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Preschool activities that are healthy, fun & educational! These adorable creative dance students are taking their bows, having just performed for their families in our in-house, no-cost, no-hassle dance recital.

Creative Dance Class Schedules

Summer 2018

The Summer session runs July 6 - August 30.

Preschool Activities Greenwood
Creative Dance Classes

Creative Dance Classes in Greenwood Level I
Ages 3-4

NOTE: (Pre-requisite for 3 to 3 1/2 year olds: must have completed at least 2 sessions of Mommy/Daddy & Me Toddler Dance)

Fridays, 10:45-11:30AM with creative dance instructor, Alyssa Brillinger in Studio #2

Creative Dance Classes in Greenwood Level I/II
Ages 3 1/2-5

Tuesdays, 10:45-11:30AM with creative dance instructor, Alyssa Brillinger in Studio #2

Tuesdays, 3:45-4:30 PM with creative dance instructor, Jenn Taranto in Studio #2

Saturdays, 10:40-11:25 AM with creative dance instructor, Alyssa Brillinger in Studio #2

Sundays, 11:15AM-12:00PM with creative dance instructor, Jenn Taranto in Studio #1

Class Prices

Preschool Activities Magnolia
Creative Dance Classes

Creative Dance Classes in Magnolia
Ages 3.5-5

Mondays, 4:00-5:00PM with creative dance instructor, Margaret Behm

Saturdays, 9:45-10:30AM with Maia Nowack

Class Prices

Preschool Activities Shoreline
Creative Dance Classes

Creative Dance Classes in Shoreline
Ages 3.5-5

Tuesdays, 3:00-3:45PM with creative dance instructor, Emily Curtiss in Studio #1

Tuesdays, 5:45-6:30PM with creative dance instructor, Emily Curtiss in Studio #1

Wednesdays, 9:00-9:45 AM with creative dance instructor, Dakota Crist, in Studio #2

Fridays, 9:45-10:30AM with creative dance instructor, Dakota Crist in Studio #2

Saturdays, 9:45-10:30AM with creative dance instructor, Sophie Stanley in Studio #2

Sundays, 9:45-10:30AM with creative dance instructor, Dakota Crist in Studio #2

Shoreline Class Registration

Class Pricing

1240 NE 175th St. Shoreline, Washington, 98155

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Winter/Spring Schedule 2018

Greenwood and Magnolia Winter/Spring sessions run February 5 - June 15, 2018.

Shoreline session run March 12th - June 15, 2018.

Preschool Activities Greenwood
Creative Dance Classes

Creative Dance Summer Classes in Greenwood Level I
Ages 3-4

Please note: The age cutoff date is August 31

ALSO NOTE: (Pre-requisite for 3 to 3 1/2 year olds: must have completed at least 2 sessions of Mommy/Daddy & Me Toddler Dance)

Fridays, 11:15-11:55 AM with creative dance instructor, Alyssa Brillinger in Studio #2

Saturdays, 11:30AM-12:10 PM with creative dance instructor, Alyssa Brillinger in Studio #2

Sundays, 10:35-11:15 AM with creative dance instructor, Alyssa Brillinger in Studio #2

**This class is full -- please register to be placed on wait list**

Creative Dance Classes in Greenwood Level II
Ages 3-4

Please note the age cutoff date is August 31.

Tuesdays, 3:45-4:30 PM with creative dance instructor, Jenn Taranto in Studio #2

**This class is full -- please register to be placed on wait list**

Saturdays, 10:40-11:25 AM with creative dance instructor, Alyssa Brillinger in Studio #2

**This class is full -- please register to be placed on wait list**

Sundays, 9:45-10:30 AM with creative dance instructor, Alyssa Brillinger in Studio #2

**This class is full -- please register to be placed on wait list**

Greenwood Class Registration

Class Prices

Preschool Activities Magnolia
Creative Dance Classes

Creative Dance Summer Classes in Magnolia
Ages 3.5-5

Please note: The age cutoff date is August 31.

