Weekly Dance Lessons for Ages 2-18

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Youth & TEEN Dance Programs

at Impact Dance Center

Placement-Guided Training for Every Dancer at Every Stage

At Impact, every dancer's journey is thoughtfully placed and intentionally guided. Whether your child is just starting or ready to deepen their training, our faculty ensures every dancer receives the right level of instruction to support both growth and joy.

How Enrollment Works

  • Every dancer receives a placement recommendation by our faculty.

  • All classes operate from one unified master schedule, regardless of studio location.

  • Schedules are built based on placement, student availability, and training goals.

PETITES

Youth & Teen

Training Tracks

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 Weekly Training Guided by Faculty Placement.

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 2–4 classes per week.

Eligible Students: 6-18 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

training tracks

Training Tracks

Intentional Pathways for the Dedicated DanceR

At Impact, progress comes from consistency, community, and a deep love for the work. Our Training Tracks are designed for dancers who are ready to train with purpose and thrive inside a structure that fully supports both their growth and their artistry.

Training Tracks reflect how we approach every dancer’s journey—with clarity, consistency, and an intentional process that meets them where they are, while guiding them toward what’s possible.

Consistent. Connected. Curriculum-Aligned.

The Curated Training Track provides a set weekly class schedule designed by our faculty and grounded in our established curriculum. This structure creates clear benchmarks for progress, consistent coaching, and a training environment where dancers are seen, supported, and challenged at every stage of their development.

Why Curated Training Works

  • Weekly schedules are intentionally sequenced to align with each dancer’s current stage of development, long-term progression, and future goals

  • Dancers train and grow alongside a consistent peer group that fosters connection, accountability, and shared momentum

  • Classes follow clear curriculum benchmarks across disciplines with faculty mentorship woven throughout each dancer’s journey

  • Class sequencing is designed to build strength, confidence, and cross-discipline proficiency over time

  • Optional electives create space for dancers to explore additional styles, refine skills, expand artistic range, and personalize their training experience

Company and Classical dancers are automatically enrolled in the appropriate Curated Training Track as part of their program commitment. Other dancers may be invited to join based on placement and eligibility. Each track is intentionally designed to support technical advancement, artistic growth, and personal development while maintaining a healthy, sustainable training balance.

CURRENT TRAINING TRACKS

Our Training Tracks are grouped by grade and placement level, creating consistent training environments for dancers with shared developmental needs. Tracks vary in structure and intensity to meet each dancer where they are and guide them to their next stage of growth.

  • Placement: Academy Placement

    Grades: K–1 (Ages 5–6 by Sept. 1)

    Focus: Introduces structure, technique, classroom readiness, and creative exploration

    Age 5 Track Classes Include:
    Ballet, Tap, Jazz
    Elective Option: Hip Hop

    Age 6 Track Classes Include:
    Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop
    Elective Option: Lyrical

  • Premiere Track A
    For dancers placed in Connection Premiere or Level 1A. Premiere A introduces stronger classroom expectations and early Pre-Company readiness. Dancers begin building consistent habits to support future advancement into Mini Tracks or higher Company pathways.

    • Placement Eligibility: Connection Premiere or Level 1A

    • Weekly Classes: 4 Classes | 3 Days/Week

    • Classes Include:
      Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop

    • Elective Options:
      Lyrical / Integrated Modern, Acro

    Premiere Track B
    For dancers placed in Core Premiere and dancers Level 1B. Premiere Track B develops essential classroom skills while adding structured weekly training. Dancers strengthen technical foundations and readiness for higher level and program placement.

    • Placement Eligibility: Core Premiere or Level 1B

    • Levels: 1A–1B

    • Weekly Classes: ~6 Classes | 3 Days/Week

    • Classes Include:
      Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Lyrical / Integrated Modern

    • Elective Option:
      Acro

  • Mini Track A (Pre-Company Pathway)
    For dancers at the beginning of their focused dance journey. Mini Track A introduces consistency, structure, and habits that support Pre-Company readiness and future advancement into higher levels and program pathways.

    • Placement Eligibility: Level 1A

    • Weekly Classes: 4 Classes | 2–3 Days/Week

    • Classes Include:
      Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop

    • Elective Option:
      Lyrical / Integrated Modern

    Mini Track B
    Supports dancers moving beyond the basics. Dancers continue to strengthen confidence, build technical foundations, and develop consistent classroom habits.

    • Placement Eligibility: Connection Mini or Equivalent

    • Levels: 1A – 1B

    • Weekly Classes: 4 Classes | 2–3 Days/Week

    • Classes Include:
      Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop,

    • Elective Options:
      Lyrical / Integrated Modern, Jumps & Turns

    Mini Track C
    For dancers placed in Core Mini who are continuing to develop technique while exploring additional class options. Mini Track C offers flexibility as dancers strengthen skills across multiple disciplines.

    • Placement Eligibility: Core Mini or Equivalent (Acro added for Grades 4–5)

    • Levels: 1B – 2A

    • Weekly Classes: 7 Classes | 3 Days/Week

    • Classes Include:
      Ballet (2), Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Lyrical / Integrated Modern, Jumps & Turns

    • Elective Options:
      Acro

    Mini Track D
    For dancers in Core Mini placement who are developmentally ready for additional electives and greater weekly consistency. Mini Track D includes access to Acro and cross-discipline work to support continued technical growth.

