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Young Dancers (Age 2-10)
- Preschool (Age 2-3)
What is Preschool?
Preschool classes introduce your child to the basics of Ballet, Jazz, and Tumbling. Ballet provides the foundation for all dance styles. Jazz focuses on rhythm and coordination. Tumbling introduces acrobatic fundamentals and helps develop flexibility, and balance.
When are the Classes?
Days
* Mondays 5:00-5:45pm
* Class runs once per week
Dates
* June 30 - August 28
* 8 or 4 week enrollment options
* Contiguous weeks not required
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Tap/Ballet Combo (Age 4-5)
What is Combo I/II?
Combo I/II classes introduce the basics of Ballet and Tap. Combo classes are appropriate for newcomers and for children with experience in preschool dance.
When are the Classes?
Days
* Wednesdays 5:00-6:00pm
* Class runs once per week
Dates
* June 30 - August 28
* 8 or 4 week enrollment options
* Contiguous weeks not required
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Tumbling (Age 4-7)
What is Tumbling?
Tumbling introduces acrobatic fundamentals, including rolls, cartwheels and bridges — building blocks for dance, cheerleading, gymnastics and overall fitness. Flexibility, balance, strength, and body control equip your child to safely enjoy athletic endeavors.
When are the Classes?
Days
* Wednesdays 6:00-6:45pm
* Class runs once per week
Dates
* June 30 - August 28
* 8 or 4 week enrollment options
* Contiguous weeks not required
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Tap/Jazz/Ballet Combo (Age 5-7)
What is Combo III?
Combo III classes introduce the basics of Ballet, Tap, and Jazz. Combo classes are appropriate for newcomers and for children with experience in preschool and Combo I/II.
When are the Classes?
Days
* Wednesdays 6:45-7:45pm
* Class runs once per week
Dates
* June 30 - August 28
* 8 or 4 week enrollment options
* Contiguous weeks not required
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Flip Hop=Hip Hop+Tumbling (6-10)
What is Flip Hop?
Flip Hop is an exciting, popular combination of Hip Hop and Tumbling. These classes do not require previous dance experience. The children learn Hip Hop moves, rhythmic awareness, and tumbling/acro tricks.
When are the Classes?
Days
* Mondays 5:45-6:45pm
* Class runs once per week
Dates
* June 30 - August 28
* 8 or 4 week enrollment options
* Contiguous weeks not required
Click 'Register' to Enroll
Want Something Else?
Want Something Else?
If you and your friends are looking for another day, time, and/or style of dance, just ask! If we have available space and faculty that can meet your request, we will create a new class for you and your friends!
What's Next?
Call or email the studio with your request. Once we receive your request, we will get back to you promptly with any opportunities to meet your request.
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Intensives (Age 6-18)
- Ballet Bootcamp
Ballet Bootcamp is a June intensive for dancers looking to jump start their summer performance and/or training plans. The curriculum includes Classical & Contemporary Ballet, Contemporary, Graham, Commercial Jazz, Technique, Heels, Lyrical, Stretch & Strength, Leap & Turn, and more.
The faculty are from: universities/conservatories such as Juilliard, NYU Tisch, SAB, Ailey, Marymount, and Joffrey; dance companies such as NY City Ballet, ABT, Keigwin, and Complexions; and professional theater including Phantom, Rasta Thomas’ Romeo and Juliet, and Fosse.• June 22-25 (Sun - Wed)
• 4 Levels: Minis, 9-11, 12-14*, 15+
• Faculty approved level changes
• Team: All days required
• Click => Sample Schedule• Registration opens 1/1/25
Summer Tech
Summer Intensive is perfect for advanced dancers interested in maintaining technique and developing new skills. The faculty include DANJ and many guest artists from professional dance companies, conservatories, and theater. The curriculum includes: Contemporary, Graham Technique, Commercial Jazz, Jazz Heels, Broadway Dance, Hip Hop, Tap, Stretch, Leap & Turn, and more.
Summer Intensive is divided into July and August sessions. Guests are welcome to take the entire program, July only, August only, or walk-ins. Team members are required to take the July and August Intensives. Class placements are faculty assigned based on skill level.• July 22-Aug. 7, Tuesdays & Thursdays
• 5 skill levels, 2 classes per day
• Team: 6 of 12 classes Required
• Click => Sample Schedule• Aug. 11-15, Monday-Friday
• 3 skill levels, 4 classes per day
• Team: 16 of 20 classes Required
• Click => Sample Schedule• Registration opens 1/1/25
Summer AcroSummer Acro provides an opportunity to continue developing skills including backbends, cartwheels, one-handed cartwheels, kick-overs, front and back walk-overs, back handsprings, Aerials, tucks, layouts, and front aerials.
