Ballet lessons for kids in New York City

“Ballet is the most special experience for our daughter.”

Ballet Classes for Children and Young Teens

Taught by experienced teachers and professional dancers, Discovery’s ballet classes are a comprehensive approach that introduces ballet technique, body lines, and performance quality.

Our younger ballet classes take the very basics of ballet technique and musicality and build a base for any and every dancer. Beginning with floor exercises and dynamic stretches, the class then progresses to work at the barre, gaining strength and mobility. Teachers focus on children holding the barre correctly and maintaining a neutral posture, to move their arms and legs correctly. This will help develop their core and flexibility to maintain that posture even during center movement. After barre work, students perform exercises in the center and across the floor. They learn how to move together as a class while progressing individually in their confidence and artistry.

For our more experienced older dancers, classes move past perfecting the basics of ballet into focusing on artistry, memory, stamina, and dynamic body positions both at the barre and on center. Teachers encourage students’ expressiveness with the music.

Discovery’s ballet classes are an inclusive but rigorous approach for all students looking to progress their technical and artistic abilities in a non-competitive environment.  Students will feel challenged, confident and supported.

We are so proud that so many of Discovery Programs ballet students have been chosen to attend the School of American Ballet and the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School.