Dance Classes

Check your nearest YMCA of Austin branch home page to view additional Youth Class schedule details.

You can dance – we’ll teach you! From ballroom to ballet to salsa to jazz and hip hop dance, the YMCA of Austin has great classes that are fun and will get your heart pumping!

We offer classes for children as young as 2 through active older adult programming. We provide a nurturing environment where participants will learn to appreciate dance as a lifelong activity for self-expression, grace, strength, agility, creativity, and balance. Our teachers are highly qualified and care about the development of the whole person-mind, body, spirit- through dance.

Many dance classes are FREE for Y members, and registration is not necessary for free classes. Please check branch schedules. Guests may visit the Y up to 3 times per year and attend classes, space permitting. Download Guest Pass

Little / Tiny Dancers

Tiny Dancers is a four week class for 3-8 year olds and is designed to teach the basics of dance including ballet, jazz and creative movement. Skills include ballet barre work and arm and foot positions, turns, leaps, dance combinations and more. This is a creative movement education program that uses progressive skill development that emphasizes body part awareness, coordination and posture.

Baby Ballet

Fun, creative dance expression for the little ones. Use of creative structural outline to teach young children the fundamentals of ballet.

Beginning Ballet

Tiny Dancers is a four week class for 3-8 year olds and is designed to teach the basics of dance including ballet, jazz and creative movement. Skills include ballet barre work and arm and foot positions, turns, leaps, dance combinations and more. This is a creative movement education program that uses progressive skill development that emphasizes body part awareness, coordination and posture.

Tap and Rhythm

When in Tap and Rhythm, participants will learn the fundamentals of tap dance and rhythm in movement. This is a great way for multiple siblings or parent/children to exercise and learn together.

Modern Dance

In this class, we will focus on proper body alignment and initiating movement from a strong core for improved balance, control and fluidity of movement. Each class will include a warm-up, a performance skill exercise and learning modern choreography.

Advanced Dance

The Dance Workshop is a class created for dancers ages 4-8 who have completed the Little Dancers program. These students will continue to develop their dance technique as well as apply their skills towards executing short dance combinations and exploring choreography. Each month the class will focus on a different style of dance.

Dance Zone

This class exposes students to the diverse world of dance. Participants explore the many physical, artistic and creative skills inherent in learning dance. All participants must register for class. Members will have 2 weeks' priority registration before registration will be open to Non-members

Pre School Combo & Childrens Combo

Pre-school combo classes teach a progressive combination of Tap, Ballet and Creative Movement. Level 1 is for ages 3-5; Level 2/3 is for ages 4-5, as they progress. Childrens combo classes are for children from 4-9 years old, grouped into the appropriate level. This is a progressive combination of Tap, Ballet and Jazz dance styles. Required: Tap & Ballet shoes, dancewear, hair pulled back.

Hip Hop

Join your friends for a very contemporary, popular, athletic dance style with urban influences, as seen in music videos, etc.

Jazz/Hip Hop

This class is a combination of Jazz turns/techniques/styles combined with Hop Hop dancing. We always use clean hip hop music and choreography.