Youth Classes 

Taught by professionally trained faculty, BAX Youth Education classes provide expert instruction in building technical skills in Dance, Drama, and Tumbling. BAX students develop improvisation, original composition, and performance skills, while working independently and in collaboration. Our classes are developmentally appropriate and ensure that each child is challenged and supported.

Spring 2023 Class Schedule:  

Spring 2023 Term Dates: Monday, January 30 to Saturday, June 17, 2023

All our Youth Classes are offered with sliding scale, tiered tuition. You can learn more about tiered tuition at BAX online here.

COVID Community Care for Spring 2023:

As of January 30 2023, BAX will no longer require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for individuals to participate in or attend our classes, programs, performances or space rentals. Our vaccination requirement will remain in effect for the remainder of our Fall 2022 semester (which ends on January 28, 2023), but families registering for Spring 2023 semester classes and 2023 School Breaks programs will not need to show proof of vaccination. Read more here.

Registration for Spring 2023 classes is now closed. You can view our class listings below.
Stay tuned for the release of the Fall 2023 class schedule! 

Class

Tumble Jumble

Mondays
3:30-4:15pm

Grades / Ages

PreK/K; Ages 3-5

Teacher

Class Description

Using exercises from partner acrobatics to gymnastics, this class supports fundamental motor skills, spatial awareness, and balance. Young tumblers enjoy playful obstacle courses, animal walks, and inverted movements, while also engaging in such social skill-building as transitions, taking turns, and working as a group.

Class

Modern/ Contemporary

Mondays
3:30-4:30pm

Grades / Ages

K/1st; Ages 5-7

Teacher

Class Description

This class explores a composite of techniques and traditions unique to modern and contemporary dance including ballet, structured improvisation, and partner work. Students work both independently and collaboratively; learn phrase material, break-down and build-up repertory; and express themselves through improvisation and creative choice making.

Class

Boys Movement

Mondays
3:30-4:30pm

Grades / Ages

2nd/3rd; Ages 7-9

Teacher

Class Description

Boys Movement is one of BAX’s original classes and capitalizes on the energy, imagination, and interests of its male-identifying students through an exploration of movement. This class provides an affinity space where male-identifying students can experience crucial opportunities where a broader vision of masculinity and physical expression can be nurtured.

Class

Tumbling

Mondays
4:30-5:30pm

Grades / Ages

K/1st; Ages 5-7

Teacher

Class Description

Drawing on partner acrobatics and fundamental gymnastics exercises, this playful class explores basic locomotive and body coordination skills as well as balance and strength-building. Students engage in fun individual and group exercises including learning fun forward rolls, logrolls, bear and crab walks, skipping, chasing and galloping.

Class

Contemporary

Mondays
4:45-5:45pm

Grades / Ages

5th-8th; Ages 10-14

Teacher

Class Description

Contemporary Dance is a choreography-based movement class that pulls from a variety of European and Africanist dance traditions such as modern, jazz, ballet, and hip hop. Students focus intensively on floor work, honing their own personal style, developing skills such as musical awareness and release technique.

Class

Drag Performance

Mondays
4:45-5:45pm

Grades / Ages

2nd-4th; Ages 7-10

Teacher

Class Description

In this class, students delve into the unique and increasingly popular art form that is drag performance. Students learn about drag performance’s rich cultural history and roots in queer performance traditions. Students are invited to discuss,and dismantle gender archetypes towards creating a more expansive and empowered gender expression palate. Young artists use dramatic play, clowning, lip-syncing, as well as basic costumes, fashion, make-up, and props.

Class

Creative Movement

Tuesdays
3:30-4:15pm

Grades / Ages

PreK/K; Ages 3-5

Teacher

Class Description

A creative and engaging introduction to the world of movement, this class encourages children to explore their individual expression within a collaborative setting. Imagery, music, stories, and props play a vital role by providing structures for creative choice, dance making, and collaboration within this lively and fun group class!