    • Placement Eligibility: Core Mini or Equivalent (Acro added for Grades 4–5)

    • Levels: 2A – 2B

    • Weekly Classes: ~8 Classes | 3 Days/Week

    • Classes Include:
      Ballet (2), Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Lyrical / Integrated Modern, Jumps & Turns, Acro (Grades 4–5)

  • Junior Track A serves middle school dancers who are placed in Core Junior or equivalent. This track reinforces strong technical habits across multiple disciplines while introducing greater weekly consistency and elective variety. Dancers build strength, versatility, and class readiness that prepares them for Teen Tracks and long-term training progression.

    • Placement Eligibility: Core Junior Placement or Equivalent

    • Additional Placement Notes:

      • Grade 6 includes Body Awareness

      • Grade 7 includes Contemporary Jazz

    • Levels: 2A, 2B, 3

    • Weekly Classes: ~9 Classes | 4 Days/Week

    • Classes Include:
      Ballet (2), Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Lyrical / Integrated Modern, Jumps & Turns, Contemporary Jazz (Grade 7), Body Awareness (Grade 6), Acro (Optional)

  • Teen / Senior Track A serves upper-middle and high school dancers placed in Core Teen or equivalent. This track offers a well-rounded, consistent schedule that supports technical refinement, artistic development, and growing independence as dancers advance toward their long-term training goals.

    • Placement Eligibility: Core Teen / Senior Placement or Equivalent

    • Levels: 2A, 2B, 3

    • Weekly Classes: 9 Classes | 4 Days/Week

    • Classes Include:
      Ballet (2), Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Lyrical / Integrated Modern, Jumps & Turns

  • Junior/Teen/Senior Track B serves experienced dancers placed in Core Junior, Core Teen, or equivalent, who are progressing through intermediate & advanced technical levels. This track emphasizes cross-discipline training, technical development, and growing artistic range while maintaining consistent weekly structure across multiple genres.

    • Placement Eligibility: Core Junior, Core Teen, or Equivalent

    • Additional Placement Notes:

      • Grade 6 includes Body Awareness

      • Grade 7 includes Contemporary Jazz

    • Levels: Level 4

    • Weekly Classes: ~10 Classes | 4 Days/Week

    • Classes Include:
      Ballet (2), Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Lyrical / Integrated Modern, Jumps & Turns, Contemporary Jazz (Grade 7), Body Awareness (Grade 6), Acro (Optional)

  • Teen/Senior Track C serves high school dancers placed in Core Plus or equivalent, offering Impact's most advanced curriculum across multiple disciplines. This track provides depth, variety, and consistency while preparing dancers for pre-professional, collegiate, and leadership opportunities within the studio and beyond. Dancers train at the highest technical and artistic levels with individualized faculty mentorship.

    • Placement Eligibility: Core Plus Placement or Equivalent

    • Levels: 4 & 5

    • Weekly Classes: ~11 Classes | 4 Days/Week

    • Classes Include:
      Ballet (2), Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Lyrical / Integrated Modern, Jumps & Turns, Contemporary Jazz, Acro (Optional)

Track FAQs

  • Placement drives track assignment. Dancers are placed into the track that best matches their overall level.

    If a dancer’s placement varies by discipline, we recommend enrolling in the track that aligns with the lowest placement level and adding higher-level classes a la carte where appropriate.

  • Absolutely! If your dancer is placed into a track but receives higher placement in a particular style, they may add that class a la carte, space permitting. All additions must be approved by faculty to ensure alignment and a healthy schedule.

  • Training Tracks are designed for season-long consistency. Adjustments may be made at formal placement checkpoints or through faculty recommendation when appropriate.

  • Training days vary by track:

    • Academy & Premiere (younger dancers): 2–3 days/week

    • Mini, Junior, Teen, and Senior: 3–4 days/week
      This does not include additional elective classes.

  • Yes. Each track includes a curated schedule of core classes across multiple styles. While some electives may offer flexibility, core class participation is required to support balanced development.

  • No. Company and Classical dancers are automatically enrolled in the corresponding track. However, Training Tracks are also available to non-Company dancers who meet level requirements and faculty approval.

  • Weekly Classes allow for flexible, mix-and-match scheduling for dancers of all ages and levels.

    Training Tracks provide a comprehensive, faculty-designed schedule for dancers ready to deepen their commitment, grow consistently, and pursue long-term goals with greater structure and support.

  • Pre-Company is not a formal program or designation. It describes dancers not yet in Company who are training consistently to build the skills, habits, and foundation needed for future readiness. Placement and schedule are guided by faculty based on each dancer’s current stage of development.

ready to take the next step?

At Impact, we are not focused on simply filling schedules. We are committed to providing the right classes at the right time for the right dancer. Through faculty-guided placement and intentional program design, dancers grow with purpose, supported by a team that is fully invested in both their short-term growth and long-term potential.

Every dancer’s path is unique. Our faculty works closely with each family to recommend the right track at the right time, ensuring every dancer receives the structure, consistency, and support they need to grow with confidence and purpose.