Mondays, 3:30-4:15 PM with creative dance instructor, Margaret Behm

Saturdays, 9:55-10:40 AM with creative dance instructor, Maia Nowack

**This class is full -- please register to be placed on wait list**

Sundays, 9:45-10:30 AM with creative dance instructor, Maia Nowack

**This class is full -- please register to be placed on wait list**

Magnolia Class Registration

Class Prices

Preschool Activities Shoreline
Creative Dance Classes Begin March 12th

Creative Dance Summer Classes in Shoreline
Ages 3.5-5

Tuesdays, 4:00-4:45 PM with creative dance instructor, Ines Andrade in Studio #1

Tuesdays, 6:00-6:45 PM with creative dance instructor, Julia Hart in Studio #1

Wednesdays, 9:00-9:45 AM with creative dance instructor, Dakota Crist, in Studio #2

Fridays, 9:45-10:30 AM with creative dance instructor, Dakota Crist in Studio #2

Saturdays, 9:45-10:30 AM with creative dance instructor, Margaret Behm in Studio #2

Sundays, 9:45-10:30 AM with creative dance instructor, Dakota Crist in Studio #2

Shoreline Class Registration

Class Pricing

1240 NE 175th St. Shoreline, Washington, 98155

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Preschool Activities: Creative Dance Class Attire

Preschool Girls wear Black cotton tank leotard (Block Style CL5405) with pink footless tights. Long hair must be pulled back in a pony tail.
Preschool Boys wear Black shorts or sweats, white T-Shirt and bare feet

Summer Attire: as above, however students can wear leotards without tights if the warm weather dictates.

Attire is available at Centerstage Capezio 5261 University NE. (206-527-4697)

Preschool Activities: Why Creative Dance Is The Best

Creative Dance: Does your child love to move when you play music? Play music and they will dance around the room. Observe them closely and you will notice that they repeat the same movements over and over. They not only have a limited early speaking vocabulary, they have a limited early movement vocabulary. The best preschool activities makes use of your child's imagination. Expanding their movement vocabulary in our creative dance classes is so beneficial. We make learning fun and that is why this is perhaps the perfect preschool activity for your child.

Like creative dance classes at other comperable dance schools, our classes work on the obvious things like developing body awareness, loco-motor-skills, strength, and flexibility. However, children are capable of much more learning, and we take full advantage of this opportunity in our dance classes. Your child will learn more in our classes as a result.

Connie Bergstein Dow, MFA, is a huge advocate for preschooler's creative dance. Connie has performed and taught dance in the United States and Latin America for 38 years. She is the author of Dance, Turn, Hop, Learn! Enriching Movement Activities for Preschoolers. Connie's article for the National Association for the Education of Young Children is a wonderful read.

We introduce your child to concepts such as levels in space, directions in space, pathways, qualities of movement, etc. Your child will see, feel and experience whether something is fast, slow, sharp, smooth, strong, light etc. As they become familiar with these concepts they can understand points of reference and perspective. For example, they will take one movement that feels very familiar in their body and with the instructors guidance, make it a dozen different creative dance movement variations. They’ll try it high, try it low, try it backwards, upside down, with a partner etc. It’s all wrapped in fun creative themes and it opens up unlimited possibilities to move, express and relate to the world around them.

Many locations offer preschool activities that are simply unstructured, haphazard and random play activity. Our creative dance class is among the best quality preschool activities that teaches so much however, all the kids know is that they are having fun.

We wrote a quick read guide: 10 Top Questions to Ask A Dance School-Before You Give Them Your Money. It's FREE here.

Meet Your Child's Creative Dance Teachers

"Just as is true in the best preschool activities, the quality of the creative dance teacher makes all the difference."

Elizabeth Chayer

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Inez Andrade

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Alyssa Brillinger

Margaret Behm

Maia Nowack

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Jenn Taranto

Dakota Crist

Julia Hart

Elizabeth Chayer

Founder/Director American Dance Institute

Preschool Activies: Children & Competition

"Very young children shouldn't compete against each other. Comparing themselves to others who have more or less natural ability can skew a budding self image. Children with healthy self images try harder, are more persistent and are generally happier. We help children discover their own best-self image first."

