Contemporary & Modern Dance

Studios focused on contemporary, modern, and expressive dance training.

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Charlotte Cirque & Dance Center

Charlotte Cirque & Dance Center offers dance and circus training, including aerial silks, contemporary dance, lyra, trapeze, jazz, acrobatics, hip hop, Spanish web, hand balancing, ballet, adult classes, and youth programs.

Charlotte Dance Alliance

Charlotte Dance Alliance offers ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, lyrical, contemporary, pointe, acro, improv, competition teams, Mommy and Me, and advanced adult options from its Matthews studio.

Miller Street Dance Academy - Providence Studio

Miller Street Dance Academy offers recreational and pre-professional programs, ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, acrobatics, hip hop, musical theater, Broadway heels, poms, modern, camps, company, troupe, and competition teams.

Charlotte Performing Arts Academy

Charlotte Performing Arts Academy offers technique classes, summer camps and intensives, auditions, dance company, kidz crew, parent portal resources, and youth dance training in southwest Charlotte.

MoveStudio Charlotte

MoveStudio Charlotte offers Pilates and dance classes for adults and youth, workshops, special events, private lessons, studio rentals, youth dance programming, acrobatics, creative movement, and partner dance.

Rhythm Dance Studio

Rhythm Dance Studio is a downtown Matthews dance education center offering youth and teen programs, ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, modern, hip hop, musical theater, summer programming, and performance opportunities.

Open Door Studios

Open Door Studios offers adult and youth dance and fitness classes, ballet, jazz, modern, tap, hip hop, youth ensemble, adaptive dance, work-study, summer camps, workshops, and an American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum connection.

Inspire Performing Arts Company

Inspire Performing Arts Company offers youth dance programs, preschool dance, recreational classes, competition company, ballroom and Latin dance, musical theater, adult dance programs, summer camps, and free trial-class signup.

Charlotte Dance Collective

Charlotte Dance Collective offers recreational classes, competition classes, dance acro, free class options, parent portal resources, and youth dance programming from its North Tryon Street studio.

Tapestry Dance

Tapestry Dance is an Austin multi-form dance center and professional nonprofit company with adult and teen classes, especially tap, plus performances and community programs.

Gibney Classes

Gibney offers drop-in dance classes, workshops, intensives, artist services, rehearsal rentals, and performance space across its Lower Manhattan and Union Square locations.

Movement Research

A New York organization supporting experimental dance, classes, workshops, performances, and artist-centered research.

Jose Limon Dance Foundation

A modern dance organization preserving and teaching Limon technique through classes, training, performances, and educational programs.

Ailey Extension

Open adult dance classes in New York City across ballet, Horton, jazz, hip hop, West African, and many other styles.