Weekly Dance Lessons for Ages 2-18
Find the Right Fit. Grow with Confidence.
Youth & TEEN Dance Programs
at Impact Dance Center
Whether your dancer is taking their very first class or continuing years of training, Impact offers thoughtfully designed pathways that meet dancers where they are and help them grow with purpose.
Every program is built around our core values of Community, Creativity, and Excellence, creating an environment where dancers develop strong technique, confidence, artistry, and lifelong friendships.
How PLACEMENT Works
Every dancer deserves to be in the right room.
Rather than organizing classes strictly by age, many of our Youth & Teen classes use faculty placement to ensure dancers are appropriately challenged while feeling confident and successful.
Placement considers:
Age
Previous dance experience
Technical development
Classroom readiness
Individual growth
Our goal is simple: place every dancer where they'll thrive.
IMPACT PETITES
Impact Petites for children ages 2-6
Purposeful beginnings for our youngest dancers.
The Impact Petites program offers a nurturing introduction to dance for our youngest stars from Baby Stars through to Shooting Stars. Each class is thoughtfully designed to spark creativity, build early confidence, and introduce movement in a playful, supportive environment. Through a carefully structured curriculum, dancers develop coordination, musicality, and foundational technique that lays the groundwork for future training, all while discovering the joy of dance.
Program Inclusions: Winter and Summer Performances
Weekly Commitment: Weekly Lessons held from August to June
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Introduce your little one to the joy of dance with our Baby Stars class! Designed for ages 2-3, this class focuses on creative movement and artistic progression in a fun and whimsical environment. No experience is required, and while potty training is preferred, it's not mandatory. Styles: Tap & Ballet.
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Tiny Stars 1 is perfect for young dancers aged 3-4, offering a delightful introduction to codified dance vocabulary. With exciting themed classes and props, children will explore creative movement in a magical setting. No experience needed. Styles: Tap & Ballet.
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Shooting Stars is tailored for children aged 5-6, focusing on level skills and codified dance vocabulary. With no experience needed, this class uses exciting themed lessons and props to make learning dance a magical experience. Styles: Tap, Jazz, Ballet.
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For children aged 4-6, Tiny Stars 2 builds on the foundation set in Tiny Stars 1. Instructor placement ensures each child continues to develop their skills and vocabulary with themed classes and props, making dance both educational and fun. Styles: Tap & Ballet.
YOUTH & TEEN WEEKLY
Impact WEEKLY for YOUTH & TEEN ages 5-18
Flexible schedules. Purposeful training.
Once dancers are ready for structured weekly training, they transition into Youth Weekly Classes which includes both Academy level classes (for ages 5–6 with placement) and leveled classes from 1A and up. Families build schedules based on placement and personal goals, whether that’s one class per week or a multi-class schedule across styles. Flexible weekly schedule based on placement and personal goals. Most dancers take 4–8 classes per week.
Eligible Students: 5-18 years old (Students must be the age of the class by Sept. 1)
Program Highlights:
Faculty placement ensures appropriate class levels
Schedule flexibility for busy families
Options to explore multiple styles or focus on key disciplines
Curriculum benchmarks to guide growth
Program Inclusions: Winter and Summer Performances
Weekly Commitment: Weekly Lessons held from August to June
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At Impact, we believe that great tap training is at the core of every great dancer. Tap classes build rhythm, timing, and musicality while teaching dancers to listen, respond, and collaborate with music in a unique way. Our curriculum honors both the history and artistry of tap, blending foundational technique with an understanding of the style’s rich cultural roots. Dancers develop sound clarity, precision, and musical expression that supports growth across all genres of dance.
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Impact’s jazz training is rooted in clean technique, strong performance quality, and versatility across multiple jazz styles. Dancers build technical foundations through focused work on alignment, strength, control, flexibility, turns, leaps, and directional changes. As students progress, they develop the ability to adapt between classic, commercial, and contemporary jazz styles with an emphasis on clarity, musicality, and storytelling through movement. Our jazz curriculum balances disciplined technique with artistry, encouraging dancers to bring both athleticism and performance presence to every combination, class, and stage.
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Ballet is a cornerstone of our technical curriculum, providing dancers with tools that support strength, alignment, coordination, and movement quality across styles. Through progressive barre, center, and across-the-floor work, dancers develop control, flexibility, musical phrasing, and refined artistry. Our ballet classes emphasize proper technique while encouraging dancers to approach classical training with discipline, intention, and performance presence all while building skills that complement their development in jazz, contemporary, lyrical, and beyond.
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At Impact, Lyrical/Integrated Modern develops versatile dancers who can move seamlessly between today’s lyrical jazz competition style and the dynamic demands of collegiate modern and contemporary work. Classes blend technical foundations from ballet and jazz with grounded modern principles, musicality, and emotional storytelling. Dancers explore fluidity, weight transfer, spatial awareness, and dynamic contrast while learning to balance precision with artistry. Through improvisation, composition, and intentional phrase work, students cultivate the movement intelligence, control, and range required to adapt across styles, stages, and choreography environments.
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Hip Hop classes at Impact train dancers as full-bodied, dynamic movers. Each class includes a comprehensive warmup and conditioning sequence to prepare the body for grounded, fluid, and rhythmically precise movement. Dancers explore foundational grooves, isolations, and musicality while building strength, coordination, and stamina. Our curriculum blends authentic hip hop vocabulary with age-appropriate choreography, encouraging personal style, confidence, and expression. Students learn to execute movement with clarity, control, and dynamic range while honoring the genre’s cultural roots and evolving styles.
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Acro at Impact is designed to complement and enhance a dancer’s existing technical training — not replace it. Instructors are certified through the Acrobatic Arts curriculum, guiding students through a codified progression of beginning, intermediate, and advanced acro skills specifically developed for dancers. Classes focus on strength, flexibility, control, and balance while safely introducing partnering work, balances, and acrobatic elements that integrate seamlessly into choreography. Acro is not gymnastics or tumbling but an intentional extension of our dance curriculum that builds versatility, artistry, and dynamic movement pathways while maintaining strict attention to safety, technical precision, and proper progression.
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Jumps & Turns at Impact focuses on the strength, control, and precision required to execute technical elements with consistency and power. Classes integrate targeted conditioning to develop the core strength, alignment, and stability necessary for dynamic jumps and flawless turn sequences. Dancers train proper takeoff and landing mechanics, rotational control, directional changes, and transitions that directly support their performance across choreography and styles.