Dance Classes for Kids and Adults

Registration is Ongoing

Our exciting array of dance classes for ages two through adult include:

BALLET, FLAMENCO, MODERN,
AFRO-CARIBBEAN, HABLANDO Y BAILANDO,
SALSA, BOYS' WORKSHOP, LATIN JAZZ,
HIP-HOP, and MORE!

The Ballet Hispanico School of Dance expands the vision established by Artistic Director Tina Ramirez in 1970, and has forged a reputation among the nation's leading professional training programs, offering a balanced curriculum in classical ballet, modern and Spanish dance - a practice unique among America's dance training institutions. As a result, students receive not only a thorough grounding in the primary techniques required for a successful performing career but also specialized training in the rich and varied dance tradition which, for many, is their cultural heritage.

Students may study the Ballet Hispanico aesthetic via the Adventures in Dance program (ages 1-5), the General Program (ages 6-18), the Pre-Professional track (ages 8-21), and our Adult dance and fitness classes. Classes are set to live music and held at the Ballet Hispanico School of Dance located on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

Alumni of the School have gone on to careers in theater (Nancy Ticotin), film (Jennifer Lopez, Leelee Sobieski and Rachel Ticotin) and television (Michael DeLorenzo), as well as with other leading dance companies. Still others are applying the discipline and self-esteem acquired through their dance classes to demanding professions in other fields - business, education, government, law and medicine.

Dedicated support for the Ballet Hispanico School of Dance is made possible by Altman Foundation, Columbia Community Service, Con Edison, the Rebekah Harkness Scholarship for Spanish Dance, New York Community Trust, Jerome Robbins Foundation, The Samuel H. Scripps Foundation, The Ted Snowdon Foundation, and with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. The School is also funded, in part, by the Ballet Hispanico Endowment Fund; the Talented Students in the Arts Initiative, a collaboration of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Surdna Foundation; Jody and John Arnhold; John Connor; Rachel Ticotin and Peter Strauss; Dieter Zander Scholarship Fund; and patrons of Ballet Hispanico's Annual Spring Gala. We thank all of our other individual and institutional donors for their generosity.

Photo (c) Eduardo Patino, NYC