Multnomah Arts Center Dance Program

The Multnomah Arts Center Dance Program offers year-round dance classes that include ballet, hip-hop, tap, jazz dance, Modern & Contemporary, Swing Dance, Nightclub Two-Step, Cross Step Waltz, Street Swing, Country Line Dance, and Funk & Hip Hop. Classes for younger children include Movement & Me, Creative Dance, Tiny Tappers, Pre-Ballet I, and Pre-Ballet II, and ballet classes continue through Ballet I, Ballet II, and Sur Les Pointe. Ballet classes for adults are also offered, from a classically structured beginning practice through Sur Les Pointe.

• Ages: 2–18 years old
• Schedule: Class options available Monday–Thursday 9:00am–9:30pm and Friday–Saturday 9:00am–5:00pm

The Multnomah Arts Center Dance Program is coordinated by Dance Coordinator Patrick Browne. MAC is a program of Portland Parks & Recreation, and MACA is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization that supports MAC. MAC’s stated goal is to provide high-quality instruction and participation in the performing and visual arts to all interested persons, regardless of age, race, religion, ethnic origin, financial means, or level of ability, and MACA’s mission is to advocate for equity and access to arts education. MACA supports artists through the Front & Center Galleries at MAC, where exhibiting artists from Oregon and southwest Washington are selected via a free annual Call for Art, retain 65% of any sales, and are paid for their work, including community artists and curators who help shape the exhibition calendar and related programming.

Last updated January 5, 2026.