Fall Semester 2026

Name
Days
Location
Tumbling Level 1
Build strength, flexibility, balance, and body control while learning foundational tumbling and acrobatic skills. Students practice rolls, handstands, cartwheels, partnering, and creative movement while developing trust, coordination, and confidence.
Monday
3:30 PM to 4:15 PM
Studio 2 (Bowman)
Taylor Dance East
Tumbling Level 2
Build strength, flexibility, balance, and body control while learning foundational tumbling and acrobatic skills. Students practice rolls, handstands, cartwheels, partnering, and creative movement while developing trust, coordination, and confidence.
Monday
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Studio 1 (Sam Scripps)
Taylor Dance East
Ballet Level 1/2
Build strength, alignment, coordination, and classical technique through ballet training designed to complement modern dance study. Ballet strengthens the technical foundation of every dancer and is highly recommended alongside Taylor Modern classes.
Monday
4:15 PM to 5:00 PM
Taylor Dance East
Ballet Level 2/3
Build strength, alignment, coordination, and classical technique through ballet training designed to complement modern dance study. Ballet strengthens the technical foundation of every dancer and is highly recommended alongside Taylor Modern classes.
Monday
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Taylor Dance East
Tumbling Level 3/4
Build strength, flexibility, balance, and body control while learning foundational tumbling and acrobatic skills. Students practice rolls, handstands, cartwheels, partnering, and creative movement while developing trust, coordination, and confidence.
Monday
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Studio 1 (Sam Scripps)
Taylor Dance East
Taylor Tots + (No Caregiver) Session 1
Young dancers discover the joy of movement through songs, rhythm games, creative play, and imaginative exploration. Alongside a caregiver (or independently in Taylor Tots+) students build coordination, confidence, listening skills, and the earliest foundations of dance in a welcoming classroom.
Tuesday
3:15 PM to 4:00 PM
Studio 2 (Bowman)
Taylor Dance East
Breaking/Hip-Hop Fusion Level 2/3
Explore the history, culture, and movement of Hip-Hop through Breaking, freestyle, choreography, and other foundational styles. Students develop Breaking techniques, rhythm, and confidence in their skills and individuality, in an energetic, supportive environment.
Tuesday
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Studio 2 (Bowman)
Taylor Dance East
Taylor Level 2/3
Taylor Level 2 dancers strengthen coordination, flexibility, and musicality while expanding their movement vocabulary through the Taylor technique. Students learn, create, and perform longer movement phrases as they develop both technical skills and creative confidence.
Tuesday
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Studio 1 (Sam Scripps)
Taylor Dance East
Breaking/Hip-Hop Fusion Level 3/4
Explore the history, culture, and movement of Hip-Hop through Breaking, freestyle, choreography, and other foundational styles. Students develop Breaking techniques, rhythm, and confidence in their skills and individuality, in an energetic, supportive environment.
Tuesday
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Studio 2 (Bowman)
Taylor Dance East
Jazz Level 3/4
Explore the energy and versatility of Jazz dance through the lens of Giordano Jazz technique. Students build rhythm, coordination, musicality, isolations, turns, and improvisation skills while developing confidence and performance quality.
Tuesday
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Studio 1 (Sam Scripps)
Taylor Dance East
Taylor Level 1
Dancers build confidence through learning the fundamental elements of modern and ballet dance technique while expressing their own unique creativity. Students will begin to develop coordination, balance, and body awareness through creative movement, live music, and imaginative play.
Wednesday
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Studio 2 (Bowman)
Taylor Dance East
Taylor Tots + (No Caregiver) Session 1
Young dancers discover the joy of movement through songs, rhythm games, creative play, and imaginative exploration. Alongside a caregiver (or independently in Taylor Tots+) students build coordination, confidence, listening skills, and the earliest foundations of dance in a welcoming classroom.
Wednesday
3:45 PM to 4:30 PM
Studio 1 (Sam Scripps)
Taylor Dance East
Drumming/Music Theory
Wednesday
4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Studio 2 (Bowman)
Taylor Dance East
Taylor Level 3
Taylor Level 3 dancers deepen their technical training while exploring the distinctive movement style and choreographic approach of Paul Taylor. Students engage in more challenging floor work, perform longer combinations, and begin creating choreography of their own.
Wednesday
4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Studio 1 (Sam Scripps)
Taylor Dance East
Capoeira for Kids
Experience the vibrant Afro-Brazilian tradition of Capoeira, where martial arts, dance, music, and culture come together. Students learn foundational movements, rhythm, partner work, and introductory acrobatics while building strength, coordination, and confidence.
Wednesday
5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Studio 1 (Sam Scripps)
Taylor Dance East
Taylor Level 2
Taylor Level 2 dancers strengthen coordination, flexibility, and musicality while expanding their movement vocabulary through the Taylor technique. Students learn, create, and perform longer movement phrases as they develop both technical skills and creative confidence.
Thursday
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Studio 2 (Bowman)
Taylor Dance East
Taylor Level 3
Taylor Level 3 dancers deepen their technical training while exploring the distinctive movement style and choreographic approach of Paul Taylor. Students engage in more challenging floor work, perform longer combinations, and begin creating choreography of their own.
Thursday
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Studio 1 (Sam Scripps)
Taylor Dance East
Jazz Level 2/3
Explore the energy and versatility of Jazz dance through the lens of Giordano Jazz technique. Students build rhythm, coordination, musicality, isolations, turns, and improvisation skills while developing confidence and performance quality.
Thursday
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Studio 2 (Bowman)
Taylor Dance East
Taylor Level 4
Designed for middle school dancers, Taylor Level 4 develops the strength, technique and artistry. Students learn to tackle increasingly complex choreography while understanding musicality, performance quality, and technical execution. This class is great for those dancers with experience and those new to dance.
