Adult Division
Adult Division
Ages 16+
The Hiland Theater’s Adult Division is offering 6-week and 8-week progressive classes for dancers age 16 and up. We are offering a range of classes to meet the needs of 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 connecting with and creating new friends in the adult dance community.
Students can sign up for the full 6-week or 8-week series at $10 a class or take classes on a drop-in basis for $20. There will be studio showings at the end of December and March. You do not have to perform in the showing to participate in the class.
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)
Use the registration form to pay for classes or purchase a punch card
Questions?
Elana Denise Anderson, PhD, Hiland Assistant Artistic Director
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Class Offerings
Beginning Ballet
Teaching Artist: Elana Denise Anderson, PhD
Wednesdays | 7:00 p.m. – 8:15 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
Mondays | 6:00 p.m. – 7:15 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
Saturdays | 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 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.
Beginning Modern
Teaching Artist: Elana Denise Anderson, PhD
Fridays | 5:45 p.m. – 6:45 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
Fridays | 6:45 p.m. – 8:00 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 | 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 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
Thursdays | 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 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
Mondays | 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 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.