Class

Tumbling

Tuesdays
3:30-4:30pm

Grades / Ages

K/1st; Ages 5-7

Teacher

Class Description

Drawing on partner acrobatics and fundamental gymnastics exercises, this playful class explores basic locomotive and body coordination skills as well as balance and strength-building. Students engage in fun individual and group exercises including learning fun forward rolls, logrolls, bear and crab walks, skipping, chasing and galloping.

Class

Drama Rama

Tuesdays
3:30-4:30pm

Grades / Ages

1st/2nd; Ages 6-8

Teacher

Class Description

In this class, young theater makers experiment with the building blocks of acting including character and embodied storytelling to create and perform devised and improvised work. Together, these young artists develop clarity of voice, expression, physical gesture and scale, ensemble-building, and audience awareness.

Class

Physical Theater

Tuesdays
4:45-6:00pm

Grades / Ages

5th-7th; Ages 10-14

Teacher

Class Description

In this class, young artists experiment with character and storytelling by creating and performing devised, improvised, and scripted-work. Students develop skills in voice, expression, physical gesture and scale, ensemble-building, and audience awareness in a fun and supportive ensemble.

Class

Dance Performance Workshop I/II

Tuesdays
4:30-7:00pm

Grades / Ages

Ages 10-15

Teacher

Class Description

DPW develops a ‘total artist’ encompassing the roles of dancer, performer, collaborator, creator, and observer. DPW encourages young artists to work both independently and in collaboration with peers, while honing and deepening skills in technique, performance, improvisation, partnering, and developing original choreography. Admission is by invitation. Learn more about BAX’s Performance Workshops here. Year-long program, by invitation only.

Class

Dance Performance Workshop III

Tuesdays
4:30-7:45pm

Grades / Ages

Ages 13+

Teacher

Class Description

DPW develops a ‘total artist’ encompassing the roles of dancer, performer, collaborator, creator, and observer. DPW encourages young artists to work both independently and in collaboration with peers, while honing and deepening skills in technique, performance, improvisation, partnering, and developing original choreography. Admission is by invitation. Learn more about BAX’s Performance Workshops here. Year-long program, by invitation only.

Class

Creative Drama

Wednesdays
3:30-4:15pm

Grades / Ages

PreK/K; Ages 4-6

Teacher

Class Description

In this playful setting, young artists enjoy creative play, imagination, and the process of working collectively. Students explore, experiment, and devise stories using their bodies, voices, emotions, and imaginations. Performance helps to build a sense of teamwork, taking turns, and harnessing individual energy for creative group fun.

Class

Tumbling

Wednesdays
3:30-4:30pm

Grades / Ages

3rd-5th; Ages 8-11

Teacher

Class Description

Drawing on techniques in yoga, gymnastics, dance, and partner acrobatics, students explore ways to support their own weight with handstands, headstands, and arm stands, as well as create inversions like arching and bridging. Students explore balances and lifts, and learn sequences of rolling and flipping. As the year progresses, improvisation, performance, observation, and reflection become an important part of the tumbling practice.

Class

Modern/Contemporary

Wednesdays
3:30-4:30pm

Grades / Ages

2nd/3rd; Ages 7-9

Teacher

Class Description

This class explores a composite of techniques and traditions unique to modern and contemporary dance including ballet, structured improvisation, and partner work. Students work both independently and collaboratively; learn phrase material, break-down and build-up repertory; and express themselves through improvisation and creative choice making.

Class

Drama Rama

Wednesdays
4:30-5:30pm

Grades / Ages

2nd/3rd; Ages 7-9

Teacher

Class Description

In this class, young theater makers experiment with the building blocks of acting including character and embodied storytelling to create and perform devised and improvised work. Together, these young artists develop clarity of voice, expression, physical gesture and scale, ensemble-building, and audience awareness.

Class

Tumbling

Wednesdays
4:45-5:45pm

Grades / Ages

4th-6th; Ages 9-12

Teacher

Class Description

Students develop balance, strength, and flexibility skills, while learning to support their own weight with handstands, headstands and arm stands. Working as a close community, students also begin creating elements of original choreography drawing on a unique blend of dance and gymnastic movement.