Winter/Spring 2018

Greenwood and Magnolia Winter/Spring sessions run February 5 - June 15, 2018.

Shoreline session run March 12th - June 15, 2018.

Preschool Activities Greenwood
Creative Dance Classes

Creative Dance Classes in Greenwood Level I
Ages 3-4

Please note: The age cutoff date is August 31

ALSO NOTE: (Pre-requisite for 3 to 3 1/2 year olds: must have completed at least 2 sessions of Mommy/Daddy & Me Toddler Dance)

Fridays, 11:15-11:55 AM with creative dance instructor, Alyssa Brillinger in Studio #2

Saturdays, 11:30AM-12:10 PM with creative dance instructor, Alyssa Brillinger in Studio #2

Sundays, 10:35-11:15 AM with creative dance instructor, Alyssa Brillinger in Studio #2

**This class is full -- please register to be placed on wait list**

Creative Dance Classes in Greenwood Level II
Ages 3-4

Please note the age cutoff date is August 31.

Tuesdays, 3:45-4:30 PM with creative dance instructor, Jenn Taranto in Studio #2

**This class is full -- please register to be placed on wait list**

Saturdays, 10:40-11:25 AM with creative dance instructor, Alyssa Brillinger in Studio #2

**This class is full -- please register to be placed on wait list**

Sundays, 9:45-10:30 AM with creative dance instructor, Alyssa Brillinger in Studio #2

**This class is full -- please register to be placed on wait list**

Greenwood Class Registration

Class Prices

Preschool Activities Magnolia
Creative Dance Classes

Creative Dance Classes in Magnolia
Ages 3.5-5

Please note: The age cutoff date is August 31.

Mondays, 3:30-4:15 PM with creative dance instructor, Margaret Behm

Saturdays, 9:55-10:40 AM with creative dance instructor, Maia Nowack

**This class is full -- please register to be placed on wait list**

Sundays, 9:45-10:30 AM with creative dance instructor, Maia Nowack

**This class is full -- please register to be placed on wait list**

Magnolia Class Registration

Class Prices

Preschool Activities Shoreline
Creative Dance Classes Begin March 12th

Creative Dance Classes in Shoreline
Ages 3.5-5

Tuesdays, 4:00-4:45 PM with creative dance instructor, Ines Andrade in Studio #1

Tuesdays, 6:00-6:45 PM with creative dance instructor, Julia Hart in Studio #1

Wednesdays, 9:00-9:45 AM with creative dance instructor, Dakota Crist, in Studio #2

Fridays, 9:45-10:30 AM with creative dance instructor, Dakota Crist in Studio #2

Saturdays, 9:45-10:30 AM with creative dance instructor, Margaret Behm in Studio #2

Sundays, 9:45-10:30 AM with creative dance instructor, Dakota Crist in Studio #2

Shoreline Class Registration

Class Pricing

1240 NE 175th St. Shoreline, Washington, 98155

Join our Shoreline Mailing list for Updates

Preschool Activities: Creative Dance Class Attire

Summer Attire: as above, however students can wear leotards without tights if the warm weather dictates.

Attire is available at Centerstage Capezio 5261 University NE. (206-527-4697)

Preschool Activities: Why Creative Dance Is The Best

We wrote a quick read guide: 10 Top Questions to Ask A Dance School-Before You Give Them Your Money. It's FREE here.

Meet Your Child's Creative Dance Teachers

"Just as is true in the best preschool activities, the quality of the creative dance teacher makes all the difference."

Elizabeth Chayer

Inez Andrade

Alyssa Brillinger

Margaret Behm

Maia Nowack

Jenn Taranto

Dakota Crist

Julia Hart

Elizabeth Chayer

Founder/Director American Dance Institute

Preschool Activies: Children & Competition

Instructor Ines Andrade

Based on 10 reviews

For me, ADI has the family spirit going, where we pay attention to the student's heart. Teachers here are ambassadors for growth and connection and want to continue to see the kids from the neighborhood bring magic, as future adults, into the wider community .

