical 2
Starting around age 9 · 1.25 hours
Build technique. Find your expression.
Ballet/Lyrical 2 gives dancers the opportunity to continue developing their ballet technique while exploring the expressive side of lyrical dance.
Dancers work on strength, flexibility, musicality, choreography, and more advanced technique while learning to connect movement with music and expression.
Builds:
Technique · Strength · Flexibility · Musicality · Expression
Jazz 2
Starting around age 9 · 1 hour
More technique. More challenge. More confidence.
Jazz 2 gives dancers the opportunity to build on their jazz foundation while taking on more challenging combinations and choreography.
Dancers develop technique, musicality, coordination, strength, flexibility, and performance skills while continuing to grow as confident dancers.
Builds:
Jazz Technique · Musicality · Coordination · Strength · Performance
Tap 2
Starting around age 9 · 1 hour
Rhythm, musicality, and plenty of personality.
Tap 2 builds on foundational tap skills while introducing dancers to more challenging steps, combinations, and rhythms.
Dancers develop coordination, musicality, balance, rhythm, and confidence as they continue to grow their tap vocabulary.
Builds:
Tap Technique · Rhythm · Musicality · Coordination · Balance
Build The Dancer
Strength & Flexibility
Starting at age 8 · 1 hour
Stronger bodies. Better movement.
Strength & Flexibility gives dancers dedicated time to build the physical skills that support everything they do in the studio.
Through age-appropriate exercises and stretching, dancers work on strength, flexibility, balance, control, and body awareness.
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
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, those opportunities are available - but they're options, not expectations
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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 Mini Jazz
Ages 6–8 · Competition Team
A first taste of competition.
Competition Mini Jazz gives our younger dancers the opportunity to experience competitive dance in a supportive, age-appropriate environment.
Dancers work together to learn and perform choreography while developing technique, confidence, teamwork, performance skills, and the ability to work toward a shared goal.
Builds:
Jazz Technique · Performance · Teamwork · Confidence · 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
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
There's More Than One Way To Dance
Some dancers love the challenge of competition. Some love performing in the community. Some want to take a class once a week with their friends.
There's no single path to being a Millstone Dance dancer.
We want every dancer to find the experience that makes them excited to come back each week.