SoCa Arts offers a variety of classes in dance and musical theater, providing something for everyone! All classes, with the exception of Starlettes, are taught at a beginning level so those new to dance feel welcomed and comfortable. Returning students are challenged by improving skills learned in previous sessions or moving up to a higher age group.
Camps with SoCa Arts provide a fun, active, and educational way for children to spend their summer days! All camps include dancing, games, crafts, kindness discussions, and a last day performance for family!
General class descriptions and camps offered are below. Please refer to your city’s description for any specific inclusions or details.
All In One Dance
Perfect for those wanting to explore multiple genres of dance! Children will learn the basic fundamentals in ballet, jazz, tumbling, and hip hop. Class promotes balance, coordination, rhythm, and listening skills in an encouraging environment.
Ballet & Jazz Combo
Perfect for children who love to express themselves through movement! Class focuses on ballet & jazz technique and choreography with an emphasis on grace, fluidity, expressiveness, and musicality. Proper body alignment, balance, and beginning turns, jumps, and floor work are also explored.
Ballet, Jazz, & Tumble Combo
Dancers learn beginning ballet and jazz technique and intro to tumbling skills alongside creative movement activities to keep class fun and engaging. Class promotes gross motor skills, rhythm, and listening skills.
Ballet
Leap into the world of ballet! Dancers learn ballet terminology and technique in an encouraging environment while enhancing alignment, coordination, musicality, movement quality, and flexibility.
Butterfly Ballerinas
For young dancers just finding their “wings” and ready to fly into the world of ballet! Instruction includes practice in center, traveling across the floor, choreography and creative movement activities.
Children’s Musical Theater
Jump into the exciting world of Broadway! Children learn beginning dance technique and gross motor skills, choreography and song lyrics to age-appropriate musicals, and play imaginative theater games.
Hip Hop
Hip Hop is a fun dance genre that promotes and encourages artistic creativity, individuality, and an awareness for personal technique. This energetic class teaches clean, age-appropriate hip hop moves, combinations and technique. Children will also improve balance, musicality, rhythm, and agility.
Hip Hop Tumble
A popular class for children! Dancers learn beginning hip hop and intro to tumbling skills incorporated into dance combinations. Class improves coordination, rhythm, gross motor skills, listening, and agility.
K-Pop
This specialized class teaches popular K-pop choreography from iconic boy groups, girl groups, and soloists. Suitable for boys and girls, with a focus on stage performance skills.
Musical Theater Dance
Children will learn beginning musical theater and jazz dance technique in this fun, energetic class set to age-appropriate songs from musicals and Broadway! Dancers focus on rhythm, coordination, and expressiveness and will also participate in acting and singing exercises that build confidence and stage presence for a complete musical theater experience.
Musical Theater Showcase
Students will work together to create a mini musical to perform on the last day of class! Throughout the session students will focus on acting & singing exercises as well as dance technique & choreography to develop characters and create scenes. Selected musical will be age appropriate.
Parent & Me All In One Dance
Join in on the fun with your toddler! Children will experience different genres of dance including ballet, jazz, and hip hop to build a proper foundation for future dance classes. These basic movements can improve spatial awareness, body control, flexibility, gross motor skills, and balance. Class promotes shape/color recognition, social skills, rhythm, and listening skills.
Parent & Me Movement & Music
Participants engage in movement activities that improve balance, coordination, and motor skills while getting the wiggles out and socializing with peers. Familiar follow-along-songs and prop activities keep class engaging and exciting for your young mover and shaker!
Parent & Me Princess Ballet
Dancers will learn the fundamentals of ballet and creative movement with an element of fun and fantasy set to favorite princess songs. Class includes short princess storytimes and one princess craft. Class promotes shape/color recognition, coordination, gross motor skills, rhythm, and social skills.
Pop Star Hip Hop
Perfect for the dancer who loves to put on a show at home! Children learn hip hop and jazz dance technique and choreography set to music from today’s popular artists in this fun, popular class. All music and dance moves are age-appropriate.
Princess Ballet
Twirl your way into Princess Ballet! Participants learn beginning ballet and gross motor skills with a princess twist while listening to favorite princess songs. Class promotes coordination, flexibility, poise, and listening skills. Class includes short princess storytimes and crafting.
Tap Combo
Children involved in dance improve spatial awareness, rhythm, and listening skills. This beginning class introduces ballet/jazz and tap movements and terminology in an upbeat, encouraging environment.
Tiny Tots Ballet
The perfect introduction to ballet with lots of encouragement and imagery for the budding ballerina. Dancers learn basic ballet steps and positions, ballet class etiquette, and gross motor skills while improving balance, coordination, and musicality.
Starlettes Performance Group
Starlettes Performance Group is a one-hour performance-based dance class that performs at SoCa Arts’ bi-annual recitals as well as 2-3 local events in performance eligible seasons (Jan-May & Sept-Dec). Starlettes classes focus on beginning/intermediate technique with an emphasis on performance choreography and team dance skills. For more information, click here.
Camps Offered
- All-Star Cheer & Dance Camp
- All In One Dance Camp
- All In One Performing Arts Camp
- Children’s Musical Theater Camp
- Hip Hop Camp
- K-Pop Camp
- Musical Theater Showcase Camp
- Pop Star Sing & Dance Camp
- Princess Academy
- TikTok Hip Hop Choreo Camp
- Triple Threat: Dance, Vocal, & Acting Camp
