Dance Classes For Every Age In Howard County & Columbia, MD
Now accepting registration for our 2024-2025 season.
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WE NOW OFFER Adult Tap and Jazz Classes beginning in September.
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We offer dance classes in ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, lyrical, acro for dancers and musical theatre. All our students are encouraged to take anywhere from 2 to 4 different types of dance classes at our studio in Columbia, MD. This way they become well-rounded in all forms of dance and can better find their specialty.
Check out the dance classes in our program!
The program
Unlike other studios in Howard County, our instructors provide dance classes that support your child’s progression in a continuous planned program. Our dance classes begin in September and run through the middle of June. We offer programs for dancers age 2.5 through adults. Our class sizes are limited to ensure proper student to teacher ratio, so be sure to sign your child up early for their dance classes. At the end of the year, we host a recital to allow all our students a fun-filled performance opportunity.
To see more information about our dance classes and dance studio events , or to sign up for a class at our studio in Columbia, look to the links below for guidance or give us a call at 410-381-0017.
MORE ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS
Our Pre-School Discover Dance Program
Ages 2.5-4
Unlock your child's inner artist with the magic of dance ! Join us on an unforgettable
journey where children learn the basics of dance while building flexibility, strength, balance,
creativity, movement skills, and confidence. Children will also be learning life lessons like patience, social skills, determination, dedication and more.
We offer combination classes in Ballet & Tap or Hip Hop classes for our youngest dancers.
And just imagine when you witness their shining moment on stage with a remarkable dance routine at our exciting year-end recital! You’ll be incredibly proud.
THE 4 PILLARS OF Our DISCOVER DANCE - PRE-SCHOOL EXPERIENCE
For young children who are DISCOVERING the world around them, our award-winning preschool dance program helps young children advance in physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development.
IMPROVED PHYSICAL HEALTH
Don't be fooled by all the fun! Our young children's dance program is a highly physical activity. It doesn't just increase your child's physical strength, flexibility, and stamina - it also improves muscle tone, posture, balance, and coordination.
EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS
Learning doesn't stop when your child leaves the dance classroom. Dance lessons ignite creative thinking, discipline, and focus.
STRONG SOCIAL SKILLS
Your child will improve their social and communication skills. Your child will learn the value of teamwork, building friendships, trust, and cooperation.
OVERALL CONFIDENCE AND INDEPENDENCE
Your child will learn memory skills, and with learning choreography, their overall confidence improves. This boost in confidence is a direct link to greater self-esteem and attitude.
Discover Dance Classes for Pre-School Dancers are offered
Tuesday 4:45
Thursday 5:00
Wednesday 10:00
Wednesday 5:30
Saturday 9:30
Our IMAGINE DANCE Program Ages 5-11
Experience the Arabesque Difference : Our signature combo classes seamlessly blend ballet, tap, and jazz. Students develop technique, versatility, and artistic expression in a diverse and inspiring environment. Ballet provides the foundation, tap adds rhythm and musicality, and jazz brings dynamic style and flair. We also offer classes in Acro for Dancers, Hip Hop and Lyrical for this age group. Our experienced instructors nurture growth and foster confidence. Performances showcase progress and talent. Choose Arabesque for a dance experience that brings joy and creativity to children through the magic of dance.
THE 5 PILLARS OF OUR IMAGINE DANCE PROGRAM
Learning to work with others, developing communication skills, becoming more focused, understanding social cues, and building friendships are just a few of the advantages of our signature Imagine-It Experience. We have had 58 years to perfect our curriculum so your child could reap all of the benefits!
Dancers learn FOCUS, SELF-CONFIDENCE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, and COMMITMENT.
Being a parent is the hardest job in the world! Helping you raise an incredible child is our mission! We use dance classes as the vehicle to teach life skills! These life skills help our students dream…and DREAM BIG, whatever their dreams may be!
Please click on the schedule link for our class options.
Our ELEVATE DANCE PROGRAM FOR DANCERS AGE 12 & UP
Learning to work with others, developing communication skills, understanding social cues, and building friendships are just a few of the advantages of our ELEVATE DANCE PROGRAM. We have had 58 years to perfect our curriculum so your child can reap all of the benefits!
Dancers will be challenged as they learn strong technique while learning teamwork, accountability, commitment, performing skills, creativity, and a strong work ethic.
Performances showcase progress and talent. Choose Arabesque for a dance experience that brings joy and creativity to children through the magic of dance.
Arabesque offers performance opportunities for all our dancers through our year end recital. We also offer additional performance opportunities through our Nutcracker Ballet and Competition Teams by audition.
We offer many different styles
of dance !!
BALLET
Ballet is the foundation from which all forms of dance originate. Each ballet class consists of technique and variations. Classes consist of barre work, port de bras, center barre, adagio, and allegro. Children spend a portion of each class at the barre to acquire the strength, balance, and placement necessary to execute center work correctly.
TAP
Tap is rooted in African American history and has its own techniques and steps to learn. It’s an exciting rhythmic dance and is not only enjoyable to watch but to hear as well. Tap uses a wide variety of footwork and skills to produce rhythm and sound. The mind and body connection happens while students simultaneously learn the basics of tap and more intricate footwork. Tap teaches concentration through counting and listening. This study allows one’s ability to move quickly and easily while mastering steps such as shuffles, flaps, and spanks. Tap offers a variety of styles while using different patterns, rhythms, and beats.
HIP HOP
Hip Hop features many forms and challenges dancers to find their own groove! Hip Hop has many individualized styles and new moves are continuously being invented by creative and innovative visionaries who mix the Old School Styles with current trends. Hip hop is a high-energy, engaging class using dance and fitness. This class incorporates skills from jazz-funk, breakdancing, and street dance. This involves level changes including freezes, isolations, and across-the-floor movements. The popularity of hip hop has evolved over the years and has continued to grow, encouraging dancers of all genres to become involved.
LYRICAL
Lyrical is a contemporary dance form that has its roots in Jazz and technique from ballet. The movement vocabulary and range of motion used are endless and creative and draw on each student's personal expression. Classes may include improvisation and creative exercises. These classes focus on teaching dancers about creative expression. Our teachers achieve this by instructing students to tell the story of a piece of music through their movements. Arabesque requires this class be taken in conjunction with a Ballet and Jazz class.
JAZZ
Jazz can be expressed in many forms from all eras, it originated from African dance styles. Its emphasis is on rhythm and technique. Jazz is an exciting and ever-evolving dance form full of rhythm, syncopation, passion, and life. Steeped in the rhythm of jazz music, an inspiring art form, jazz dance brings energy to all those who dance it. Classes explore body isolations of the head, shoulders, ribcage, feet, and arms and encourage individual expression and the development of personal style. Ever evolving, jazz dance is taught with the music of today together with the classical jazz of yesterday and encompasses stretch, strength, and control as well as leaps, turns and jumps.
ACROBATICS for DANCERS
Acro Dance is a style of dance that combines dance technique with precise acrobatic elements. Properly achieved acrobatic skills can be added to a multitude of dance genres. Acro dance is meant to be softer than gymnastics with an emphasis on lengthening, control, strength and balance.
Registration for our 2024-2025 season is now open.
We have moved to an online registration and payment system.
Class sizes will be limited so we recommend you register early.
Your family portal can be set up ahead of time by following the link below.
https://app.thestudiodirector.com/livetodance/portal.sd?page=Login
