L’Académie de Danse de Montréal offers a wide variety of dance classes, including Hip Hop, Street Jazz, Contemporary, Ballet, Tap, Musical Theatre, Acro, Afro, Creative Dance, Adaptative dance class and Parent & Me. We accept students aged 2 and up. In a positive, warm and friendly environment, our students’ passion comes to life in our state-of-the-art facilities. Performance opportunities in our shows additionally allow our students to showcase their hard work and live magical moments on stage!
Parent & Me*
A joyful first step into the world of dance together!
Our Parent & Me dance classes for ages 2-3 offer a fun, supportive space for grown-ups and little ones to bond through movement. Led by caring instructors, each class introduces basic technique, creative movement, and simple choreography, building coordination, motor skills, and confidence through playful dance adventures.
Classes are offered for 2 to 3 year olds.
Creative Dance*
Our Creative Dance classes are a great way to introduce your child to dance and movement! These classes are carefully crafted to channel children’s energy and tap into their creative potential. They promote a sense of autonomy, social skills, bodily awareness, and coordination. Your child will be educated in various fundamental techniques and choreography through our friendly and attentive staff!
Classes are offered for 3 year olds
Street Jazz*
Get ready to move, groove, and have a blast in our high-energy street jazz classes! This exciting fusion of jazz and hip-hop lets dancers explore sharp moves, bold style, and big personality. Each class kicks off with a fun warm-up to boost flexibility, strength, and coordination. Then we hit the floor with dynamic progressions, rhythm games, and technique practice—all leading up to an awesome street-jazz combo that your dancer will love performing.
Classes are offered for ages 4–5 and 6–8
Ballet*
Our Classical Ballet classes provide your child with the essential foundations to become a strong technical dancer. Your child will be educated in various ballet fundamentals while developing self-confidence, grace, flexibility, and poise. Our goal is for students to learn to express themselves through dance while also encouraging self-discipline and knowledge about the anatomy of their bodies.
Classes are offered for 4 to 5, 6 to 8, and 9+ year olds
Musical Theatre*
In our Musical Theater classes, dance, acting, and song are combined to create a dynamic and all-around fun class! Your child will learn choreography based on music from popular musicals while further enhancing their confidence and creativity. This class allows dancers to step into the shoes of new characters to convey emotion, communicate through movement, and become storytellers.
Classes are offered for 6 to 10 and 12+ year olds
Tap*
Our Tap classes are a great way to introduce yourself or your child to the art of tap. Tap is a dance style that allows a dancer to create sounds with their feet! The dancer’s feet act as musical instruments and to create intricate and complex rhythms, often synchronized with music. This class promotes the development of tap technique, coordination, musicality, rhythm, and footwork.
Classes are offered for 7+ year olds and to teens/adults
Hip-Hop*
Hip-Hop is a high-energy dance style that is rooted in hip-hop culture and music, characterized by intricate footwork, body isolations, and freestyle. Students are educated in various grooves and fundamentals of hip-hop through our friendly and well-trained staff. Our hip-hop classes celebrate creativity and self-expression while providing a platform for dancers to connect, communicate, and learn the history of hip-hop.
Classes are offered for 6 to 8, 9 to 11, 12 to 15, 15 to 20 year olds, and adults
Jazz-Contemporary*
Our jazz-contemporary class offers a dynamic blend of technique and movement from both the jazz and contemporary styles. Students will learn the technical precision and dynamic movements of jazz while also practicing the fluidity, emotional expressiveness, and storytelling characteristics of contemporary dance. This class allows students to develop their flexibility, coordination, musicality, performance, and self-confidence.
Classes are offered for 6 to 10 year olds and teens
Acro*
Acro dance is a style of dance that combines classical dance technique with acrobatic and gymnastic elements. Unlike gymnastics, which uses elements such as bars and beams, acro primarily relies on the dancer’s body and the floor as the performance space. In our acro classes, students will enhance their athleticism, strength, and flexibility while practicing balances, contortion, lifts, partner work, and tumbling.
Classes are offered to dancers ages 8+
Afro*
Afro dance features energetic movements, rhythmic patterns, and expressive body language. Unlike other dance styles, Afro dance often emphasizes improvisation and personal expression, reflecting the diverse traditions and musical influences of African cultures. Students will explore the powerful rhythms and movements unique to this style, developing their coordination, and overall dance technique.
Classes are offered for 6 to 10 year olds and teens
Our classes perform in our Mid-Year show (February) and Year-End show (June).
*Please note that Parent & Me and Creative Dance classes only perform in our Year-End show (June).