Academic year (Sept-Jun) enrollment opens May 15

The Contemporary Dance Program is an opportunity for students to become more versatile dancers by exploring parallel versus turned out alignment, spinal articulation, weight-shifting, and groundedness through floor work.  Dancers explore strength and subtlety, movement dynamics and space, the expansiveness of their kinesphere, and movement invention through improvisation.  This program helps dancers to continue to refine the balance between technique and artistry. 

Contemporary 1/1X (ages 7-11): Concurrent ballet enrollment is recommended but not required. Prior dance experience is not required.

Contemporary 2/2X (ages 10-14): Concurrent ballet enrollment is recommended but not required. Prior dance experience not required

Contemporary 3/3X (ages 11-15): Concurrent ballet enrollment is required. Prior contemporary experience is required.

Contemporary 4/4X (ages 13+): Concurrent ballet enrollment is required. . Prior ballet and contemporary experience are required.  Both contemporary classes per week are required.

Contemporary 5/5X (ages 13+): Must also be enrolled in Ballet 6. Both contemporary classes per week are required.  Prior ballet and contemporary experience is required.

Teen Contemporary (ages 13+): Concurrent ballet enrollment is recommended but not required. Prior dance experience is not required.

Dress Code

Hair must be neatly secured away from the face. Girls will wear a leotard, tank, or Philadelphia Dance Academy tank/tee with pink, black, or tan tights or black leggings. Black pants/leggings and a solid color tee or Philadelphia Dance Academy tank/tee for boys and non binary dancers. All dancers will be bare foot for class.