Adult Dance Programs
We don’t stop dancing because we grow old...
...we grow old because we stop dancing
The child in all of us that was born to dance has not forgotten the feeling of pure delight and freedom that comes when we surrender to it. Find our adult dance classes below and see what jumps out to the dancer in you.
Come home to yourself in a community of supportive teachers and kindred adult spirits! We offer evening classes for adults in a variety of dance styles. Our class schedule is updated regularly and works on a drop-in basis. Most classes are $15 – you can pay as you go, or pick up a handy AIWA Adult Class Card (a $75 value for $60) from our office. Class cards never expire, can be used for all of our Adult Class offerings, and are easily reloadable!
Adult Class Offerings
Spring Season 2026 ADULT DROP-IN DANCE Classes:
Starting Monday Jan. 5th
Come Move with Us! *Your First Class in any style is Free!*
Beginner Tap
As dancers, we know we can become the dance – but with Tap, the study of rhythm also allows us to become the music.
In the beginner class, students will be introduced to tap technique and vocabulary and then be invited to play with rhythm, syncopation, accent, compound steps, and polyrhythms.
Each class will introduce vocabulary as well as combination skills where students will be able to develop a sense of rhythms and patterns. Class consists of a warm-up, mini combinations either in a stationary or traveling time step, and finish with a creative dance piece.
Intermediate/Advanced Tap
If Tap has been your thing for a while and you are looking for a bigger challenge, you can take the step up into David’s Int/Adv Tap class. With similar formatting to the beginner class but with more complex rhythms, steps, and combinations. It is a welcoming class for all tappers.
AfroCaribbean Fusion
AfroCaribbean dance is an African-rooted style of dance woven with the multicultural influences of traditional Caribbean dance. This style is generally fast-paced, high energy, free spirited, and uses the whole body.
Students will start with a rhythmic warmup, set to different styles of African drumming and Caribbean music. The class transitions to movement practice. This consists of travel patterns and center practice that is selected to prepare students for the main choreography which is taught and rehearsed for the second portion of the class.
Each class introduces new movements but begins fresh from the warm-up so that returning students and first-timers alike can learn and have a blast!
Contemporary
Contemporary Dance is a fusion of many past styles and is very freestyle in itself. This class combines movements from ballet, lyrical, jazz, and modern without being too strict on any one style.
The class is easy-going at heart, but still challenging for the mind and body. Every class begins with a stretch before getting into technique work across the floor and/or a mini-combination in the center of the room with the song du jour. Some days are more fast paced, and some are relaxed depending on the style and song, but always fun and welcoming.
All levels are welcome. Questions and repeat movement are encouraged throughout the class, and it is a judgement free zone.
Hip-Hop
Hip-hop dance is a street born style that started in the 1970s. It is an expressive dance with much improvisation and rhythm. It’s a cultural art form tied to music, DJing, and graffiti, allowing for diverse personal interpretation and storytelling through movement. This style is generally fast-paced, high energy, and uses the whole body. Prepare to sweat!
Students will start with a stretch warmup, before getting into learning a movement combination. Each week may consist of a different style of music and movement.
It is an open class for all levels and encourages all new-comers to ask questions, repeat moves, and keep coming back for more fun!
Broadway Jazz
New as of Summer 2025!! Broadway Jazz is an energetic class that uses theatrical jazz styles that run the gamut from old to contemporary broadway, using music and movement from honky tonk, to funk, to alternative and edgy rock. It is jazz with attitude.
Class always starts with a stretch and a warm-up, then gets you up in moving, either with technique and mini-combinations across the floor, or a larger piece in the center, sometimes both!
This class will get your blood pumping, get you limber, and feeling good!
