best dance programs in Cincinnati, OH

Swift Nature Camp is the perfect place for your child to spend their summer! Our overnight camp for boys and girls ages 6-15 is located in beautiful Wisconsin. We offer a unique blend of traditional summer camp activities and environmental education to help kids increase their appreciation for nature, science, and the environment. We’ve got it all – fun, friendships, adventure trips, and nature! Spend your summer with us – you’ll never forget it!

The McGing School of Irish Dance offers Irish Dance classes in a nurturing environment where thousands of students have discovered their passion since 1977. From our humble beginning the McGing Irish Dancers have grown to become a household name in the city of Cincinnati and are widely recognized around the Greater Cincinnati area and beyond. The McGing Irish Dancers' rich history has allowed McGing to become so much more than an Irish dancing school. We pride ourselves on being an internationally renowned program that gives children self-confidence, poise, and a fit body and mind both on and off the dance floor. McGing is a family friendly school where your child will learn the skill of Irish Dance while building character, having fun and developing lifelong friendships. McGing Irish Dance classes are taught to children and adults of all ages with an emphasis on individual attention. Our teaching staff ranges from school teachers to lawyers and from World Champion Irish Dancers to dancers in Lord of the Dance. The McGing School of Irish Dance is a member of An Coimisiun le Rinci Galeacha (CLRG), the governing body of Irish Dance, and our main instructors are all certified teachers and adjudicators within the organization.

With a mission to enrich lives, inspire excellence, and cultivate community through the power of dance, Cincinnati Ballet’s Otto M. Budig Academy serves the greater Cincinnati area through world-class dance education programs. Whether students aspire to dance as a profession or pursue it as a personal passion, we believe dance training allows them to unleash potential that proves impactful in all areas of their lives. Led by nationally recognized faculty, our guiding principles are to teach, challenge, and inspire the whole student to achieve their highest goals in a nurturing and positive environment.

At Cincy Dance Studio we strive to bring our dancers the latest in choreography and technique and pride ourselves on creating a fun, positive environment for our dancers to learn. All of our instructors have worked in the industry for years, received degrees in dance, and continue to further their education by attending workshops and seminars throughout the county.

Arabesbesque Dance Academy is located in North College Hill, Ohio and attracts dancers from Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. We offer a fun, inviting and safe dance environment for dancers of all ages and abilities. We offer the following dance styles: Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Lyrical, Pom, Tumbling and fitness classes. Beginner through Advanced. Arabesque Dance Academy provides students with various performance opportunities such as NBA/WBNA games, high school events, parades, recitals and much more! Audition to be apart of our performance team, or brush up on your skills in one of our classes.

de la Dance Center is for all who love dance, all kinds of dance, all kinds of dancers, all kinds of bodies. We believe dance should be joyful and fun. We believe dance is part of our lives, not something outside of it. We treat you honestly, directly, and with care. We are fully committed to our art form and to our students. We encourage your passion, validate who you are as a person and dancer, and challenge and teach you. We hope to learn from you. Integrity, honesty, commitment, and artistry guide us. All of our instructors are personable and fully certified to teach at all levels. Whether your focus is technique, flexibility or you’re just looking for a new way to work out, you can find it here. Explore our site for more information, and feel free to reach out with questions.

Elementz congratulates Hip Hop icons, DJ Kool Herc and Missy " Misdemeanor" Elliot, for their impact on the culture and the world, and being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Elementz is Cincinnati’s premier Hip Hop Cultural Art Center. Founded in 2002 as a direct response to the killing of Timothy Thomas, a young black man, and the social unrest in Over-the-Rhine that followed, Elementz was created to give voice to young people in the urban core and to disrupt the status quo, encouraging positive change in the community through civic engagement. Today, Elementz embraces and leverages the richness of Hip Hop Culture to continue to help the young people we serve be catalysts of change and to engage in creative futures. We work to intentionally Preserve, Protect and Advance Hip Hop as art, culture and a global economic and creative force, while helping our young people prepare for the creative workforce by providing academic and social-emotional support as well as exposures to generate opportunities for future success.

If you’re looking for a fun, nurturing and family friendly dance studio, welcome to Emerge . We specialize in training dancers age two through adults. Our mission is to instill grace, poise, and confidence in your child. Our annual recital is a one-of-a-kind performance experience your family won’t forget! Emerge Dance Academy is also the home of the Emerge Competition Team. Emerge provides top quality instruction from some of the best teachers in the Cincinnati area. Students trained by our staff members have gone on to perform professionally around the world. Classes are forming year round! Feel free to contact us today about enrolling your child. No matter what age or skill level, we have a class for you!

Welcome to Gotta Dance Studios, Cincinnati's most complete dance program, rich in tradition and rooted in family values since 1976. We provide affordable, fun and challenging dance education in two convenient locations – Anderson Township and St. Bernard – with high quality instruction from beginner to advanced levels in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, hip hop, musical theatre and pointe. Our professional staff, with over 180 years of combined experience, teach dance in a trusted, non-competitive environment where all students are accepted and challenged to excel at every level. Excellence in dance education, without the drama or expense of a comp team – come dance with us! Our mission is to instill in each student technique, self-confidence, technical and performance skills through the art of dance. We're proud to have created such a safe, caring, family-friendly environment for every child to learn in. Over the past 40 years, we've been challenging and inspiring students to achieve their full potential in a positive and nurturing environment, discovering joy in dance and creating lasting friendships along the way.

At Just Off Broadway, we strive to educate our students in the elements of dance and theatre, and to give all of our students the individualized attention they deserve. We have developed two main programs, one for the recreational dancer and one for those who want to take their training to a competitive level, and we host a variety of classes in a number of different styles and levels. Come gain poise and grace in one of our ballet classes taught by local professionals, hip hop with teachers who have experienced the LA dance scene, or sign up your little one for one of our pre-dance or early level classes that are tailored to kids their age for an enjoyable introduction to dance. Whether looking for a fun extracurricular activity or top-notch dance training for your child, whether you've been dancing for years or it's your first time inside the studio, we have a class for you! Feel free to give us a call or stop by our studio to learn more about all of the classes we have here at Just Off Broadway.