Juliana Belar was a Division I gymnast at the University of New Hampshire where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology. She also served as an assistant coach, helping lead the Wildcats to a conference championship and qualifying for the NCAA tournament. Juliana was a Scholastic All-American three times. She earned her master’s degree from Bowling Green State University where she served as an Assistant Women’s Gymnastics Coach for the Division I gymnastics program. Juliana has extensive experience coaching and choreographing for gymnastics clubs and as the tumbling and acrobatics coach for competitive dance teams and recreational dancers.
• 4-Class Program
• Tuesdays: July 29, Aug. 5, 12, & 19
• Age 7-9: 6:30-7:30pm
• Age 9-12: 4:30-5:30pm
• Age 13&Over: 5:30-6:30pm• Summer Tech Students:
• Level 2 => Acro 6:30-7:30pm
• Level 3 => Acro 4:30-5:30pm
• Level 4&5 => Acro 5:30-6:30pm• Registration opens 1/1/25
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Special Programs
- Master Classes
Grace Buckley
Theatre Jazz
• Dancer/Choreographer/Teacher
• Rasta Thomas' Romeo & Juliet
• Adrienne Canterna's Rock The Ballet
• New York City Dance Alliance Faculty
• Steps on Broadway Faculty
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Performer
• NBC's World of Dance Choreographer
• Theatre Jazz Style
• Technique and Combinations
• Age-Level Classes (TBA)
• Open to guest dancers
Enroll
• Date(s) & Times TBA
• Registration ~8 weeks in advance
• Click => Notify Me by EmailJaclyn Walsh
Contemporary
• Keigwin + CO Principal Dancer
• Dance Spirit Top Young Choreographer
• Dance Magazine Top 25 to Watch
• Capezio A.C.E. Award Finalist 2016 & 18
• Broadway Care’s Choreography Award
• NYU Tisch School of the Arts BFA Dance
• Tisch Achievement Scholarship in Dance
• Contemporary & Modern Styles
• Technique and Combinations
• Age-Level Classes (TBA)
• Open to guest dancers
Enroll
• Date(s) & Times TBA
• Registration ~8 weeks in advance
• Click => Notify Me by EmailAngelica Stiskin
Contemporary
• Choreographer, Director, and Educator
• Artistic Director - Joffrey Ballet School
• Marymount Manhattan Adjunct Faculty
• Emmy Award winning Mia Michaels Asst.
• Move Society, Brand Design Director
• Marymount Manhattan College BFA
• Harvard Masters Education Leadership
• Contemporary & Modern Styles
• Technique and Combinations
• Age-Level Classes (TBA)
• Open to guest dancers
Enroll
• Date(s) & Times TBA
• Registration ~8 weeks in advance
• Click => Notify Me by EmailJess LeProtto
Musical Theatre
• Broadway: Beautiful Noise, Hello, Dolly!
Carousel, Newsies, Bye Bye Birdie,
On The Town, Cats, many more!
* Tours/Regional: Hello, Dolly!, A Bronx Tale
Radio City Christmas Spectacular
• Film/TV: West Side Story, SYTYCD, Smash
* Pace University BFA in Musical Theater
• Musical Theater Style
• Technique and Combinations
• Age-Level Classes (TBA)
• Open to guest dancers
Enroll
• Date(s) & Times TBA
• Registration ~8 weeks in advance
• Click => Notify Me by EmailJen Savelli
Body Alignment
• Pennsylvania Ballet Company Member
• Radio City Rockette
• Broadway: Spider-Man, Anything Goes,
Guys and Dolls, The Boy From Oz, Fosse
• Movies: Chicago, Not Your Time
• Kennedy Center Honors
• Cruise Choreographer: Princess, Oceania
• Structural Integrity & Range of Motion
• Anchoring & Initiating Movement
• Age-Level Classes (TBA)
• Open to guest students
Enroll
• Date(s) & Times TBA
• Registration ~8 weeks in advance
• Click => Notify Me by EmailAmanda Castro
Tap & Rhythm
• Dormeshia Edwards’ “Rhythm is Life”
• Ayodele Casel’s “Chasing Magic”
• Urban Bush Women Principal Dancer
• “Singing In the Rain” & "42nd Street"
• Glimmerglass Festival’s West Side Story
• Bessie Award Winner
• California Institute of the Arts Graduate
• Technique & Combination
• Amanda's Method "Story & Stamina"
• Age-Level Classes (TBA)
• Open to guest students
Enroll
• Date(s) & Times TBA
• Registration ~8 weeks in advance
• Click => Notify Me by EmailManny Herrera
Musical Theatre
