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Dance Programs

Program Overview

Nancy Chippendale’s offers various year-round programs with multiple performing opportunities to dancers of all ages and abilities. Classes begin for children as young as one year old and go through adult. While our competition team has been successful on the national and international stages, our recreational program offers students the same training from all members of our well-qualified faculty and the opportunity to train up to six days per week. Our dancers are always well-represented through age approriate choreography, costumes and music choices. Below is a brief outline of each of our programs. Please call the studio if you have any further questions.

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Babysteps...Start on the right foot.

Babysteps Early Childhood Movement Center offers a variety of classes to young boys and girls, ages one through four years old. Babysteps teaches toddlers the basic listening and coordination skills through dance, music, fitness and athletics. Each half hour class focuses on your child’s individual needs at his/her specific stage of development. Classes are set up to grow with your child so that goals are set and accomplished on a daily basis to help attain a feeling of success and self confidence at a young age. Babysteps is also a place to meet and socialize with friends. We have a playgroup and parents group that meet on a daily basis to help establish a firm support group of parents and children who enjoy participating in the same activities and have similar schedules. For more information please visit the Babysteps website.

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Recreational Dance

Nancy Chippendale’s Recreational Program offers students, ages three through adult, classes in various disciplines including ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, lyric, modern and ballroom. Dancers are free to take all disciplines or create their own schedule and class combinations. This program begins in September and ends in May, culminating with our annual production. Recreational dancers have additional performance opportunities in holiday parades and at various community service events. Nancy Chippendale’s offers flexible scheduling options for all members of your family and all-boy classes. Click for more details...

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Competitive Dance

The Nancy Chippendale Competitive Program offers enrolled students, ages 8-19, the opportunity to study various dance disciplines including ballet, pointe, jazz, contemporary, lyric, tap, modern, hip hop and ballroom. Each student is required to take ballet, jazz and tap and may choose to participate in as many other electives as desired. Our competitive students may also choose to dance anywhere from one to six days per week.

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Being a part of the dance competition and convention circuit is an important part in young dancer’s training. Dancers have the opportunity to learn from some of the best choreographers and teachers in the dance industry and gain international exposure. Many Nancy Chippendale Dancers have been discovered at competitions by Hollywood Directors, Walt Disney World Choreographers and Broadway Casting Directors. The Nancy Chippendale Competition Team boasts numerous National and World Championships and has had the opportunity to perform in cities all over the world including New York City, Hollywood, Orlando, Boston and Dresden, Germany. Click for more details...

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Nexstep...Strength. Poise. Balance.

The NEXSTEP program at Nancy Chippendale’s Dance Studios is designed for Juniors and Seniors in High School, who are interested in pursuing a career in the arts. Students have a demanding dance schedule and are also trained in conditioning, anatomy, nutrition, choreography, classic terminology, music theory, acting, voice and gymnastics.

NEXSTEP students also have a faculty advisor, assisting with research and working with students to aid in the preparation of audition materials for summer programs, college applications and professional careers. Guest lecturers from Boston, New York and Los Angeles as well as representatives from major talent agencies and industry professionals round out this preparatory program for developing young professionals.

Each spring a deserving Junior is awarded the NEXSTEP Scholarship, a full year’s work-study tuition to Nancy Chippendale’s Dance Studios for his/her upcoming Senior year. Since the establishment of NEXSTEP in 2007, each of the scholarship recipients have gone on to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in dance at her top college choice. Click for more details...

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Adult Dance

Enjoy exercising through dance. Our Adult Dance Program offers weekly drop-in classes from September through May in classical ballet, jazz, beginner tap, Intermediate tap, Zumba, Bootie Camp, Fit-Hop, Ballroom and Stretch & Tone. Performance opportunities are available but never required and the drop-in schedule allows you the flexibility to fit dance and exercising into your busy schedule. Click for more details...

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Boys Dance

With multiple age divisions and class options, our All-Boys Dance Program is one of the best and largest in New England. While our male dancers are always welcome to dance with the girls, boys only classes allow students to learn the proper dance technique through strong, masculine choreography and weekly strength and agility training. We offer all boys hip hop, tap, ballet, partnering and strengthening for ages 3-14 years old. Click for more details...

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Summer Dance

Summer classes are available in June, July and August and are geared toward all ages and abilities. The June Drop-in Technique Program allows dancers to keep up with ballet, jazz, tap and hip hop technique, while our summer workshops are held during the months of July and August. So whether you are looking to continue your dance education or just looking for a place for the kids to crash for a week in the summer, we have what you are looking for. Click for more details...

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