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For dancers who love to move with feeling, our modern dance classes in Seattle offer room to explore. Taught through our Youth Contemporary classes at our Lake City studio in NE Seattle, this expressive, grounded style helps dancers ages 8 to 17 connect technique to emotion and find their own voice in movement.
Beginners are genuinely welcome — no experience needed. It's a warm, encouraging space where trying something new is the whole point.
And like every style at Productions, modern leads to the stage. Dancers bring their contemporary work to life in our Winter Holiday Show and Spring Production, growing from dancer to performer along the way.
Modern and contemporary dance is all about expression — grounded, flowing movement that lets dancers explore weight, breath, and emotion in a way classical styles don't always allow. It builds strength, control, and a deep connection between music and feeling, giving dancers freedom to interpret and create. For many students it's where technique and artistry finally come together.
At Productions, contemporary and modern movement lives within our Youth Contemporary classes for dancers roughly ages 8 through 17. It's an emerging part of our program, so classes stay focused and personal, with room for each dancer to develop their own voice. Grounded in the same strong technique we teach across styles, contemporary offers an expressive, welcoming outlet for dancers who love to move with meaning.
Modern and contemporary dance at Productions is offered through our Youth Contemporary classes, an emerging area of our program. Dancers get a focused, expressive entry point:
As this genre grows, dancers deepen their technique and expression over time; a foundation in ballet or jazz strengthens contemporary work.
Yes! Even our youngest students get to take part in our shows. Every class at Productions feeds into a performance, so little ones can experience the magic of the stage.
Perfectly okay. Creative movement is a play-based, no-pressure introduction to dance designed for total beginners. It's all about fun, imagination, and building confidence.
Comfortable clothes they can move in (no jeans or long dresses), hair pulled back, and no street shoes on the floor. Bare feet, ballet shoes, or jazz shoes all work.
In our Buddy and Me Dance class, yes — a caregiver dances alongside the child. Preschool and mini combos are a gentle first solo experience where children dance on their own.
These classes serve our youngest dancers, roughly ages 1.5 through 6. Buddy and Me Dance is for caregivers with children ages 1.5 to 3, and preschool/mini combos welcome children around ages 3 to 6.
Definitely. Hip hop classes feed our Winter Holiday Show and Spring Production, so dancers get a real stage to bring their energy.
Yes. Our hip hop classes introduce the styles, history, and origins of the form, and older dancers get an introduction to breaking.
Clean sneakers or high tops worn only inside the studio — not the shoes they wore in from the street. Keep hair secured and skip jeans or long dresses.
No experience needed. Our hip hop classes welcome beginners and build coordination, rhythm, and confidence step by step.
Hip hop starts around age 5 with our Mini Bop class, then continues through Youth Hip Hop and Jr/Teen Hip Hop for older kids and teens.
Yes! Musical theatre ties directly into our productions, and dancers perform in the Winter Holiday Show and Spring Production. We also run a Musical Theater intensive each summer.
Comfortable clothes they can move in, hair pulled back, and no street shoes on the floor. Jazz shoes or clean indoor dance shoes are a good default.
No experience needed. Classes are built to introduce all three skills — dance, acting, and singing — at an age-appropriate pace.
We start little performers around age 4 in Mini Music, then continue through Youth and Jr/Teen Musical Theatre Song and Dance classes up to age 17.
Musical theatre blends dance, acting, and singing, so dancers learn to tell a story on stage. Our classes build performance confidence and teamwork in a fun, supportive setting.
Yes. Like every class at Productions, contemporary work is choreographed for our Winter Holiday Show and Spring Production.
Fitted dance clothes that move with the body and bare feet. Keep hair secured away from the face.
It's not required, but a background in ballet or jazz strengthens contemporary technique. Our teachers meet dancers where they are.
Our Youth Contemporary classes are geared toward dancers roughly ages 8 to 17. It helps to have some prior dance foundation, though motivated beginners are welcome to ask us about fit.
It's an expressive, grounded style that explores weight, breath, and emotion through flowing movement. At Productions it's taught through our Youth Contemporary classes.
Absolutely. Acro skills are woven into choreography for our Winter Holiday Show and Spring Production, so dancers get to show off what they've built on stage.
Fitted dance clothes that move with the body — a leotard or snug shorts and top — and bare feet. Avoid baggy clothing, and secure hair away from the face.
Yes. Skills are taught progressively with careful spotting in a structured environment, so dancers build strength and control before advancing to harder tricks.
Acro combos begin around age 4 with our Pre-Primary Jazz/Acro and Mini Jazzing/Tumbling classes, and continue up through the teen years in Youth Contemporary plus Acro combos.
Acro combines dance choreography with acrobatic skills like balances, rolls, limber work, and tumbling. At Productions it's taught within our jazz and contemporary combo classes.
Yes! Like all our classes, tap feeds into the Winter Holiday Show and Spring Production, giving dancers a real stage to show off their rhythm.
Dancers move from Tap Foundations into Tap 2 and Tap 3 as they build rhythm, speed, and technique. Summer tap workshops offer extra practice between sessions.
Not at all. Tap Foundations is a true beginner class, and our combos give younger children a gentle, playful first taste of tap.
Any style of tap shoe is welcome. Just make sure hair is secured and ankles are visible so instructors can watch the footwork.
Tap is introduced in our preschool and primary combo classes starting around age 3. Dedicated tap classes, beginning with Tap Foundations, are geared toward dancers ages 7 and up.
Youth jazz classes feed our Winter Holiday Show and Spring Production, so your dancer gets a real stage experience. Seasonal adult offerings vary, so ask us about current performance opportunities.
Yes! We offer Adult Lyrical Jazz, Adult Jazz Funk and Cabaret, and a seasonal Video Pop and Jazz Fusion class. Adult dancers are small in number but truly valued here.
Wear a leotard or fitted dance shorts and top that you can move in, with jazz shoes (black if new). Keep hair pulled back and away from the face.
No experience needed. Our jazz classes welcome beginners, and dancers build technique and confidence over time in a structured, supportive setting.
Our Pop Jazz Dance class is designed for youth roughly ages 8 to 17, and we also offer several jazz styles for adults. Younger children get an introduction to jazz through our combo classes.
Yes! Every class at Productions feeds a larger show. Ballet dancers perform in our Winter Holiday Show and Spring Production, taking them from dancer to performer.
Pointe work comes after building strength and technique through Ballet Foundations, Ballet 2, and Ballet 3. Dancers enter our Pre-Pointe/Pointe track once they're ready, which the instructor assesses individually.
Girls wear a leotard with pink or nude ballet slippers, plus tights for ages 7 and up; boys wear black tights or pants with a fitted top and ballet slippers. Hair is pulled back in a bun.
No experience needed. Ballet Foundations is a true beginner class, and our combos introduce ballet in a gentle, play-based way. We welcome dancers of all levels.
Ballet threads through our preschool and primary combo classes starting around age 3, and we even offer a Babywearing Ballet class for postpartum parents with their babies. Dedicated leveled ballet begins with Ballet Foundations for school-age dancers.
