Adult Division

Community/Adult Division

Ages 16+

The Hiland’s Community division is offering a 6-week session of progressive classes for dancers age 16 and up. We have a range of classes to meet the needs of teens and adults from the complete beginner to the returning professional. Classes are taught by our excellent faculty in a variety of styles, and are a wonderful opportunity for exercise, creative expression, and making new friends in the adult dance community.

Tuition: $60 for 6 week session, $20 per class drop-in

Adult Class Sessions:

Session 1 (8 Weeks): August 18 – October 18, 2025
Session 2 (8 Weeks): October 20 – December 20, 2025 (showing Dec 20)
Session 3 (6 Weeks): January 5 – February 14, 2026
Session 4 (6 Weeks): February 16 – March 28, 2026 (showing Mar 28)
Summer Session: June 2 – July 9

Class Offerings

Beginning Ballet

Teaching Artist: Elana Denise Anderson, PhD
Wednesdays: June 3 – July 8 | 5:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.

This class is designed for the adult dancer/student with minimal to no experience in Ballet! The class will explore the traditional structure of a Ballet class, positions of the arms, legs, and feet, epaulement, differences in jumps, and choreographic elements of Ballet.

Intermediate Ballet

Teaching Artist: Elana Denise Anderson, PhD
Tuesdays: June 2 – July 7 | 5:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.

Classical Ballet is a beautiful art form that, reconnected to as an adult, can be deeply gratifying. This class is a gentle and yet rigorous exploration of Ballet as an exercise regimen and therapeutic practice. The main styles of Enriqué Cecchetti and Agrippina Vaganova are used to provide adults with an increased understanding of ballet technique, including barre work, center practice, traveling, and réverance.

Hip-Hop/Breaking

Teaching Artist: Francois Achan
Wednesdays: June 3 – July 8 | 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

The purpose of the class is to establish individual rhythm, while using the foundation of hip-hop movement to build dancer’s vocabulary. It is also designed to teach students how to adapt to what they are listening to and train them to use the vocabulary to stay on beat and show a variety of steps to do so. This class will help students develop character and presence within a hip-hop space.

Jazz

Teaching Artist: Anna Janicek
Thursdays: June 4 – July 9 | 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

This class introduces teen and adult students to jazz technique and style, exploring a range of traditions from classical and theatrical jazz to more modern styles. Students will build foundational skills such as isolations, footwork, turns, and across-the-floor combinations. Each class will finish with a short piece of choreography. No prior experience required.

Beginning Modern

Teaching Artist: Elana Denise Anderson, PhD
Thursdays: June 4 – July 9 | 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

This class introduces the modern technique of Lester Horton in a way that lengthens, strengthens, and fortifies the body. Using music from all genres, dancers will approach this practice from a meditative standpoint, with guided focal points from the teaching artists regarding proper alignment, execution, and personal expression. Each class includes warm-up exercises and a culminating combination.

Intermediate Modern

Teaching Artist: Elana Denise Anderson, PhD
Tuesdays: June 2 – July 7 | 4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

This class is a continuation of Adult Beginning Modern. It is a movement practice based upon and rooted in the modern dance technique of Lester Horton, a foundational, codified, body-conditioning technique that allows dancers of all abilities to witness and direct their own progress. The class is structured in the same way as the Adult Beginning Modern class, but with a deeper dive into the warm-up exercises, preludes, and fortifications of the technique.

Beginning Tap

Teaching Artist: Feli Blea
Wednesdays June 3 – July 8 | 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

This class is an introduction to tap, where we get comfortable in our tap shoes (our instruments). We work on basic steps and techniques that will eventually help us with combinations.

Intermediate Tap

Teaching Artist: Feli Blea
Thursday: June 4 – July 9 | 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

This class is for returning dancers that are comfortable with the baics and ready for a challenge. This is a good place for tappers with experience, who don’t yet feel prepared for the fast pace and intricacy of Advanced Tap.

Advanced Tap

Teaching Artist: Feli Blea
Tuesdays: June 2 – July 7 | 5:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.

This class is for returning dancers that are prepared to advance to the next level. The exercises are more complex, and our speed will increase as the class continues. We will work on some tricky steps, but rhythm and tempo will be the main focus.

Full Hiland Class Schedule