Dance Is For Everyone
Kansas City Ballet School offers a variety of dance classes. Learn more below.
Dance camps are also available to come to your community! These fun, week-long camps help children build poise, rhythm, teamwork, and creativity through ballet stories, dance, and art projects—all led by our professional faculty. Parents are invited to a special end-of-week demonstration. For more information, please contact partnerships@kcballet.org.
Dance Classes Offered at Kansas City Ballet School
Creative Aging
Kansas City Ballet offers dance classes designed for older adults, including people living with Parkinson’s or dementia.
These classes are held at senior communities throughout the Kansas City region — no dance experience needed. Our teaching artists are trained through Dance for PD®, the internationally-acclaimed program of Mark Morris Dance Group (Brooklyn, New York) exemplifying the highest level of teaching standards in the intersection of dance, Parkinson’s, and dementia.
This program is part of our commitment to making dance accessible — bringing joy, connection, and movement to senior communities across the region.
Interested in bringing a class to your community, or joining one near you? Contact partnerships@kcballet.org.
Adaptive Dance
Dance Classes for Students With Disabilities
KC Ballet Adaptive Dance programs offer creative movement and ballet classes in an open and supportive environment for children and adults. Younger students will experience rhythmic activities guided by our team to stimulate fine and gross motor skills and speech and language development, as well as sensory, visual and auditory processing skills. Teens and adults will experience a traditional ballet class in an open and supportive environment. Class sizes are limited.
Open Division Dance Classes for Teens & Adults
At KC Ballet School, we believe dance is for everyone, including teens and adults with little or no dance experience. The class schedule is flexible and you can take as many classes as your schedule allows.
Enjoy the fun and fitness of dance! Our drop-in classes meet weekly and you can attend any or all of the classes that suit your interests or level of ability.
Dance with us!
Under the direction of School Director Oliver Till, the Kansas City Ballet School offers a complete, professional curriculum for our Academy students. With locations in downtown Kansas City and Johnson County, the School maintains a faculty of over 50 instructors. The School’s Open Division attracts teens and adults who wish to pursue recreational dance instruction in a supportive and encouraging setting.