Ines Andrade
ADI Instructor 10+ yrs

Classes Ines Teaches

Children's Creative Dance
Pre-Ballet

Tap Dancing

Testimonials

Ines's teaching skills are extraordinary. My son says; "She's the fun-est lady in the whole world!"
She has so much energy and is so patient with the girls! J. Vicers

My children were in Inez's class 2 years ago and LOVED her. Paige still remembers her. D. Ellington

7 additional students rated Ines Consistently awesome - 5 stars.

Ines's Bio

Ines Andrade received her BFA in Dance/Choreography from University of Florida/New World School of the Arts. Before moving to Seattle, she performed, choreographed and taught young children in Paris, France, Florida and the San Juan Islands.

In addition to her classes at American Dance Institute, Ines also teaches at pre-schools, elementary schools, and Pacific Northwest Ballet. She also performs in an array of ethnic dance forms and is a member of Seattle Early Dance (Renaissance and Baroque work).

Ines has been with American Dance Institute since 1999 teaching Creative Dance, Pre-Ballet and Tap.

Instructor Alyssa Brillinger

Allyssa Brillinger teaches tap dance classes for American Dance Institute

6 Student reviews.

Classes Alyssa Teaches

Ballet
Children's Pre-Ballet

Tap Dancing

Parent Toddler
Children's Creative

Alyssa Brillinger's Bio

Alyssa is from Grand Rapids, Michigan, and she began her dance training there at the Academy of Dance Arts. She hold a BA in English from Hope College in Holland, Michigan where she minored Dance.

While at Hope, she studied under instructors associated with the Ailey School, Alonzo King LINES training program, the Joffrey Ballet, Lehrer Dance, Rennie Harris Puremovement, Nikolais/Louis, and Pilobolus.

She danced in several faculty and student-choreographed performances, and she choreographed several pieces that were performed on campus and within the community.

Alyssa is trained in the Cecchetti Ballet technique as well as in tap, jazz, modern, and pointe. She teaches creative movement classes within various Seattle schools and day care centers.

Testimonials

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Emily H. Seattle

We just finished our parent and toddler class with Miss Alyssa. As a former early educator with a little one who is on the tender/sensitive side, I believe we couldn't have had a better experience and teacher. It was a creative, casual environment where our daughter could watch the other children and adults until she was comfortable participating. Additionally, our daughter went from observing most of the time to doing all the movements and songs at home and participating in the entire class. As parents, it was truly rewarding watching our daughter gain confidence and enthusiasm in expressing herself through dance in front of others.

Miss Alyssa is warm, personable, and knows how to involve and engage the toddlers with their different personalities. She keeps things moving along, with enough predictability for the toddlers to anticipate the next part of the class. I had other friends do the parent and toddler class, and when they hear about our class experience, they say they wish they had Miss Alyssa too! I can't say enough positive things about her, especially if you have a slow-to-warm little one as we do.

This was a wonderful experience for our whole family. Our daughter gained so much confidence and excitement for creative movement through this experience. Thanks, ADI and Miss Alyssa! We hope to be back

"Very patient Instructor and teaches at a nice pace. ""Consistently Awesome 5 stars" Trisha Creaven

"Consistently Awesome 5 stars " Annalisa Steinnes

"Consistently Awesome 5 stars " Brenna Steinnes

"Consistently Awesome 5 stars " Erica Crane

'Consistently Awesome - 5 stars' Anonymous

Margaret Behm

Margaret's Bio

Originally from Fort Collins, CO, Margaret holds a BFA in Dance and a Minor in Women & Gender Studies from the University of Colorado Boulder. She has been a member of Louder than Words Dancetheatre in Denver, CO and most recently with Keshet Dance Company in Albuquerque, NM.

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Margaret has directed the pre-professional programs at Mountain Dance in Fort Collins, where she also grew up dancing. At Keshet Dance Company, her teaching experience was diverse and included teaching Adaptive dance, working with dancers with disabilities.

