Discover ourBallet Classes

What happens in class

Younger classes use songs and short standing time. They learn a plié, a tendu when they are ready, and how to bow. The class is not a recital combo with ballet shoes on. Older students get real barre work. Center work follows. Across-the-floor comes after that. If November is busy with Nutcracker spacing, the barre does not disappear.

Hair goes in a bun or a secure ponytail. The dress code after enrollment is a leotard, ballet-pink tights, and pink slippers. For the trial, come in clothes they can move in. Do not buy a full shop order before you know the class fits.

Classes sit inside Monday–Thursday 4:00–8:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m.–noon. The exact level times are on the Studio Director schedule, not in a static list that goes stale. Call 916.276.8408 if you need a placement before you click register.

Ages, and the classes people confuse with ballet

Age 2 can start pre-ballet if they can be in the room. Some two-year-olds still need a grown-up on the floor. That child belongs in mommy and me, not in a drop-off ballet class that ends in the hallway. Preschool dance, ages 2–5, uses ballet words inside a mixed class. It is not the same as a ballet level that does barre every week.

For children ages 2–4, placement depends on readiness and experience. A tall four-year-old who already copies steps may sit with older pre-ballet. A three-year-old who will not leave your leg stays with you.

Pointe shoes are not a first-year purchase. We talk about pointe preparation around age 10 and only when the feet, the ankles, and the attendance say so. Buying box shoes early is how dancers get hurt. If a previous studio put your child on pointe sooner, tell us at the trial. We will not continue it just to keep the enrollment.

Shows and the teachers

Ballet students are the core of The Nutcracker in December and they appear in the Summer Showcase. The 2026 Nutcracker performance is Saturday, December 19, at Roseville High School. Rehearsals get added near the show. They are not a surprise billed as a second tuition without a conversation.

Melissa Reich has taught since 2005. Delaney Anderson and Shayla Pinther both teach ballet along with other styles. Kima Lee holds a B.A. in Dance from Sacramento State. You are not assigned a teacher by which town you drove from.

Barre work for younger dancers

A two- or three-year-old is not parked at a regulation barre for a long silent class. Pre-ballet uses songs, freeze, and a few named positions. Plié is a bend. They learn that it is a step, not a punishment. When they can copy a teacher and stay with the group, the class looks more like ballet: barre, center, across the floor, in that order. Recital steps in November do not replace the barre.

The dress code after you enroll is a leotard, ballet-pink tights, pink slippers, and hair in a bun or a ponytail that survives a roll. The trial does not require the shop order. Parents who buy pointe shoes for an eight-year-old because a photo looked serious are asked to leave the shoes at home. Pointe preparation is a strength and age decision, treated here as around 10 and up, and only after the teacher has seen the feet and the attendance. The teacher considers previous training when assessing readiness.

Ballet is the class most new students should try if they are old enough to be in the room without you and they have no other training. It is also the class lyrical students have to have first. Jazz can start at 5 without lyrical, but a jazz dancer who skips ballet has a harder time with turns. We will say that at the trial instead of enrolling three styles to make the week look full.

Shows, the building, and the bill

Ballet carries The Nutcracker. That is the December production. The Summer Showcase is the other performance most ballet students work toward. Extra rehearsals show up near those dates. They are announced. They are not a second surprise tuition. If your child is in preschool dance and you want to know whether they are in the Nutcracker cast, ask. The youngest classes are not automatically on that stage.

Class times live on the Studio Director schedule, inside Monday–Thursday 4:00–8:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m.–noon. Friday and Sunday are closed. The room is Suite P, 212 Harding Blvd, Roseville, CA 95678, Harding Plaza, next to Sherwin Williams. The number on the door and on this site is 916.276.8408. Email is [email protected]. The Register Now button opens the Studio Director portal for this studio. The Schedule link in the header opens the live class list. Check the live schedule for current class times. Tuition is quoted before you enroll, billed on the 1st, and not pro-rated for absences or the two-week breaks. Thirty days of written notice ends the billing.

Families from Rocklin, Folsom, and nearby communities attend ballet at the Roseville studio. Placement depends on the dancer’s readiness and experience.

If you are moving a dancer in from another school, tell us what they were working on, not the level number. Level names do not transfer. A “ballet 2” in one town is a pre-ballet in another. We will watch a tendu, a relevé, and whether they can stand in the group. That observation is the placement. Previous training helps the teacher assess the right class.

Parents sometimes ask to watch every week from inside the room. Ask the office what the current class allows. A trial is the day you are supposed to see the room. After that, a parent in the mirror changes how a shy child dances and how a bold child performs. We want you to see how the class normally works. The phone call is the place to ask, before you plan to work from a laptop in the corner.

Pink tights and a leotard are the uniform after enrollment because the line of the leg is the thing being taught. A skirt that hides the knee hides the correction. Keep a spare pair of tights available. Keep a spare hair net in the car. The bun is part of the class for the same reason the slippers are: the teacher can see the head and the foot. Street shoes stop at the door.