The highly qualified dance instructors of AACMS’s Dance Department provide their talented students with a variety of challenging dance technique and history classes, meaningful performance experiences, and an appropriate sense of health and attitude. Over their four years at AACMS, Dance students receive instruction in a variety of dance styles—including ballet, modern, jazz, contemporary, tap, and musical theatre—while also studying strength and conditioning, improvisation, dance composition, dance in world cultures, and dance history. Learn more about our program.

Fifth Grade
Fifth grade dance students learn and develop fundamental dance technique through participation in ballet, modern, jazz, musical theatre, and strength and conditioning classes. Students participate in a1 hour dance class within the six-day cycle. 

Sixth Grade
Sixth grade dance students learn and develop fundamental dance technique through participation in ballet, and modern dance classes. Primary dance students also participate in jazz dance classes, strength and conditioning, lyrical, terminology, and dance in world culture. Secondary dance students study ballet and jazz dance. All primary dancers perform in the dance department’s annual showcase, Innovations. 

Seventh Grade
Seventh grade dance students continue to develop foundational techniques in ballet and modern dance styles. Primary dance students also study jazz and tap dance, dance history, terminology, anatomy, contemporary, and explore their personal movement style in the safe and supportive environment of structured improvisation classes. All primary 7th grade dancers perform in the dance department’s annual showcase, Innovations. 

Eighth Grade

Eighth grade dancers refine their dance technique through ballet, jazz, modern, tap, strength and conditioning, anatomy, contemporary, and musical theater classes. Utilizing skills learned in improvisation classes, they learn the art of choreographing in dance composition. The eighth grade dance history class focuses on the world of jazz dance and how it applies to them as an artist. All 8th grade dancers perform in the dance department’s annual showcase, Innovations. 

View the Dance Department Code of Conduct
 

The AACMS Dance Department’s annual showcase, Innovations, takes place each spring and showcases our primary dancers. Dance students also perform in various community events throughout the school year.

Watch highlights from our Dance Department on our AACMS YouTube Channel Dance Playlist

AACMS Dance - YouTube