Margaret is a dance and teaching artist with an affinity for improvisation, and a desire to explore the infinite ways her body moves. As a teacher, she takes pride in guiding others’ discoveries of their dancing bodies, and wants everyone to feel empowered to take up space in the world.

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Margaret is new to Seattle and incredibly excited to get involved with the dance community and to be joining the staff at ADI.

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ADI instructor Margaret Behm with students Sara, Jessica, Carly, Sophia and Ann at our first Junior/Teen Intermediate Jazz class at our new Magnolia studio. Great work tonight girls. So happy to have you in our ADI family.

Maia Nowack

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Mia Nowack is a dance teacher for American Dance Institute

Maia grew up dancing in Seattle, then went to Northwestern University in Evanston where she graduated suma cum laude with a Bachelors in Theatre and a minor in Dance. While there, she performed in works by Chicago based choreographers including Jeff Hancock, Joel Valentin Martinez, and Maray Gutierrez.

She has also participated in Strictly Seattle and Dance This! intensives in Seattle. She has taught both drama and dance to students in the Evanston School District, and interned at Seattle Children's Theatre, where she is now a teaching apprentice.

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Maia Nowack with first tap class in American Dance Institute's first Magnolia tap dancing class.

Adult tap students Christine and Cheryl with instructor Maia Nowack in our first tap class in Magnolia.

Instructor Jenn Taranto

Based on 9 reviews.

Jenn's Bio

American Dance Institute welcomes Jennifer Taranto to their teaching staff. Jennifer has been teaching at The School of Classical Ballet for the last 2 years.

Jenn began her ballet training in Warwick, NY at the age of 10. While in high school, Jenn studied at the Joffrey Ballet School, American Ballet Theatre and the New York Ballet Institute where she received her most intensive training. Here, Jenn was trained in the Vaganova method from former students of The Kirov Academy of St. Petersburg. She continues to pass down this style of ballet to her students, with its clean lines and a strong emphasis on port de bras.

Jenn loves choreographing and teaching.

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Testimonials

Jenn is wonderful with the kids - always very patient even their wild moments! Anon

Jenn Taranto! She's been great. Some parents say Jenn's instruction has produced marked improvement. It's exciting! Phyllis Fletcher

" Great-4 Stars, She was excellent and made the class everything I hoped it would be." Linda Huizingh

"Jenn Taranto is the BEST ballet teacher I've ever had in my life. I wish you had more of her classes." Muratani

Attentive, inspiring, brought the entire class along on a path of progress! Parisa

"Consistently awesome - 5 Stars" Marina Knisely

"Consistently awesome - 5 Stars" Cezanne Ezekiel

"Consistently awesome - 5 Stars" Anonomous

Dakota Crist

Dakota Crist had her early training in Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary and Modern Dance at Diane’s Dance Works in Helena, Montana, then went on to study at Creative Arts Center in Helena, Ballet Montana Academy and Sacramento Ballet.

She holds a BFA in Dance from Cornish College of the Arts. Dakota is currently a company member of The Three Yells dance company and she has been teaching since 2009.

She joined American Dance Institute in January of 2018.

Julia Hart

Julia Hart grew up studying Ballet, Jazz, Tap and Contemporary at Dancenter North in Libertyville, Illinois, She has performed extensively, including multiple roles in 10 years of Nutcracker performances. Julia choreographed for and performed with 2 separate dance companies at the University of Notre Dame. She has been teaching dance since 2012, with a special affinity for rhythm tap. Julia joins American Dance Institute as we open our Shoreline location in January of 2018.

Dakota, had her early training in Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary and Modern Dance at Diane’s Dance Works in Helena, Montana, then went on to study at Creative Arts Center in Helena, Ballet Montana Academy and Sacramento Ballet. She holds a BFA in Dance from Cornish College of the Arts. Dakota is currently a company member of The Three Yells dance company and she has been teaching since 2009.

She joined American Dance Institute in January of 2018.

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Our Children's Program Dance Classes

Our Children's dance classes teach to the whole child to dance, think, create and work well with others.

Our Children's Program Dance Classes Incorporate Intellect, Creativity & Discipline.

