Click the button below to register for our 2024 Summer Youth Dance Camps.
The Hayden Center is proud to present our Youth Dance Classes. These 14-week Youth Dance Programs occur each year in the Spring and in the Fall in our newly designed Hayden Center Dance Studio.
Classes are taught by Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts staff and are open to all experience levels, ages 3-18. Don’t miss this opportunity to get your body moving, learn something new and meet new friends who are also interested in the performing arts!
Movement belongs to everyone, especially the little ones. In this class we will focus on organized exploration of movement. Along with practicing moving on our own & moving with a group. Creative movement is where we learn basic dance classroom etiquette, along with basic body and mind control. This is where we build the base for a love of movement and expression.
Fridays | 9:15 – 10:00am
Ages: 3-5
Cost: $225
Dancers will learn basic ballet and tap foundations of movement with proper terminology along with a beginner’s understanding of body alignment, while also creating a dance family full of acceptance, fun ,creativity, exploration and hopefully a love for dance.
Fridays | 10:00 – 11:00am
Ages: 5-7
Cost: $250
Dancers will have to have taken ballet one or been approved by the teacher to take this class. Dancers will deepen their understanding of basic movement and terminology while adding new vocabulary and movement to their repertoire in ballet and tap. Students will work in all positions of ballet, and start working on traveling ballet steps and find a sense of that beginner ballet poise. On the tap side students will learn how to flow through tap movements and add elements that take beginner steps to intermediate steps. All while fostering friendship and oneness through dance.
Fridays | 11:00am – 12:15pm
Ages: 7-9
Cost: $250
Dancers will need a prerequisite of ballet and or tap, unless otherwise given permission from the teacher. This is where dancers will step into more serious dance, as every aspect of class will advance here. Dancers will be expected to have a good understanding of movement and terminology. Ballet/Tap 3 is for dancers who want to work hard, play harder and build the foundations that they will take with them throughout not only their dance careers but for through their lives as a whole.
Mondays & Wednesdays | 5:15 – 6:30pm
Ages: 9+
Cost: $275
Dancers will need to have taken ballet three or got permission from the teacher. This class will not be for the faint of heart but for the dancers that just crave more. Dancers will be expected to know a baseline of intermediate movement and terminology, with a strong desire to grow into more serious dance and understanding of dance. Students will start to Identify specific ballet techniques, focusing on Cecchetti and Vaganova. The contemporary component of this class will be heavily modern influenced by the limon technique.
Mondays & Wednesdays | 6:30 – 8:00pm
Ages: 9+
Cost: $275
Calling all the movers that need some funk in their lives with a bold form of expression!! In this class dancers will learn basic/intermediate jazz technique as well as basic hip hop terminology with a goal of over the top expression, community building, crowd pleasing, passionate movement.
Wednesdays | 4:15 – 5:15pm
Ages: 6+
Instructor: Ebany
Cost: $250
For this class we encourage that kids will have taken Ballet 1 but will evaluate the first week if they haven’t. Contemporary class will pull a lot of movement from the modern technique of José Limón. This class is for the expressive dancer that just can’t get enough and wants and loves to dance but doesn’t want to start in ballet or simply wants to try something new. This class is for them. Creative, expansive, wholesome, united, explorative and fun.
Mondays | 4:15 – 5:15pm
Ages: 7+
Cost: $250
We believe that everyone should be able to enjoy our activities, so we offer scholarships to Hayden families. If you are interested in applying for a scholarship, please submit a request at the button below.
Volunteers are often needed for our special events, youth programming and more! Reach out to rhonda.sweetser@haydencolorado.org for more information on volunteering at the Hayden Center.
