The Dance Factory Camps & Classes
The Dance Factory, 1432 Lake St S, Forest Lake, MN 55025
About
The Dance Factory Camps & Classes offers cheerleading, pre-school creative movement, beginning ballet and tap, hip hop, Darby’s Dancers, ballet, tap skills, leaps and turns, acrodance, flexibility and turns, ballet for competition and performing line students, and contemporary. Classes include basic cheerleading movements, cheers, jumps, stunts, tumbling, ballet movements, tap sounds, choreography, tumbling skills, and flexibility exercises. Recreational students come to the studio once a week for between 35 and 75 minutes.
Programs
- Cheerleading — 5-11 · $50 · High energy, spirit filled class covering basic cheerleading movements, cheers, jumps, stunts, tumbling and more.
- Pre-School Creative Movement — 3-4 · $50 · Beginning ballet movements and tap sounds with basic locomotor development, rhythm, and creative expression in a playful, imaginative, non-competitive environment.
- Beginning Dance - Ballet & Tap — 5-6 · $55 · Ballet with emphasis on vocabulary, flexibility and strengthening exercises, plus introduction to tap technique and memorization in a non-competitive environment.
- Hip Hop — 5-11 · $55 · High energy class with fun choreography to upbeat rhythmic music.
- Darby's Dancers — 5-up · $0 · Program for students with special needs covering ballet, jazz, and hip hop in a fun, nurturing environment. Free for qualified families.
- Ballet — 11-up · $65 · Beginning and intermediate ballet focused on foundations, fundamentals, placement, posture, and discipline.
- Tap Skills — 7-13 · $55 · Class focused on mastering basic tap fundamentals and increasing speed.
- Leaps and Turns — 7-18 · $65 · Class focused on mastering a variety of leaps, jumps, and turns used in dance.
- Acrodance — 6-18 · $65 · Learn tumbling skills and flexibility exercises, with some leaps, ballet, and flexibility poses.
- Flexibility and Turns — 8-18 · $65 · Improve your flexibility and turns.
- Ballet - Competition/Performing Line — 11-18 · $90 · Foundations of ballet with fundamentals, placement, posture, and discipline for competition/performing line students.
- Contemporary — 7-18 · $55 · Expressive style of dance incorporating elements of ballet, modern dance, and jazz.
At a glance
- Ages: 3–18 years old
- Price range: $0–$90
- General schedule: Recreational students come to the studio once a week for between 35-75 minutes.
About the provider
The Dance Factory opened its doors for business in 1999. Its mission is instilling joy in students to create a memorable life experience through the arts. The program gives back to the community through Toys for Tots, monthly donations to a variety of charities, other volunteer projects, and performing in the community.
Students may take multiple classes. Performance Team is by recommendation only. Recitals and competitions are optional for adult classes. Try the first class for free for adult classes.
Last updated November 4, 2026.
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