Kids love to move and when you play music, they dance around the room. Observe them closely and you will notice that they repeat the same movements over and over. They not only have a limited early speaking vocabulary, they have a limited early movement vocabulary.

As they become familiar with movement concepts, they can understand points of reference and perspective. For example, they will take one movement that feels very familiar in their body and with our instructor’s guidance make it into a dozen different movement variations. They'll try it high, try it low, try it backwards, upside down, with a partner etc. It’s all wrapped in fun creative themes and it opens up unlimited possibilities to move, express and relate to the world around them.

Our children's program leverage a child's love of movement with a movement vocabulary and we build on that vocabulary to help them define the physical and social world around them. Dance is more than physicality, it involves intellect, creativity, and discipline. Kid's love our dance classes because they are fun. We make learning dance fun because it works. Like you, we believe that every child deserves an essential dance foundation for a happy life pursuing excellence in all things.

ADI's founder and current director, Elizabeth Chayer, continues to pioneer improved dance instruction practices and has been incorporating them into her school's curriculum for over twenty seven years.

Elizabeth wrote a quick read guide, explaining the must-ask questions to ask dance schools, before you give them your money. She wrote this guide after gleaning the repeat questions from over a thousand school interviews. Arm yourself with knowledge to make an informed choice. It is free and no email address is required.

Children's Dance Classes In A Noncompetitive Learning Environment

We teach to the 'whole child' to dance, think, create and to work well with others.

ADI teaches young children an alternative to 'competition with other students' and this alternative ultimately makes them ideal competitors, happier people, and excellent citizens.

ADI teaches every child to first discover 'their personal best' as a benchmark and not to compare themselves to others who may have more or less natural ability.

ADI's non-competitive environment actually improves your child's ability to learn.

Kid's Dance Classes In Safe Dance Studios

Our Seattle dance studios, located in Greenwood at 8001 Greenwood Ave North, and 3116 West Smtih Street in Magnolia, are ideally suited spaces for children to run, jump and land safely on 'sprung floors', protecting them from the injuries that occur on concrete, mat- covered or even common wood floors. Our dance floors are also steam cleaned daily and are fr

ee of chemical contaminants.

Pre-Ballet / Tap Combo Dance Classes

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Pre-Ballet/Tap Class Schedule

Children's Dance Classes and Neural Connectivity

Stanford Professor Richard Powers writes in his paper; Use It or Lose It: Dancing Makes You Smarter, "Dancing integrates several brain functions at once-kinesthetic, rational, musical, and emotional-further increasing one's neural connectivity." Read more.

Mommy & Me Parent Toddler Dance

America Dance Institute offers FREE Mommy or Daddy & Me Parent-Toddler classes.

Parent Toddler Class Schedule

Children's Tap Dancing Classes

A Children's Tap Dancing Class performance at a Greenwood-Phinney ArtWalk performance. Community performances such as ArtWalk provide a great opportunity to showcase what they've learned. It also builds community.

Children's Tap Dancing Class Schedule

All ADI dance classes introduce verbal and movement vocabularies, new conceptual frameworks, perspectives and problem-solving skills, and we are the A in S.T.E.A.M. concepts. Your child will better relate to the world around them and their peers and their ability to learn everything will increase as well.

Children's Hip Hop Dance Classes

ADI Instructor, Moira Bugler, leads a class of children in a Pre-Hip Hop dance class. Moira studied with Emmy award winning Choreographers Tabbitha & Napoleon and Luther Brown of the hit TV show: So You Think You Can Dance.

Children's Hip Hop Class Schedule

Children's Creative Dance

Children's Creative Dance Class Schedule

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ADI is movement, physicality, and progress, not tutus, costumes & makeup.

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"Enroll your children in ADI and relax."

My daughter studied at ADI for five years before we moved away. We loved and miss ADI.

Ebba Lucander
Entrepreneur, Activist, ADI Parent, 5 years

Teen Ballet

Sophia, a longtime student, began studying at ADI at age ten. She's off to college now and a wonderful life.

