Dance Classes for Ages 9–12 Find Your Style Step Into Your Strength
Dancers ages 9–12 can choose from Ballet, Jazz, Tap, AcroDance, Commercial Hip-Hop, and Musical Theater. Whether you’re just starting out or have been dancing for years, there’s a class for you, built around growth, high energy, and having fun along the way.
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Confidence You Can See On Stage And Beyond
Students improve their listening skills, take direction, and stay engaged throughout every class. Focus and follow-through are skills that show up on stage and in everyday life.
Students learn to take ownership in class, supporting teammates and showing up prepared. These are habits that carry well beyond the studio.
Every class gives students the opportunity to perform with energy and intention. Over time, you will see a dancer who stands taller, engages an audience, and steps into every performance with genuine confidence.
Build Skill Across Every Class
Each style offered for ages 9–12 gives students something new to discover. From the discipline of Ballet to the energy of Commercial Hip-Hop, every class builds coordination, musical awareness, and performance quality in a supportive, high-energy environment.
Fundamentals of classical ballet are introduced with an emphasis on proper alignment and technique. Students develop posture, and control through classical ballet fundamentals.Training emphasizes balance, strength, and proper placement, supporting continued growth in classical technique and movement quality.
Tap is an exercise of the feet and mind. Our program starts with the basics and builds rhythm, timing, and precision through structured footwork. Stylization and musical understanding will be developed through classic and rhythm style choreography. Students learn to produce clear and intentional sound.
Musical Theater class explores Broadway dance styles, choreography and singing from a number of different musicals. Class integrates movement, expression, and performance quality. Students learn to communicate character and intent through purposeful movement, developing confidence and stage awareness.
AcroDance is a beautiful fusion of acrobatic movement and traditional dance. Students learn foundational acrobatic skills that complement dance technique and support safe movement practices. Our curriculum provides a ladder of progression for teaching acrobatic skills for dancers’ flexibility, strength, balance, limbering, and tumbling.
Examples of Jazz styles are, Broadway, Fosse, Contemporary, & Funk to name a few. Contemporary dance is a blend of primarily ballet, jazz, modern, and lyrical. These classes will explore both styles and choreography. Specific turns, jumps and leaps are taught. Students develop coordination, flexibility, musicality, endurance and control. Dancers grow in versatility and artistic awareness in this dynamic style of dance!
Commercial Hip-Hop students will learn movements and choreography that draws from the many Hip-Hop street techniques inspired by the Hip-Hop culture, such as Popping, Locking, House, Funk, Breaking, Waacking, and Freestyle. Freestyle will promote camaraderie and community amongst the dancers while allowing the individual dancer to explore and express their unique skills and passion. Exercises performed in this class will increase strength, musicality and stamina!
Why Families Choose Destiny Dance Institute
Classes are organized by age and experience with schedules that support regular attendance and routine.
Professional studios with appropriate flooring and clear layouts support safe movement and focused classes.
Students learn in a structured, welcoming environment that encourages participation and respect.
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Move With Strength And Control
Classes for ages 9–12 are built around developing real, visible skills. Students learn to move with intention, building body awareness, coordination, and control across every style they take. Each class gives dancers the tools to grow at their own pace in a supportive, encouraging environment where corrections feel like coaching, not criticism.
In class, dancers work on:
- Holding balance with stability
- Building core strength and posture
- Finishing movements fully and cleanly
- Moving confidently in group formations
What You Will Notice: A dancer who moves with more purpose, stands taller, and brings that same focus and confidence into everyday life.
Own The Combination
Every class for ages 9–12 gives students the opportunity to connect movement to music in a meaningful way. Dancers learn to memorize choreography, stay in sync with a group, and express themselves to their fullest potential. Commercial Hip-Hop introduces guided freestyle that builds individuality and camaraderie. Tap sharpens rhythm and timing. Every style develops musicality and performance awareness in equal measure.
In class, students practice:
- Memorizing and performing choreography
- Staying in sync with music and counts
- Freestyle exploration in Commercial Hip-Hop
- Rhythm and timing development in Tap
- Proper technique
The Result: Stronger listening skills, improved memory, and a dancer who performs with energy and confidence in front of others.