• Broadway: Fosse’s Dancin, Legally Blonde
West Side Story, The Music Man
Sweet Charity, Wicked Chistery,
• Off-Broadway: Bull Durham, The Seven,
West Side Story, Miss Abigail’s Guide
* TV/Film: Sex and The City, Smash
* Trained at The School Of American Ballet
• Technique & Combination
• Performance Essentials
• Age-Level Classes (TBA)
• Open to guest students
Enroll
• Date(s) & Times TBA
• Registration ~8 weeks in advance
• Click => Notify Me by EmailJazz with Grace Buckley
• Dancer/Choreographer/Teacher
• Rasta Thomas' Romeo & Juliet
• Adrienne Canterna's Rock The Ballet
• New York City Dance Alliance Faculty
• Steps on Broadway Faculty
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Performer
• NBC's World of Dance Choreographer• Theatre Jazz Technique
• Combinations
• Age-Level Classes (TBA)
• Open to guest dancers
Schedule
• Dates TBA
• Times TBA
Enroll
• Date(s) & Times TBA
• Registration ~8 weeks in advance
• Click => Notify Me by EmailContemporary with Jaclyn Walsh
• Keigwin + CO Principal Dancer
• Dance Spirit Top Young Choreographer
• Dance Magazine Top 25 to Watch
• Capezio A.C.E. Award Finalist 2016 & 18
• Broadway Care’s Choreography Award
• NYU Tisch School of the Arts BFA Dance
• Tisch Achievement Scholarship in Dance• Contemporary & Modern Styles
• Technique and Combinations
• Age-Level Classes (TBA)
• Open to guest dancers
Schedule
• Dates TBA
• Times TBA
Enroll
• Date(s) & Times TBA
• Registration ~8 weeks in advance
• Click => Notify Me by EmailContemporary with Angelica Stiskin
• Choreographer, Director, and Educator
• Artistic Director - Joffrey Ballet School
• Marymount Manhattan Adjunct Faculty
• Emmy Award winning Mia Michaels Asst.
• Move Society, Brand Design Director
• Marymount Manhattan College BFA
• Master’s in Education Leadership Harvard
University (current)• Contemporary & Modern Styles
• Technique and Combinations
• Age-Level Classes (TBA)
• Open to guest dancers
Schedule
• Dates TBA
• Times TBA
Enroll
• Date(s) & Times TBA
• Registration ~8 weeks in advance
• Click => Notify Me by EmailMusical Theater with Jess LeProtto
• Broadway Performer: Beautiful Noise,
Carousel, Hello, Dolly!, On The Town,
Cats, Newsies, Bye Bye Birdie
* National Tours/Regional: A BronxTale
Radio City Christmas Spectacular,
American Dance Machine
• Film/TV: West Side Story, SYTYCD
Smash, Law & Order: SVU
* Pace University BFA in Musical Theater• Musical Theater Style
• Performance Essentials
• Technique and Combinations
• Age-Level Classes (TBA)
• Open to guest dancers
Schedule
• Dates TBA
• Times TBA
Enroll
• Date(s) & Times TBA
• Registration ~8 weeks in advance
• Click => Notify Me by EmailBody Alignment with Jen Savelli
• Pennsylvania Ballet Company Member
• Radio City Rockette
• Broadway: Spider-Man, Anything Goes,
Guys and Dolls, The Boy From Oz, Fosse
• City Center Encores Productions
• Movies: Chicago, Not Your Time
• Kennedy Center Honors
• Cruise Line Choreographer for Princess,
Oceania, and Carnival• Structural Integrity & Range of Motion
• Anchoring & Initiating Movement
• Experiential Anatomical Movement
• Age-Level Classes (TBA)
• Open to guest students
Schedule
• Dates TBA
• Times TBA
Enroll
• Date(s) & Times TBA
• Registration ~8 weeks in advance
• Click => Notify Me by EmailTap and Rhythm with Amanda Castro
• Multidisciplinary Artist
• Dormeshia Edwards’ “Rhythm is Life”
• Ayodele Casel’s “Chasing Magic”
• Urban Bush Women Principal Dancer
• “Singing In the Rain” & "42nd Street"
• Glimmerglass Festival’s West Side Story
• Bessie Award Winner
• California Institute of the Arts Graduate• Technique & Combination
• Amanda's Method "Story & Stamina"
• Age-Level Classes (TBA)
• Open to guest students
Schedule
• Dates TBA
• Times TBA
Enroll
• Date(s) & Times TBA
• Registration ~8 weeks in advance
• Click => Notify Me by EmailMusical Theater with Manny Herrera
• Broadway: Bob Fosse’s Dancin, Legally
Blonde, West Side Story, The Music Man
Sweet Charity, Wicked Chistery
• Off-Broadway: Bull Durham, The Seven,
West Side Story, Miss Abigail’s Guide.