Teen Ballet Class Scedule

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Children's Irish Class Schedule

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About Our Teen Dance Program

Why Is Non-Competitive Better?

How To Choose A Dance School

Read about Dr. Peter Lovatt and John J. Ratty's work on the relationship between learning and movement.

Stanford Professor Richard Powers: Dance, Brain Function and Neural Connectivity

Sir Ken Robinson's Famous TED Talk on how we are failing to appreciate the importance of a child's curiosity and creativity.

Ontario Arts Council Video: Why I Dance

Read about scientific evidence that suggests that big dance movements create new brain synapse connections.

About Our Adult Dance Program

Excellence in dance instruction without the pretense.

Students Cara, Lara, Lisa, Jessica & Philip all having fun in our adult dance classes. These smiles convey perfectly what our adult dance program mission is and what your dance class experience will be. Choose from ballet, hip hop, contemporary/modern, tap, jazz, flamenco, and Irish dance classes for adults.

We offer noncompetitive, invigorating and fun dance classes.

Our school culture is very friendly, very accommodating and non-competitive. You'll always feel welcome and never feel that you're being judged. While everyone is a serious student at ADI, we don't take ourselves too seriously. Your day is full of challenges so we try to make our dance studios an oasis of love, respect and invigorating fun for all students.

Choose From Ballet, Hip-Hop, Contemporary/Modern, Tap, Jazz, Flamenco, and Irish dance classes for adults.

For The Experienced Dancer

We offer a range of classes for advanced, intermediate and beginning dancer.
Advanced dancers are placed with other advanced dancers and beginners with beginners.

Dance teachers are skilled at pacing appropriately for various experience levels in the room.
Find a class that matches your experience level and we can help you identify them in our schedule.

For The Beginning Dancer

Beginners will receive a lot of personal attention and they will progress quickly as a result.
Beginners will learn in beginning classes that move at a slower pace.

You and your fellow classmates will all share in the dance class experience. It's an opportunity to make new friends or spend quality time with existing friends.
No need to be intimidated. Students who have never had any dance training will be carefully and patiently guided from the ground up.

Find a class that matches your experience level and we can help you find that.

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Spacious, wide-open dance studios.

Move, workout and dance in any of our invigorating dance classes!

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"Life is hard, but you will find our dance studios to be an oasis of love, respect and fun."

Our dance studios are in Seattle's Greenwood and Magnolia neighborhoods.

Excellent ballet classes are near you!

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Adult intermediate Ballet students at the portable barre, in American Dance Institute's sunlit Ballet Studio #1.

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Giving everyone necessary corrections while maintaining a fun pace is what great dance teachers do in class. Here ADI Founder, Director Elizabeth Chayer corrects the alignment of a beginning Ballet student in Studio #2.

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American Dance Institute's adult contemporary dance students have performed in many of the Greenwood-Phinney or Phinneywood Art Walk events.

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Tap dancing for the ArtWalk crowd.

Encarnacion, a Flamenco dance teacher at Seattle's American Dance Institute. Encarnación was born in Barcelona to a family of exiles from the Spanish Civil war and lived between Barcelona and Mexico City most of her life. Still, her family kept her immersed in flamenco music.

Encarnacion is Seattle's only Spanish born Flamenco teacher.

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How is a non-competitive class environment better?

To learn to dance requires a lot of concentration. It's distracting to be in a classroom with advanced dancers, who feel that it is their class time and that you are slowing them down. If you feel unwelcome it'll distract you. It'll require more time and effort to learn. Your dance class will not be as enjoyable.

In a non-competitive room full of friendly classmates, you can relax and be yourself. You'll feel accepted, open up, take risks. You'll actually learn more in a shorter period of time. This is what ADI's non-competitive classroom environment does for you and it will make an amazing difference in your learning experience.

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Greenwood Studios Location

8001 Greenwood Ave North, Seattle WA 98103

Preschool Activities: Creative Dance Classes

Creative Dance Class Schedules

Summer 2018

The Summer session runs July 6 - August 30.

