Adult Division
Community/Adult Division
Ages 17+
he Hiland’s Community/Adult Division is offering two 8-week progressive classes in fall, and one 13 week session in spring that culminates with the Community Division Showcase on April 22nd & 23rd.
Students can sign up for a full 8-week or 13-week session at $10 a class, or take classes on a drop-in basis for $20. The Community Division Showcase on April 23/24 is a great opportunity to show off what you have learned, but you do not have to perform in the showing to participate in the class.

Tuition ranges from $60 to $130 per session depending on the length and holiday schedule
Adult Class Sessions:
- Session 1 (8 Weeks) – August 24-October 17, 2026
- Session 2 (8 Weeks) – October 19-December 19, 2026
- Session 3 (13 Weeks) – January 4-April 10, 2027
Use the registration form to pay for classes or purchase a punch card
Questions?
Layla Amis, Hiland Artistic Director
(505) 340-0202
Email
Class Offerings
Beginning Ballet
Teaching Artist: Elana Denise Anderson, PhD
Tuesdays | 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 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
Wednesdays | 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 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 | 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 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 / Intermediate Jazz
Teaching Artist: Anna Janicek
Mondays | 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 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: Emma Singleton
Saturdays | 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.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
Friday | 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 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
Wednesday | 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 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.
Beginning / Intermediate Tap
Teaching Artist: Feli Blea
Thursday | 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
This class is designed as a bridge between beginning and intermediate tap. It’s perfect for dancers who’ve outgrown beginner steps but aren’t quite ready for advanced combinations. This class meets you where you are and pushes you forward. It will reinforce foundational steps (shuffles, flaps, ball changes, cramp rolls) while layering in more intricate rhythms, combinations, and musicality which build the skills and confidence needed to move into intermediate-level work.
Intermediate Tap
Teaching Artist: Feli Blea
Thursday | 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 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 | 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 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.