Avery Ranch Dance & Movement (ARDM) at Dance Discovery
Avery Ranch Studio, 10526 W. Parmer Ln., Austin, TX 78717
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Avery Ranch Dance & Movement (ARDM) at Dance Discovery offers classes in dance and performing arts, including ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, modern, pom, drill team prep, leaps and turns, and acro. The program also includes preschool and parent & child dance options, and uses Storytime Dance curriculum for young children based on developmentally appropriate practice.
• Ages: 2–18 years old
Instructors are described as positive, encouraging, grounded educators who hold a college degree in dance, education, theatre, music, or a related field of study. All instructors receive training in the Storytime Dance curriculum for young children, and instructors of older children and teens participate in continuing education workshops and performing arts conventions several times a year. The program offers a balanced curriculum that includes both technical training and creative exploration, develops skills for contemporary dancers that support healthy body alignment, and includes collaborative choreography work for upper-level students. It offers recreational classes for dancers ages 2 to 18, provides an atmosphere of accelerated training for students interested in pre-company and company levels, and invites eligible students to audition for a Petrichor Dance Alliance team. The studio offers a free trial class. Austin parents have voted the studio the Best Place to Learn Dance in Austin for the past 15 years in the Austin Family Magazine Readers Poll, and it is the winner of the Dance Studio Owners Inner Circle “2025 Studio of the Year” award. The program’s stated aim is to teach dance from the inside out, fostering each student’s natural love for dance while training them in a variety of dance techniques and providing a positive, professional studio environment for its community. The organization also offers classes at daycares and schools across the Central Texas area.
Last updated July 17, 2026.
• Ages: 2–18 years old
Instructors are described as positive, encouraging, grounded educators who hold a college degree in dance, education, theatre, music, or a related field of study. All instructors receive training in the Storytime Dance curriculum for young children, and instructors of older children and teens participate in continuing education workshops and performing arts conventions several times a year. The program offers a balanced curriculum that includes both technical training and creative exploration, develops skills for contemporary dancers that support healthy body alignment, and includes collaborative choreography work for upper-level students. It offers recreational classes for dancers ages 2 to 18, provides an atmosphere of accelerated training for students interested in pre-company and company levels, and invites eligible students to audition for a Petrichor Dance Alliance team. The studio offers a free trial class. Austin parents have voted the studio the Best Place to Learn Dance in Austin for the past 15 years in the Austin Family Magazine Readers Poll, and it is the winner of the Dance Studio Owners Inner Circle “2025 Studio of the Year” award. The program’s stated aim is to teach dance from the inside out, fostering each student’s natural love for dance while training them in a variety of dance techniques and providing a positive, professional studio environment for its community. The organization also offers classes at daycares and schools across the Central Texas area.
Last updated July 17, 2026.
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