Adult repertory classes begin the week of October 13th and culminate in performances in Casco Bay Movers’ Holiday Shows on Friday, December 19 at 7 pm and Saturday, December 20, at 5 and 7 p.m. 

Repertory classes are designed for adult dancers interested in deepening their dance practice by learning choreographic work for performance. They focus on choreography only, and therefore, participation in repertory classes requires students to take the preceding technique class.

Intermediate Hip Hop with Teall Dibiase | Mondays, 7:45-8:30 pm

Oct 13 – Dec 20 | $195 

Intermediate Contemporary with Emily Getchell | Tuesdays, 8:15-9:00 pm 

 Oct 14 – Dec 20 | $195 

Inter/Advanced Tap with Alycia Frost | Tuesdays, 6:45-7:00 pm, and an additional 60-minute rehearsal

Oct 14 – Dec 20 | $115 

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Space remains in the following classes that are offered in 7-week sessions:

Dance with Me for 18 mos & up with a caregiver, Wednesdays from 9:00-9:30 am

On My Own for 3-5 years, Wednesdays from 9:30-10:15 am

Discover Acro Dance for 4-6-year-olds, Fridays from 4:00-4:45 pm

Session II dates: Oct 22 - Dec 12

7-week Series: 30-minute class: $95 per session | 45-minute class: $100 per session

~no registration fees ~

Our classes for young dancers are designed to introduce children to the creative and expressive world of dance and allow them to develop their natural movement ability in a multi-sensory environment. Music, movement, visuals, and props will enhance your dancer’s love of the art form, and the unique conceptual approach to dance education will provide a strong foundation for technical and cognitive growth.

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In the classroom: Dancers in our Young Dancers Programs have been busy in the studios! During September, we focused on learning classroom routines such as entering the studios quite calmly and reading our bodies for all of the exciting dancing to come, being active listeners, and caring classmates. While teachers have their individual styles, we all follow a similar class plan. An essential piece of our warm-up is the BrainDance, which sequences through eight fundamental movement patterns of early human development. We also follow developmentally appropriate, concept-based programming that builds throughout the year. Early in the month, we began with the concept of "place," discovering how we can move in one spot or use locomotor movements to travel through the general space. Fall is an overarching theme, and you may have heard about dancing in and around the leaves, noticing their shapes, colors, sizes, and, most importantly, how they flutter through space and float to the ground. Our book of the month, The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger, helped bring this theme to life!

Contemporary Modern Masterclass with SYREN Modern Dance

Saturday, November 1st from 11 am - 12:30 pm

$18/$16 college students & seniors or a card punch

SYREN Modern Dance is a women-founded and directed non-profit organization based in New York City. The artists of SYREN have been named Cultural Ambassadors by the United States Department of State. For two decades, SYREN has been inviting artists, audiences, students, educators, and other diverse and often unexpected participants into the process of making and experiencing modern dance. In the U.S.A., SYREN has shared dance in 16 states and across the ocean in France, The United Arab Emirates, and Germany. SYREN was founded in 2003 by Kate Sutter and Lynn Peterson, upon graduating from the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase, where they nurtured a deep passion for American Modern Dance, a drive to create, and a mission to share modern dance broadly and inclusively.

Hip Hop Masterclass with Rennie Harris Puremovement

Sunday, November 8, from 11 am - 12:30 pm

$18/$16 college students & seniors or a card punch

This class features 1-2 Rennie Harris Puremovement company members teaching Street dance technique in styles such as, but not limited to: Popping, Campbell Locking, House, Hip-hop, Wu-Tang, Waacking, and Breaking. Students will receive an outline Hip-hop dance and culture timeline, including details on innovation/creation periods and pioneers. Community members gain a contextual and historical understanding of Street dance and its roots, identifying basic style, technique and vocabulary of various Street dance styles that are associated with and/or considered Hip-hop dance and identifying the pioneers and innovators of Hip-hop and funk styles.

Class will include a thorough warm-up, foundational technique study, across-the-floor, sequencing, and culminate with a post class discussion. This class is presented in partnership with Portland Ovations.

CBM Teaching Artist, Liz Mulkey, presents Impossible Pain, But Totally Manageable...Kind Of on Sunday, October 5, at 5 & 7:30 pm at Space 538

CBM teaching artist, Holly Taylor, and many CBM dancers are featured performers!

Kristin Sutton presents Thriller Throwdown in Monument Square on Friday, October 24, at 5:30 pm. Click here for information. She is also choreographing Annie for Portland Players this fall!

Play to Win in our PYD Calendar Fundraiser!

PYD students are selling raffle tickets ($10) throughout October to help support their scholarship and education fund. Purchase a ticket at the front desk or from one of the PYD dancers for a chance to win fabulous prizes each day in November! 100% of proceeds go directly to benefit the programs of Portland Youth Dance, a 501(c)3 organization based out of Casco Bay Movers. Portland Youth Dance provides a non-competitive dance company and free classes for community members throughout Greater Portland.

Upcoming PYD Performances:

Sunday, October 19: Fall into Art at Collective Motion Arts Center

Performances at 3 & 5 pm. Tickets & Information

Sunday, October 26: Longfellow Park Halloween Bash

Members of PYD will perform in this fun, family-friendly Halloween event in Longfellow Park from 3-5 pm!

Dancers are invited to wear their costumes during Halloween Week, October 24 through October 30

Thank you for leaving accessories such as masks, wands, and play weapons at home.

We have added an extra Friday to our fall schedule for year-long classes to accommodate the break on Halloween. Dancers are always invited to take a makeup class is desired by scheduling with the front desk.