Tutu Performing Arts

Tutu Performing Arts offers dance classes that include ballet, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, and tap, along with music, movement, and theater. Classes are described as fun and exciting for children starting at two years old and up, and the program specializes in teaching age appropriately in a supportive, inclusive environment where all dancers are welcome. Free trial classes are available for new students to try the program.

• Ages: 2–18 years old

Tutu Performing Arts is a children's performing arts company with a mission focused on music, movement, and dance, and it aims to teach at each child's level so students can shine through a variety of classes. The staff is trained in music, dance, theater, and early childhood education. Owner, director, and teacher Melissa Reich is trained in early childhood education, has worked with special needs children, and has extensive history teaching preschool through school-age children, and she has been teaching young children and dance since 2005. The leadership team also includes Shayla Pinther, who teaches jazz, ballet, contemporary, and lyrical, and Delaney Anderson, who teaches ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, and lyrical. Tutu Performing Arts is the exclusive provider for Learning Care Group, which includes La Petite and Child Time, as well as Knowledge Universe, which includes KinderCare and Knowledge Beginnings, to offer dance classes in their local schools. The program has several onsite preschool locations for early dance education and regularly adds more classes and locations to meet the needs of students.

Last updated March 10, 2026.