This dance class guide for children includes ballet, hip hop, Bollywood, and lots more. We love the East Bay.

This listing of dance classes for kids includes programs for children in Alameda, Berkeley, Oakland, and surrounding areas. To find movement and dance classes for toddlers or preschoolers, see our toddler class guide. To find other movement classes for kids age five and older, see our guides to parkour classes and theater programs.
Dance classes for School-Age Kids (pre-K to 12th) in the East Bay
Children's Ballet classes beginning at age 3 up through pointe-level classes meet after school and on weekends.
- TK or bridge kindergarten
- Kindergarten
- 1st Grade
- 2nd Grade
- 3rd Grade
- 4th Grade
- 5th Grade
- Middle School
- High School
- Alameda
Berkeley Ballet’s Youth Division offers classical ballet training for ages 6-18 in a professional, supportive environment. Dancers attend classes 2-5 days per week and perform in the annual Nutcracker Bird production and Spring Showcase.
- Kindergarten
- 1st Grade
- 2nd Grade
- 3rd Grade
- 4th Grade
- 5th Grade
- Middle School
- High School
- Berkeley
Berkeley City Ballet is Berkeley's premier school for classical ballet. They offer Pre-Ballet classes for ages 2.5 and up, weekly Youth Ballet classes for ages 8 and up, and a Pre-Professional Program for ages 7 and up. Students perform annually in a full-length Nutcracker and Spring Concert.
- TK or bridge kindergarten
- Kindergarten
- 1st Grade
- 2nd Grade
- 3rd Grade
- 4th Grade
- 5th Grade
- Middle School
- High School
- Berkeley
Movement arts, martial arts, and dance programs for youth 3-18. Nobody is turned away who cannot pay.
- TK or bridge kindergarten
- Kindergarten
- 1st Grade
- 2nd Grade
- 3rd Grade
- 4th Grade
- 5th Grade
- Middle School
- High School
- Emeryville
Gurus of Dance is Bay Area's Biggest and Best Bollywood Dance School. Classes are offered at 7 locations across the Bay Area starting as young as age 3.
- TK or bridge kindergarten
- Kindergarten
- 1st Grade
- 2nd Grade
- 3rd Grade
- 4th Grade
- 5th Grade
- Middle School
- High School
- Fremont / Newark / Union City
- South Bay
- East Bay (Other)
Katie's offers dance classes in jazz, tap, hip-hop, acrobatics, and ballet to children, teens, and adults. The class levels range from beginner to professional.
- TK or bridge kindergarten
- Kindergarten
- 1st Grade
- 2nd Grade
- 3rd Grade
- 4th Grade
- 5th Grade
- Middle School
- High School
- El Cerrito
Luna Dance & Creativity invites kids ages 3-17 to new light-filled, ADA-accessible, mirror-free studios for Creative Dance and Improvisation classes. Kids explore all the ways their bodies can move, learn to craft and share their own unique dances, and are celebrated as art makers.
- TK or bridge kindergarten
- Kindergarten
- 1st Grade
- 2nd Grade
- 3rd Grade
- 4th Grade
- 5th Grade
- Middle School
- High School
- Berkeley
SADC promotes creative practices and rigorous training in ballet, contemporary, hip hop, jazz, and vertical dance in a welcoming community. Skillful teaching artists are committed to developing reflective dancers who care about community and develop an awareness of the whole body and whole person.
- TK or bridge kindergarten
- Kindergarten
- 1st Grade
- 2nd Grade
- 3rd Grade
- 4th Grade
- 5th Grade
- Middle School
- High School
- Berkeley
Tutu School goes from 6 months to 8 years old, inspiring kids to twirl to classical Ballet Storytime curriculum.
- TK or bridge kindergarten
- Kindergarten
- 1st Grade
- 2nd Grade
- Alameda
- Berkeley
- Fremont / Newark / Union City
- Oakland / Piedmont
- Walnut Creek / Concord / Pleasant Hill
- SF / Marin
- East Bay (Other)




