Classical and Contemporary Dance

Classical and Contemporary Dance offers classes including Pre/Primary Introduction to Ballet Movement, Pre Ballet, Primary, Level 1–4/5/6 ballet, Teen/Adult classes, Children’s Tap, Hip Hop, Teen/Adult Contemporary, Adult Beginning Ballet classes, and Private Lessons. The program also includes Character Dance, Ballet Technique, an Adult Intermediate Ballet Open Class, and a Teen/Adult Contemporary class. CCD performs two full length story ballets annually choreographed by Tamara Grose, including Nutcracker every December and an original story ballet each June, and all students at CCD are invited to audition and perform.

• Ages: 4–18 years old
• Schedule: CCD 2025 Summer Workshop runs July 7–July 31 with class options on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and some ballet technique and adult intermediate classes continuing through the second week of August.
• Price: Single Summer Class Rate $22 per hour; $22 per class for Pre/Primary Introduction to Ballet Movement; $22 drop-in per hour; Private Lessons $95 per hour; monthly tuition ranges from $80 to $420 depending on level; $65 annual registration fee per family; class cards available for adult classes.

Classical and Contemporary Dance was opened in 2009 by founder and director Tamara Grose, who also serves as instructor, director, and choreographer for the CCD ballet school. Tamara Grose earned a B.F.A. from North Carolina School of the Performing Arts, accepted a full scholarship to Harkness in New York City, and has choreographed for N.Y.C. Dance Congress, National Endowment for the Performing Arts Festival N.C.S.A., North Carolina Dance Theater, International Dancing Poetry Festival in San Francisco, and numerous regional dance companies throughout the U.S.A. She has extensive teaching experience at Allegra Kent Ballet School in Scarsdale, Brooklyn College Dance Department, and Master Classes on U.S.A. tour in 36 states, and she has been Associate Faculty of Ballet and Yoga at Santa Rosa Junior College for 18 years, holding certifications in Yoga and Massage Therapy. Ballet instructor Anna Bribiescas brings over 40 years of ballet teaching experience, received extensive ballet teacher’s training through the Royal Academy of Dance (Headquarters London, England), and also teaches first grade at Hidden Valley Elementary School in Santa Rosa.

Classical and Contemporary Dance states a mission of offering high-quality ballet training in a nurturing, non-judgmental environment and welcoming dancers of all levels, from recreational dancers to pre-professional adult dancers. The teaching philosophy is described as rooted in patience, understanding, guidance, and structure using the art of discipline, with an emphasis on body awareness, alignment, strength, stamina, grace, and posture. CCD describes itself as a supportive and non-judgmental environment and as a home away from home for dancers, and it states a vision to offer a place for accomplished dancers to display their talents. Students can find everything they need to meet CCD’s dress code at Bourrée Boutique, which CCD names as its trusted local dancewear partner.

Last updated March 28, 2026.