* TV/Film: Winter’s Tale, Sex and The City,
Power, Blue Bloods, Knucklehead, Smash
* Attended School Of American Ballet• Technique & Combination
• Performance Essentials
• Age-Level Classes (TBA)
• Open to guest students
Schedule
• Dates TBA
• Times TBA
Enroll
• Date(s) & Times TBA
• Registration ~8 weeks in advance
• Click => Notify Me by EmailActing for Dancers
Brianna Ascione is a dancer, actor, and singer. She graduated from the Academy of Visual and Performing Arts and Marymount Manhattan College with a BFA in Dance. Brianna grew up training at The Dance Academy of North Jersey, and studies voice with Marianne Wells. Some of her credits include: Off-Broadway: The Little Match Girl. Regional: Gypsy, Dames at Sea, Grease, West Side Story, and Mary Poppins. Other:: A Chorus Line, Into The Woods, Big Fish, Catch Me If You Can, The Government Inspector, His Play, The Next Screenplay. TV/Film: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and Marry Me. Brianna teaches and choreographs at DANJ, Mayo Performing Arts Center, Delbarton School, Morris County School of Technology, and Roxbury HS.
Jess LeProtto is a Broadway performer with credits including: Beautiful Noise, Carousel, Hello, Dolly!, Cats (Mungojerrie), On The Town, Newsies (OBC), Bye Bye Birdie, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, and The Boy From Oz. National Tours/Regional Theater include: Hello, Dolly! (Barnaby Tucker), Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Grand Ole Opry), American Dance Machine for the 21st Century (Joyce), A Bronx Tale (Papermill), In Your Arms (Old Globe Theater), Freddie Falls in Love (Signature Theater). Jess' Film and TV credits include: West Side Story (dir. Steven Spielberg), So You Think You Can Dance (Top 8), Smash, Law & Order: SVU, One Life to Live, and MTV VMAs. Jess graduated from Pace with a B.F.A. in Musical Theater.
Ava Luna is a 2024 graduating senior at The Dance Academy of North Jersey! She will be attending Montclair State in the fall as a dance major! Ava has trained since age 4 in ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical, contemporary, and modern with professional artists including Jaclyn Walsh, Jen Savelli, Angelica Stiskin, Jason Luks, Kelby Brown, Corey Snide, Daniel Vaniska, Billy Griffin, Terk Lewis, and Mia DiLena. Ava loves working with children and we welcome her as a great addition to our summer musical theater workshop staff!
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Brianna Ascione is a dancer, actor, and singer. She graduated from the Academy of Visual and Performing Arts and Marymount Manhattan College with a BFA in Dance. Brianna grew up training at The Dance Academy of North Jersey, and studies voice with Marianne Wells. Some of her credits include: Off-Broadway: The Little Match Girl. Regional: Gypsy, Dames at Sea, Grease, West Side Story, and Mary Poppins. Other:: A Chorus Line, Into The Woods, Big Fish, Catch Me If You Can, The Government Inspector, His Play, The Next Screenplay. TV/Film: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and Marry Me. Brianna teaches and choreographs at DANJ, Mayo Performing Arts Center, Delbarton School, Morris County School of Technology, and Roxbury HS.
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Jess LeProtto is a Broadway performer with credits including: Beautiful Noise, Carousel, Hello, Dolly!, Cats (Mungojerrie), On The Town, Newsies (OBC), Bye Bye Birdie, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, and The Boy From Oz. National Tours/Regional Theater include: Hello, Dolly! (Barnaby Tucker), Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Grand Ole Opry), American Dance Machine for the 21st Century (Joyce), A Bronx Tale (Papermill), In Your Arms (Old Globe Theater), Freddie Falls in Love (Signature Theater). Jess' Film and TV credits include: West Side Story (dir. Steven Spielberg), So You Think You Can Dance (Top 8), Smash, Law & Order: SVU, One Life to Live, and MTV VMAs. Jess graduated from Pace with a B.F.A. in Musical Theater.
