Dance Classes in Washington, DC

Find your groove from the safety of your room! This fun, upbeat, beginner-friendly class breaks down the fundamentals of street and commercial dance forms to build up your technical skills and confidence. The session will incorporate an injury prevention warm-up, introduction to new moves, a piece of choreography, and a guided freestyle session. Our...

Feel your body lengthened, strengthened, aligned, and free to move! This Stretching & Alignment class incorporates elements of yoga, pilates, and ballet technique to expand your personal range of motion and prevent injury. Variations on exercises will be offered to help movers of all backgrounds and fitness levels safely challenge themselves. ...

This class invites all bodies to discover the artistry of ballet while developing the strength, flexibility, balance, and control crucial to many dance genres. Class will include barre work emphasizing the fundamentals of ballet technique and combinations in the center, allowing students to apply their technique while exploring their musicality and...

This class introduces the Latin-dance inspired easy-to-follow Zumba® choreography that focuses on all elements of fitness: cardiovascular, muscular conditioning, flexibility and balance. A lower-intensity, gentler workout, perfect for beginners and those who have not exercised in a while. Come ready to move, and prepare to leave empowered and feeling...

Very patient instruction for the beginning student. We focus on body alignment, dance posture, isolations, basic steps, small combinations and zills (finger cymbals). What to wear: Wear stretchy, breathable exercise clothes. We usually dance barefoot, or in socks or dance shoes. Wear a scarf, sarong, or shawl around your hips.

More advanced steps and variations. Focus on technique, combinations and choreography. Introduction to veil and moving with zills. What to wear: Wear stretchy, breathable exercise clothes. We usually dance barefoot, or in socks or dance shoes. Wear a scarf, sarong, or shawl around your hips.

Burn calories and learn to bellydance with SharQui – The bellydance workout®, a dance-fitness class that is great for anyone of any age or skill level. The unique breakdown and repetition of bellydance movements is fun and easy to follow automatically improving your posture, slimming hips and legs, defining the waist, increasing upper body strength,...

Advanced steps and combinations demonstrating a variety of professional techniques from Egyptian to Cabaret styles. Emphasis on strength and endurance, muscle control and grace. Advanced zills, veil, double veil. What to wear: Wear stretchy, breathable exercise clothes. We usually dance barefoot, or in socks or dance shoes. Wear a scarf, sarong, or...

Explore Egyptian-style technique as you learn a complete bellydance choreography that can be performed for friends and family, as a solo or in a group. Each move is broken down to make it easy to do, and handouts, videos, and other instructional materials are provided so you can practice at home.    Performance opportunities will be...

The sensual movement of pole dancing brings together elements of ballet, yoga, pilates, belly dance and other forms of dance while fully exploring all aspects of body movement through beautiful, controlled and core stregthening variations.  In this class you will learn a steamy routine that infuses all beginner fundamentals. All  Beginners Welcome! ...

Use a chair to tease your partner. In this class you will learn a flirty chair routine.

Have you taken bellydance or other dance forms and want to hone your skills while getting a great workout? Then this class is for you!  Take your dance fitness to the next level with this challenging total-body workout. Focus will be on drills, layering, and fast-paced combos. Note: Please wear comfortable clothes like fitted tops. We will provide...

In this class we will use tango to up our cardio of the week. We need to have a healthy routine to be a great tango dancer, one aspect is to be in shape! This class will help you to dance, have fun, and get tango fit. Notes: Please bring a yoga mat and comfortable clothes.

Focus on Ballet terminology, and correct body placement to improve posture, flexibility, range of motion, coordination, and rhythm in a fun, non-intimidating, positive environment. Be inspired and challenged to reach your full potential. Take the first step to fulfilling your dance dreams and goals today. Previous Ballet experience recommended but...

GROOVE IS IN THE HEART with this energizing dance class led by JCompany choreographer extraordinaire Erin Petersen! Both Virtual and In Person Classes are available. So, dust off those dancing shoes and join us for the greatest JCompany dance hits from Tarzan to Madagascar!