Thursday
5:00 PM to 6:15 PM
Studio 1 (Sam Scripps)
Taylor Dance East
Taylor Tots (With Caregiver) Session 1
Young dancers discover the joy of movement through songs, rhythm games, creative play, and imaginative exploration. Alongside a caregiver (or independently in Taylor Tots+) students build coordination, confidence, listening skills, and the earliest foundations of dance in a welcoming classroom.
Saturday
9:00 AM to 9:45 AM
Studio 2 (Bowman)
Taylor Dance East
Taylor Tots + (No Caregiver) Session 1
Young dancers discover the joy of movement through songs, rhythm games, creative play, and imaginative exploration. Alongside a caregiver (or independently in Taylor Tots+) students build coordination, confidence, listening skills, and the earliest foundations of dance in a welcoming classroom.
Saturday
9:15 AM to 10:00 AM
Studio 1 (Sam Scripps)
Taylor Dance East
Taylor Tots + (No Caregiver) Session 2
Young dancers discover the joy of movement through songs, rhythm games, creative play, and imaginative exploration. Alongside a caregiver (or independently in Taylor Tots+) students build coordination, confidence, listening skills, and the earliest foundations of dance in a welcoming classroom.
Saturday
9:15 AM to 10:00 AM
Studio 1 (Sam Scripps)
Taylor Dance East
Taylor Level 1
Dancers build confidence through learning the fundamental elements of modern and ballet dance technique while expressing their own unique creativity. Students will begin to develop coordination, balance, and body awareness through creative movement, live music, and imaginative play.
Saturday
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Studio 1 (Sam Scripps)
Taylor Dance East
Tumbling Level 1/2
In this class students will explore inverted movements such as forward rolls, cartwheeling, handstands etc., will learn basic partnering skills, and will explore choreography through prompts, both on their own and in collaboration with others. Students will learn body awareness and control as well as how to support and be supported by their classmates.
Saturday
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Studio 2 (Bowman)
Taylor Dance East
Taylor Level 2
Taylor Level 2 dancers strengthen coordination, flexibility, and musicality while expanding their movement vocabulary through the Taylor technique. Students learn, create, and perform longer movement phrases as they develop both technical skills and creative confidence.
Saturday
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Studio 1 (Sam Scripps)
Taylor Dance East
Taylor Level 3
Taylor Level 3 dancers deepen their technical training while exploring the distinctive movement style and choreographic approach of Paul Taylor. Students engage in more challenging floor work, perform longer combinations, and begin creating choreography of their own.
Saturday
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Studio 2 (Bowman)
Taylor Dance East
Taylor Advanced Teen
Advanced Taylor Teen provides high school dancers with rigorous modern dance training while encouraging artistic curiosity and individual expression. Students study Taylor repertory in greater depth, refine technical skills, and challenge themselves creatively in a supportive pre-professional environment. Students should have completed Intermediate Taylor Teen or possess equivalent experience.
Saturday
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Studio 1 (Sam Scripps)
Taylor Dance East
Taylor Level 4
Designed for middle school dancers, Taylor Level 4 develops the strength, technique and artistry. Students learn to tackle increasingly complex choreography while understanding musicality, performance quality, and technical execution. This class is great for those dancers with experience and those new to dance.
Saturday
12:00 PM to 1:15 PM
Studio 2 (Bowman)
Taylor Dance East
Drumming/Music Theory
Saturday
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Studio 2 (Bowman)
Taylor Dance East
Taylor Level 1
Dancers build confidence through learning the fundamental elements of modern and ballet dance technique while expressing their own unique creativity. Students will begin to develop coordination, balance, and body awareness through creative movement, live music, and imaginative play.
Monday
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Studio 4
Taylor Dance West
Ballet Intermediate Teen
These classes are designed for students who want to study ballet to enhance their technical dance training. Taking Ballet in addition to Taylor Modern classes is highly encouraged.
Monday
5:00 PM to 6:15 PM
Studio 4
Taylor Dance West
Taylor Advanced Teen
Advanced Taylor Teen provides high school dancers with rigorous modern dance training while encouraging artistic curiosity and individual expression. Students study Taylor repertory in greater depth, refine technical skills, and challenge themselves creatively in a supportive pre-professional environment. Students should have completed Intermediate Taylor Teen or possess equivalent experience.
Monday
5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Studio 1 (Wendy Scripps)
Taylor Dance West
Ballet Level 2/3
Build strength, alignment, coordination, and classical technique through ballet training designed to complement modern dance study. Ballet strengthens the technical foundation of every dancer and is highly recommended alongside Taylor Modern classes.
Tuesday
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Studio 3
Taylor Dance West
Ballet Level 4
Build strength, alignment, coordination, and classical technique through ballet training designed to complement modern dance study. Ballet strengthens the technical foundation of every dancer and is highly recommended alongside Taylor Modern classes.
Tuesday
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Studio 4
Taylor Dance West
Taylor Level 2
Taylor Level 2 dancers strengthen coordination, flexibility, and musicality while expanding their movement vocabulary through the Taylor technique. Students learn, create, and perform longer movement phrases as they develop both technical skills and creative confidence.
Wednesday
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Studio 4
Taylor Dance West
Contemporary Jazz
This Contemporary Jazz class combines strong technical training with creative
exploration, musicality, and individual artistic expression. Students move through
a progressive warm-up, foundational Contemporary Jazz technique, across-the-
floor exercises, improvisation, and phrase work designed to develop coordination,
strength, confidence, and dynamic movement.