Class

Hip Hop

Wednesdays
4:45-6:00pm

Grades / Ages

5th-8th; Ages 10-14

Teacher

Class Description

In this class, students develop skills in musicality, choreography, and freestyling as they learn and build upon the basics of hip hop. Students are encouraged to apply a personalized lens and create original choreography that is shared with the whole class.

Class

Tumbling

Thursdays
3:30-4:30pm

Grades / Ages

1st/2nd; Ages 6-8

Teacher

Class Description

Drawing on partner acrobatics and fundamental gymnastics exercises, this playful class explores basic locomotive and body coordination skills as well as balance and strength-building. Students engage in fun individual and group exercises including learning fun forward rolls, logrolls, bear and crab walks, skipping, chasing and galloping.

Class

Hip Hop Grooves

Thursdays
3:30-4:30pm

Grades / Ages

K/1st; Ages 5-7

Teacher

Class Description

“POP AND LOCK, AND JAM, THEN BREAK!” Through principles and traditional energetic movements of the African Diaspora, students in this class experience the joy of self-liberation and collectivity through movement.

Class

Hip Hop Grooves

Thursdays
4:45-5:45pm

Grades / Ages

2nd-4th; Ages 7-10

Teacher

Class Description

“POP AND LOCK, AND JAM, THEN BREAK!” Through principles and traditional energetic movements of the African Diaspora, students in this class experience the joy of self-liberation and collectivity through movement.

Class

AcroBAX

Thursdays
4:45-6:45pm

Grades / Ages

Ages 10+

Teacher

Class Description

Drawing on contemporary circus traditions and theatrical techniques, AcroBAX isBAX’s most advanced tumbling ensemble, combining modern dance, partner acrobatics, performance, and choreography skills. AcroBAXers work closely as ensembles, developing and performing original group pieces inspired by different annual themes. Admission is by invitation. Learn more about BAX’s Performance Workshops here. Year-long program, by invitation only.

Class

Creative Movement

Saturdays
9:30-10:15am

Grades / Ages

PreK/K; Ages 3-5

Teacher

Class Description

A creative and engaging introduction to the world of movement, this class encourages children to explore their individual expression within a collaborative setting. Imagery, music, stories, and props play a vital role by providing structures for creative choice, dance making, and collaboration within this lively and fun group class!

Class

Tumble Jumble

Saturdays
9:30-10:15am

Grades / Ages

PreK/K; Ages 3-5

Teacher

Class Description

Using exercises from partner acrobatics to gymnastics, this class supports fundamental motor skills, spatial awareness, and balance. Young tumblers enjoy playful obstacle courses, animal walks, and inverted movements, while also engaging in such social skill-building as transitions, taking turns, and working as a group.

Class

Creative Ballet

Saturdays
10:30-11:30am

Grades / Ages

1st/2nd; Ages 6-8

Teacher

Class Description

Students explore their own creativity and original movements while deepening to fundamental ballet skills, including attention to alignment, balance, positionality of body and feet, and across the floor movement. Students will have opportunities to try new ideas with their peers, and to express their own artistry through choreography.

Class

Tumbling

Saturdays
10:30-11:30am

Grades / Ages

2nd-4th; Ages 7-10

Teacher

Class Description

Drawing on techniques in yoga, gymnastics, dance, and partner acrobatics, students explore ways to support their own weight with handstands, headstands, and arm stands, as well as create inversions like arching and bridging. Students explore balances and lifts, and learn sequences of rolling and flipping. As the year progresses, improvisation, performance, observation, and reflection become an important part of the tumbling practice.

Class

Hip Hop

Saturdays
11:45-12:45pm

Grades / Ages

3rd-5th; Ages 8-11

Teacher

Class Description

In this class, students develop skills in musicality, choreography, and freestyling as they learn and build upon the basics of hip hop. Students are encouraged to apply a personalized lens and create original choreography that is shared with the whole class.