Dance Class in Colorado
Find dance classes in Colorado. Live dance spans ticketed concert works, drop-in social nights, and open classes, drawing on traditions from ballet and flamenco to breaking and salsa, performed solo, with a partner, or in ensembles.
Ballet Technique with Eileen Waukau at Streetside Dance
📅 Aug 15, 2026, 10:00 AM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Eileen Waukau teaches an intermediate Ballet Technique class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community, for dancers ready to sharpen rather than start. Expect demanding barre and center work focused on clean lines, control, and the details that separate steps from real technique. It is a rigorous hour in a studio that takes the craft seriously.
Ballet with Eileen Waukau at Streetside Dance
📅 Aug 15, 2026, 10:00 AM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Eileen Waukau teaches an all-levels ballet class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community. You will move through barre and center work that builds genuine technique, posture, and control, scaled so beginners and returning dancers both find their level. It is classical fundamentals in a warm, unintimidating room.
Intermediate Hip Hop with Rico Changeux at Streetside Dance
📅 Aug 15, 2026, 12:00 PM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Rico Changeux leads an intermediate hip hop class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community, picking up where the beginner room leaves off. Expect faster pickup, fuller combos, and more attention to texture and dynamics, for dancers who already have the basics and want to push. Rico keeps the standard high and the vibe encouraging.
Heels with Karlie Place at Streetside Dance
📅 Aug 17, 2026, 5:15 PM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Karlie Place teaches a beginner Heels class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community, the confidence-forward style danced in a heel. You will learn posture, walks, and choreography that is as much about attitude and self-expression as technique, all broken down for first-timers. Bring a pair you can move in and a willingness to feel yourself.
Breaking Fundamentals with Changa at Mi Chantli
📅 Aug 17, 2026, 5:30 PM
📍 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Changa, Mi Chantli's owner and a Mexico-born b-boy who has been breaking since he was twelve, teaches the foundations of breaking from the ground up. Expect toprock, footwork, and the basics that make the dance click, broken down patiently for newcomers in the space he spent eight years building. It is as much about community as technique: Changa is a poet and organizer first, and that warmth carries into the room. Come ready to get on the floor and learn the language of breaking at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street.
Modern Dance with Kaycee Jannino at Streetside Dance
📅 Aug 17, 2026, 6:15 PM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Kaycee Jannino leads an all-levels modern dance class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community. Expect grounded, expressive movement: weight, breath, and floorwork that trade ballet's verticality for something more personal and exploratory. It is technical and freeing at once, open to dancers at any stage.
Contemporary with Sydney Suter at Streetside Dance
📅 Aug 17, 2026, 7:15 PM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Sydney Suter teaches an all-levels contemporary class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community. Expect fluid, expressive movement that builds technique while leaving room to find your own line, set to music that earns the emotion. Beginners and experienced dancers share the floor in a room that is as supportive as it is serious about craft.
Open Level House Class with Nanz and Ky at Mi Chantli
📅 Aug 17, 2026, 7:30 PM
📍 Mi Chantli, Boulder, CO
This summer, Anna (Nanz) Gunderson and Ky take over the Monday evening House class at Mi Chantli, the Boulder studio dedicated to dance education and community building. The two instructors alternate weeks through August 31, each bringing a distinct approach to the form, with three collaboration sessions woven into the schedule. Whether you've been training at Mi Chantli all year or are stepping in for the first time, the class runs at an open level, 7:30 to 8:45 PM each Monday. Nanz is a Denver-based dancer active in the House and breaking scene who has competed at events including Break Down the House and Skillz Talk; Ky is a fellow Mi Chantli collaborator. Registration is through Zipper; spots are limited.
Open Level House with Lexi Nutkiewicz at Mi Chantli
📅 Aug 17, 2026, 7:30 PM
📍 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Lexi Nutkiewicz has trained House since 2018 and battled from California to Colorado to Amsterdam, and she teaches this open-level class to help dancers find confidence and joy through the dance. Expect the jack, the footwork, and the feel of house in a welcoming room at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street. Beginners and seasoned movers share the floor. Come move to the music and find your groove.
Intermediate Adult Breaking with Bobby Chan at Mi Chantli
📅 Aug 17, 2026, 7:30 PM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Bobby Chan brings over twenty years of breaking to this intermediate adult class. A CU Boulder Breakin' Club alum who reps Worm Tank Crew and Blowup Kingz, he pushes dancers who already have the basics toward cleaner power, control, and vocabulary. Expect real training in a focused room with one of Boulder's most experienced b-boys at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street. Bring your fundamentals and a willingness to drill.
Hip Hop Groove with Rico Changeux at Streetside Dance
📅 Aug 18, 2026, 12:00 PM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Rico Changeux teaches a beginner Hip Hop Groove class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community. It is all about the feel before the flash: bounces, rocks, and pocket, plus a short combo, broken down so total beginners can find the groove in an hour. A midday Tuesday reset that is more fun than workout, even though it is both.
Soul Pole at Mi Chantli
📅 Aug 18, 2026, 9:00 PM
📍 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Soul Pole is Mi Chantli's late-evening pole jam, a freer, soul-led take on pole dance in the studio's intimate Small Studio. Expect a relaxed, exploratory session that blends technique with self-expression and play, open to dancers finding their flow on the pole. It is part class, part community jam, hosted at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street. Come move, spin, and unwind.