Preschool Activities Greenwood Creative Dance Classes

Creative Dance Classes in Greenwood Level IAges 3-4

Creative Dance Classes in Greenwood Level I/IIAges 3 1/2-5

Preschool Activities Magnolia Creative Dance Classes

Creative Dance Classes in MagnoliaAges 3.5-5

Preschool Activities Shoreline Creative Dance Classes

Creative Dance Classes in ShorelineAges 3.5-5

Winter/Spring Schedule 2018

Greenwood and Magnolia Winter/Spring sessions run February 5 - June 15, 2018.

Shoreline session run March 12th - June 15, 2018.

Preschool Activities Greenwood Creative Dance Classes

Creative Dance Summer Classes in Greenwood Level IAges 3-4

Creative Dance Classes in Greenwood Level IIAges 3-4

Preschool Activities Magnolia Creative Dance Classes

Creative Dance Summer Classes in MagnoliaAges 3.5-5

Please note: The age cutoff date is August 31.

Preschool Activities Shoreline Creative Dance Classes Begin March 12th

Creative Dance Summer Classes in ShorelineAges 3.5-5

Preschool Activities: Creative Dance Class Attire

Preschool Activities: Why Creative Dance Is The Best

Meet Your Child's Creative Dance Teachers

"Just as is true in the best preschool activities, the quality of the creative dance teacher makes all the difference."

Dakota Crist

Julia Hart

Preschool Activies: Children & Competition

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Winter/Spring 2018

Greenwood and Magnolia Winter/Spring sessions run February 5 - June 15, 2018.

Shoreline session run March 12th - June 15, 2018.

Preschool Activities Greenwood Creative Dance Classes

Creative Dance Classes in Greenwood Level IAges 3-4

Creative Dance Classes in Greenwood Level IIAges 3-4

Preschool Activities Magnolia Creative Dance Classes

Creative Dance Classes in MagnoliaAges 3.5-5

Please note: The age cutoff date is August 31.

Preschool Activities Shoreline Creative Dance Classes Begin March 12th

Creative Dance Classes in ShorelineAges 3.5-5

Preschool Activities: Creative Dance Class Attire

Preschool Activities: Why Creative Dance Is The Best

Meet Your Child's Creative Dance Teachers

"Just as is true in the best preschool activities, the quality of the creative dance teacher makes all the difference."

Dakota Crist

Julia Hart

Preschool Activies: Children & Competition

Read More...

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Our Children's Program Dance Classes

Our Children's dance classes teach to the whole child to dance, think, create and work well with others.

Our Children's Program Dance Classes Incorporate Intellect, Creativity & Discipline.

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Pre-Ballet / Tap Combo Dance Classes

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Preschool Activities Greenwood
Creative Dance Classes

Creative Dance Classes in Greenwood Level I
Ages 3-4

Creative Dance Classes in Greenwood Level I/II
Ages 3 1/2-5

Preschool Activities Magnolia
Creative Dance Classes

Creative Dance Classes in Magnolia
Ages 3.5-5

Preschool Activities Shoreline
Creative Dance Classes

Creative Dance Classes in Shoreline
Ages 3.5-5

Preschool Activities Greenwood
Creative Dance Classes

Creative Dance Summer Classes in Greenwood Level I
Ages 3-4

Creative Dance Classes in Greenwood Level II
Ages 3-4

Preschool Activities Magnolia
Creative Dance Classes

Creative Dance Summer Classes in Magnolia
Ages 3.5-5

Preschool Activities Shoreline
Creative Dance Classes Begin March 12th

Creative Dance Summer Classes in Shoreline
Ages 3.5-5

Preschool Activities Greenwood
Creative Dance Classes

Creative Dance Classes in Greenwood Level I
Ages 3-4

Creative Dance Classes in Greenwood Level II
Ages 3-4

Preschool Activities Magnolia
Creative Dance Classes

Creative Dance Classes in Magnolia
Ages 3.5-5

Preschool Activities Shoreline
Creative Dance Classes Begin March 12th

Creative Dance Classes in Shoreline
Ages 3.5-5