Step On Stage With Confidence
Every style offered for ages 9–12 prepares dancers to perform with presence. Students learn to project energy, connect with an audience, and stay engaged from the first count to the final pose. Musical Theater brings storytelling into movement. Ballet, Jazz, and Commercial Hip-Hop each build the kind of stage awareness that shows up every time a dancer steps in front of a crowd. Every class is a step toward performing with clarity and pride.
Dancers learn to:
- Perform with intention and presence
- Support teammates on and off the stage
- Stay focused through full routines
- Trust their preparation when it counts
What Families See: A more confident, responsible dancer who carries themselves differently, on stage and beyond.
Growth That Goes Beyond Dance
Families often share that their dancers leave class more confident, more focused, and proud of what they are achieving each week.
My 3 year old just started coming here. Such a wonderful place! The teachers are excellent! I would highly recommend this dance studio!
We have been at DDI for 3 years, and the teachers are exceptional. I highly recommend their ballet program.
Perfect for every age and level! A wonderful dance community of instructors, parents and students!
My daughter is part of the Ballet Company. I used to dance so I know that the best way to know if a dance school is any good is by watching the ballet company end of year performances. Take a look!
The best studio in town. We love it. It has become our extended family.
“We love Destiny Dance Institute. Our oldest daughter is in the ballet program at destiny and has progressed tremendously. We are excited about the program, the staff and the outstanding teachers. I can’t think of any other place for you or your child to dance.”
We like Destiny Dance institute. It has given my 10 year old daughter opportunities to become more confident as a dancer. The teachers are caring and provide help when needed.
I can club program was a blessing for our family. I don’t trust anybody with my children yet the staff at destiny dance is so special and caring that I immediately felt that my daughter was safe and loved from day one.
Loved their Primrose dance program! It was so convenient to have my little one take lessons during the school day, and we still felt like part if the main dance school. My little one enjoyed learning to dance with Mrs. Patty.
My daughter loves her ballet class, and the teachers have been so good and patient with her.
My child is seven years old and takes ballet at Destiny dance. She loves her ballet class. Her teacher is Sara who she just loves. Everyone there is so nice. If your child is sick they do everything they can to re-schedule a makeup class. I highly recommend Destiny Dance Institute.
I absolutely LOVE Destiny Dance. My daughter has been going there doing hip hop for the last few years. Her teacher, Ms. Kayla, is incredible and the kids LOVE her. Ms Patty the owner is always very helpful and accommodating. We will continue to go to Destiny Dance. There is not another dance studio that I would ever look at to take my daughter to for her classes.
My daughter has been taking ballet at DDI for the past 4 years, the last 2 of which she was a part of the ballet company. She has worked with Ms. Terry mostly, and has improved dramatically. She has had such a good experience that she is already talking about pursuing dance in college and professionally. I am thrilled that she has chosen dance as her passion, and I have only good things to say about her instruction under Ms. Terry and Ms. Ruth.
DDI is a wonderful studio/academy. My child has improved amazingly in so many ways including her academics. They teach the children the love for the art of dancing but also the hard work it takes to become one. I even took a ballet class and it was great. Love the environment of professionalism and dedication towards each dancer and the families.
My girls are becoming beautiful dancer, thanks to the expertise, patience and dedication of their teachers at Destiny Dance Institute. Every step of the way, they are developing dancers who know their technique so well that they may be able to keep dancing forever, even at a professional level.
DDI has also loved my children like an extended family, and they can’t wait to go there every day.
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FAQs
Dancers ages 9–12 can choose from Ballet, Tap, Jazz, AcroDance, Commercial Hip-Hop, and Musical Theater. Classes are available for both beginners and experienced dancers, so there is always a great fit regardless of where your child is starting from.
Not at all. Classes for ages 9–12 welcome dancers at every level. Whether your child has never set foot in a studio or has been dancing for years, there is a class where they will feel comfortable, challenged, and supported.
No. DDI teaches Commercial Hip-Hop, a studio-based style seen in music videos and live performances. While Commercial Hip-Hop draws from the rich cultural roots of Hip-Hop street styles, classes focus on structured choreography and guided freestyle that builds both skill and respect for the art form.
No. AcroDance blends dance technique with acrobatic skills designed specifically for dancers. Students follow a safe ladder of progression, building strength, flexibility, and balance in a controlled environment where every skill connects directly into choreography.
Dancers build focus, confidence, and responsibility in every class. You will see those qualities show up on stage and beyond, in how they carry themselves, work with others, and take on new challenges.
Get more information about our classes and schedule on the next page!