Mariposa Collective All-Levels Contemporary at Mi Chantli
📅 Aug 19, 2026, 10:00 AM
📍 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
The Mariposa Collective brings an all-levels contemporary class to Mi Chantli, led by Cass Howlett. Expect expressive, grounded movement and the kind of story-driven choreography that meets dancers wherever they are. It is a welcoming morning session at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street, open to bodies and experience levels of every kind. Come explore movement as expression.
Breaking Power Moves with Taino at Mi Chantli
📅 Aug 19, 2026, 5:30 PM
📍 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Taino Postigo-Hassin, a Colorado b-boy who competes across the nation, teaches a breaking class focused on power moves, the explosive, athletic heart of the dance. Expect to build toward the spins, freezes, and dynamics that define power, with a competitor's eye for what actually works. It goes down at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street. Come ready to train hard and fly.
Jazz with Sydney Suter at Streetside Dance
📅 Aug 19, 2026, 6:15 PM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Sydney Suter teaches an all-levels jazz class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community, blending clean technique with the performance energy jazz is built on. You will work lines, turns, and musicality across combinations that reward both first-timers and dancers shaking off the rust. It is a welcoming room with real rigor underneath.
Hip Hop Funk with Kwik Ghezzi at Streetside Dance
📅 Aug 19, 2026, 6:15 PM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Kwik Ghezzi runs an all-levels hip hop funk class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community. Expect groove-forward choreography that leans into the funk: pocket, attitude, and combinations you can actually take to the floor. Newcomers and seasoned movers share the room, and Kwik keeps it loose enough to learn and sharp enough to level up.
Transitions and Flow with Jups at Mi Chantli
📅 Aug 19, 2026, 6:30 PM
📍 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Jups, a breaker at Mi Chantli, teaches a class focused on transitions and flow, the connective movement that turns isolated steps into seamless breaking. Expect to work the in-betweens: how to travel, switch levels, and link footwork and floorwork so your rounds actually flow. It is a focused session at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street. Come smooth out your game.
Contempo Narrative with Carolina Brizuela at Mi Chantli
📅 Aug 19, 2026, 6:30 PM
📍 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Carolina Brizuela, a modern-contemporary choreographer and assistant director, teaches a class built around story-line movement. Her work centers empowering dancers who have felt out of place or carried trauma into the room, using contemporary technique as a vessel for expression. Expect grounded, narrative-driven movement in a supportive space at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street. Come tell a story with your body.
African Dance with Adjei Abankwah at Streetside Dance
📅 Aug 19, 2026, 7:15 PM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Adjei Abankwah teaches West African dance the way it is meant to be felt: grounded technique, driving rhythm, and the communal joy that moves a whole room together. He leads this adult, all-levels class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community. Expect a full hour of full-body movement set to live-feeling percussion, where the steps arrive with their stories and first-timers are as welcome as regulars. Come ready to sweat, learn something rooted, and leave lighter than you walked in.
Beginner Hip Hop with Rico Changeux at Streetside Dance
📅 Aug 20, 2026, 6:15 PM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Rico Changeux leads this beginner hip hop class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community, twice a week for people starting from zero. Foundations, grooves, and a short combo broken down step by step, with no experience or dance background required. Rico's patient, encouraging style makes the first class feel like the easy part.
Open House Fundamentals with Bobby Chan at Mi Chantli
📅 Aug 20, 2026, 6:30 PM
📍 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Bobby Chan, a breaking and house instructor with over twenty years of dance behind him, teaches the fundamentals of house dance in this open class. Expect the jack, footwork, and groove that make house feel endless, taught with the patience of a dancer who keeps an open mind and trains constantly. All levels are welcome at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street. Come find the pocket.
Breaking Fundamentals with Nathan Bala at Mi Chantli
📅 Aug 20, 2026, 7:45 PM
📍 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Nathan Bala, who earned a BA in Dance at CU Boulder and fell in love with breaking right here at Mi Chantli, teaches the fundamentals from the ground up. Expect toprock, footwork, and the basics that build a foundation, taught by a dancer still deep in his own training and the local scene. It is a welcoming entry point at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street. Come start your breaking journey.
Toprocks and Footwork with Jups at Mi Chantli
📅 Aug 21, 2026, 5:15 PM
📍 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Jups, a breaker at Mi Chantli, zeroes in on toprock and footwork, the standing and ground vocabulary at the core of breaking. Expect to drill the steps, build your rocks, and sharpen the footwork that every round is built on. It is a focused, fundamentals-forward session at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street. Come build your base.
Dance Class in Colorado: what to expect
Dance classes in Colorado: what's coming up and the local performers behind it, all hosted by people rooted in the Colorado scene.
Live performing arts across Colorado, from Front Range cities to mountain towns: local music, comedy, dance, and theater hosted by the people who live and perform here.
Live dance spans ticketed concert works, drop-in social nights, and open classes, drawing on traditions from ballet and flamenco to breaking and salsa, performed solo, with a partner, or in ensembles.
Attend a recurring lesson series that builds skills step by step over weeks. Instruction is structured and cumulative, so each session assumes the last; you participate rather than watch.
On the calendar now: "Eileen Waukau teaches an intermediate Ballet Technique class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community, for dancers ready to sharpen rather than start". "Eileen Waukau teaches an all-levels ballet class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community". "Rico Changeux leads an intermediate hip hop class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community, picking up where the beginner room leaves off".
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