Columbia Dance

Columbia Dance offers classical ballet training along with a variety of other dance forms. Students take part in major productions such as a full length Nutcracker, the Choreographer’s Showcase, and the Columbia Dance Spring Showcase, which features students, guest choreographers, and works by its faculty. Performance opportunities include participation in large productions with public audiences such as the Nutcracker and spring performances.

• Schedule: Receptionist hours September–June are Monday–Friday 3:30–6:30pm and Saturday 9:00am–12:00pm; summer hours are irregular.

Columbia Dance’s mission is to present dance as a life-enhancing experience for its students and community by setting high artistic standards in classical ballet education and performance, while creating a positive, nurturing, and challenging environment where dance appreciation thrives. Professional dance instructors work as a cohesive faculty. Columbia Dance was a member of Regional Dance America/Pacific Region from 1997–2018 and, starting in 2019, is a member of The Ballet Alliance. Each season, Columbia Dance presents a full length Nutcracker that has become a seasonal tradition in its community, and each spring it presents an annual Choreographer’s Showcase to encourage young, pre-professional choreographers. Columbia Dance values inclusiveness, embracing children of all ages, genders, and body types as valuable members of its community, and emphasizes self-discipline, self-confidence, respect, wellness, and teamwork in its studios. Through partnerships with area corporations, businesses, schools, private enterprise, and other community arts organizations, Columbia Dance is invested in keeping art active in its community.

Last updated July 5, 2026.