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Ava Luna is a 2024 graduating senior at The Dance Academy of North Jersey! She will be attending Montclair State in the fall as a dance major! Ava has trained since age 4 in ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical, contemporary, and modern with professional artists including Jaclyn Walsh, Jen Savelli, Angelica Stiskin, Jason Luks, Kelby Brown, Corey Snide, Daniel Vaniska, Billy Griffin, Terk Lewis, and Mia DiLena. Ava loves working with children and we welcome her as a great addition to our summer musical theater workshop staff!
What is Acting for Dancers?
Acting for Dancers is an introduction to theater dance performance essentials including music and lyrics interpretation, character development, emoting movement, and audience connection. The program ends in a short showcase for family and friends.
While some dancers are inherently comfortable onstage, smiling easily, perhaps with a dynamic personality or natural charisma, others are not. Their eyes might stare out blankly or flit about from right to left; their smiles might be frozen, or they might bite a lip or otherwise show their discomfort. But since, eventually, all dance routines are performed before an audience, dancers need to work as hard on their onstage personalities as they do on their choreography or technique. Acting exercises can help…. Dancers who hone their acting skills are also more versatile performers, able to “emote” effectively in a heartfelt lyrical solo or add a bit of comedy to a musical-theater routine. A contemporary piece might call for dancers who are angry, or passionate, or cool; perhaps the fun quotient of a hip-hop number could be pumped up if the dancers actually looked like they were having fun... If the choreography requires some acting—whether it’s crying melodramatically over broken hearts in “Forget About the Boy” from Thoroughly Modern Millie or portraying a living doll in Coppélia—the dancers will be “ready for Broadway.”
Karen White (Dance Studio Life)Acting for Dancers is an introduction to theater dance performance essentials including music and lyrics interpretation, character development, emoting movement, and audience connection. The program ends in a short showcase for family and friends.
While some dancers are inherently comfortable onstage, smiling easily, perhaps with a dynamic personality or natural charisma, others are not. Their eyes might stare out blankly or flit about from right to left; their smiles might be frozen, or they might bite a lip or otherwise show their discomfort. But since, eventually, all dance routines are performed before an audience, dancers need to work as hard on their onstage personalities as they do on their choreography or technique. Acting exercises can help…. Dancers who hone their acting skills are also more versatile performers, able to “emote” effectively in a heartfelt lyrical solo or add a bit of comedy to a musical-theater routine. A contemporary piece might call for dancers who are angry, or passionate, or cool; perhaps the fun quotient of a hip-hop number could be pumped up if the dancers actually looked like they were having fun... If the choreography requires some acting—whether it’s crying melodramatically over broken hearts in “Forget About the Boy” from Thoroughly Modern Millie or portraying a living doll in Coppélia—the dancers will be “ready for Broadway.”
Karen White (Dance Studio Life)
When is the Workshop?
Date/Time TBA
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Musical Theater DanceWhat is Musical Theater Dance?
Musical Theatre dance class focuses on jazz dance technique while exploring the various dance styles used in Broadway shows. The class also covers performance essentials including music and lyrics interpretation, character development, and connecting with the audience and telling a story through dance and facial expressions.
When are the Classes?
Days
* Mondays 5:00-5:45pm
* Class runs once per week
Dates
* July 7 - August 28
* 8 or 4 week enrollment options
* Contiguous weeks not required
Click 'Register' to Enroll
- Registration will open when classes are announced. Click to be notified by email => Let Me Know
Aerial Arts
What is Aerial Arts?
Aerial Arts classes focus on basic aerial silks and lyra skills for beginners ages 9-18. Classes are 90 minutes and include warm-ups designed for aerial activities and concludes with body conditioning or stretching.
Silks are a long piece of fabric attached in the middle to the ceiling to create two long tails. The fabric provides a means to climb, create figures, and do tricks and stunts. The variety of moves, drops, wraps, twists and turns are practically endless, creating an ever intriguing challenge. The class includes fundamentals - climbing, inversions, hanging upside down and flexibility. Students who choose to take additional classes will develop more strength and confidence needed for sequences, drops, slides, and flips.
Lyra is a metal ring suspended vertically from the ceiling. The lyra classes include the fundamental skills-- inversions, pullovers, balances, flexibility skills, poses and spinning. More advanced skills include learning to spin the apparatus as you execute skills and poses.
When are the Classes?
- Dates/times TBA
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- Registration will open when classes are announced. Click to be notified by email => Let Me Know
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