Whether continuing their training, returning to dance, or exploring Contemporary Jazz for the first time, young
artists are encouraged to approach movement with curiosity while building a
strong technical foundation.

Rooted in LaQuet’s movement methodology, The Onset Technique, and through emphasis on ease, flow, and connectivity, students develop not only how they move, but a deeper understanding of why they
move and what they want to communicate through movement.
Wednesday
5:00 PM to 6:15 PM
Taylor Dance West
Taylor Level 3
Taylor Level 3 dancers deepen their technical training while exploring the distinctive movement style and choreographic approach of Paul Taylor. Students engage in more challenging floor work, perform longer combinations, and begin creating choreography of their own.
Wednesday
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Studio 4
Taylor Dance West
Functional Strength for Dancers
8 Week Session

Build strength, stability, alignment, and body awareness through functional conditioning designed to support dance training. Created by Director of Education Amy Marshall, M.S. Sports Science, this class draws on the principles of dance technique, including control, breath, alignment, and intention.

Dancers develop the strength and stability to support turns, balances, weight transfers, and sustained positions. Exercises target the standing leg, deep hip rotators, hips, and core while building the muscular endurance needed to support and control turnout, arabesque, and à la seconde.
Thursday
4:00 PM to 4:45 PM
Studio 3
Taylor Dance West
Ballet Advanced Teen
Build strength, alignment, coordination, and classical technique through ballet training designed to complement modern dance study. Ballet strengthens the technical foundation of every dancer and is highly recommended alongside Taylor Modern classes.
Thursday
5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Studio 1 (Wendy Scripps)
Taylor Dance West
Taylor Intermediate Teen
This class for high school students offers pre-professional level modern dance training, encouraging artistic expression and the emergence of the individual artistic voice. Taylor repertory is practiced and analyzed to develop greater refinement and nuance. Students are encouraged to take greater artistic risks. Students at this level are encouraged to take more than one class per week.
Thursday
5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Studio 4
Taylor Dance West
Taylor Tots (With Caregiver) Session 1
Young dancers discover the joy of movement through songs, rhythm games, creative play, and imaginative exploration. Alongside a caregiver (or independently in Taylor Tots+) students build coordination, confidence, listening skills, and the earliest foundations of dance in a welcoming classroom.
Saturday
9:30 AM to 10:15 AM
Studio 3
Taylor Dance West
Taylor Level 1/2
Dancers build confidence through a continuation of learning the fundamental elements of modern and ballet dance technique while expressing their own unique creativity. Students will begin to focus more on coordination, flexibility, balance, and body awareness.
Saturday
10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Studio 4
Taylor Dance West