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San Diego Dance Theater Children's Program offers Creative Movement classes, Ballet/Tap, Hip Hop, and Ballet/Jazz, along with a Spring Showcase performance where all age groups are invited and encouraged to perform with their class. Creative Movement classes focus on integrating playful and imaginative activities into dance lessons and allowing dancers the opportunity to express themselves through movement. The program’s goal is to create a safe, welcoming, and non-competitive environment for beginning dancers, and it is part of a modern dance company and school committed to providing a home to dancers of all ages, backgrounds, and cultures.
• Ages: 2–8 years old
• Schedule: Classes start on Wednesday, September 2nd, and end on Thursday, December 10th, with the last day to register on Wednesday, September 30th.
Creative Movement classes are offered for ages 2–3. For ages 4–5, the program offers Ballet/Tap, Hip Hop, and Ballet/Jazz, using play-based activities such as obstacle courses and props while dancers learn specific elements of each style of dance. For ages 6–8, the program offers Ballet/Tap, Hip Hop, and Ballet/Jazz, and dancers in this age group develop knowledge of skills such as spatial awareness, sense of rhythm, coordination, and choreography. All age groups are invited and encouraged to perform with their class in the Spring Showcase each year.
San Diego Dance Theater is a nonprofit performing arts organization founded in 1972. San Diego Dance Theater's current Executive Artistic Director is Terry Wilson, and Jean Isaacs was appointed Artistic Director in 1997. The organization was founded by George Willis, Professor Emeritus of Dance at San Diego State University. Its mission is to create and perform dances that breathe life into the people of the region and beyond, and to provide access to professional training and the performance of these dances by people representing diversity of all kinds. San Diego Dance Theater is known for cross-border projects, summer dance workshops, and the yearly site-specific performance Trolley Dances™.
Last updated June 24, 2026.
• Ages: 2–8 years old
• Schedule: Classes start on Wednesday, September 2nd, and end on Thursday, December 10th, with the last day to register on Wednesday, September 30th.
Creative Movement classes are offered for ages 2–3. For ages 4–5, the program offers Ballet/Tap, Hip Hop, and Ballet/Jazz, using play-based activities such as obstacle courses and props while dancers learn specific elements of each style of dance. For ages 6–8, the program offers Ballet/Tap, Hip Hop, and Ballet/Jazz, and dancers in this age group develop knowledge of skills such as spatial awareness, sense of rhythm, coordination, and choreography. All age groups are invited and encouraged to perform with their class in the Spring Showcase each year.
San Diego Dance Theater is a nonprofit performing arts organization founded in 1972. San Diego Dance Theater's current Executive Artistic Director is Terry Wilson, and Jean Isaacs was appointed Artistic Director in 1997. The organization was founded by George Willis, Professor Emeritus of Dance at San Diego State University. Its mission is to create and perform dances that breathe life into the people of the region and beyond, and to provide access to professional training and the performance of these dances by people representing diversity of all kinds. San Diego Dance Theater is known for cross-border projects, summer dance workshops, and the yearly site-specific performance Trolley Dances™.
Last updated June 24, 2026.
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