We believe that all dance styles are important. It is our responsibility to expose our dance students to all genres and modes of dance in order to help them appreciate the full artistic spectrum of dance. We are a technique based dance school and stress the importance of high quality training in ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop and more. We produce well-rounded dancers.

We provide performance opportunities to ALL dancers at CORE. We have multiple performing groups for dancers ages 5-12. This is for the dancer that isn’t wanting to commit to the dance company hours, yet still wanting to partake in performing locally. We also offer a unique Children’s Series program for ages 2-10, offering 6 performance opportunities throughout the year (please see “Program” tab for more information on both Performing Groups & Children’s Series).

CORE Dance presents their annual Dance Recital, “Encore”, at the Performing Arts Center on the Cal Poly campus.  This is the end of the year performance and we go all out, with beautiful costumes, exciting dance numbers, and an all studio opening dance. It is a fun energetic weekend that dancers look forward to all year long.

There have been times when we’ve brought some of our classes to venues such as Farmers Market. There aren’t extra rehearsals needed for these opportunities – we will prepare your dancer for these types of performances during classes.

Absolutely. We create an environment at CORE where students are challenged, inspired, and motivated regardless of gender. While we recognize the developmental differences between boys and girls and adapt our instruction accordingly, our decades of experience have taught us that dance is a unique sport in comparison to other activities such as soccer or basketball.

The ultimate goal of a dancer is to collaborate and mesh with their peers, regardless of their gender or skill level, through performances and artistic creativity. In this way, gender differences are embraced and utilized rather than separated and pigeonholed. Like any great teacher, CORE instructors focus on the individual student and all of the variances they bring to the studio, not the stereotype that the student falls within.

Additionally, when male dancers increase in skill level and start to look for opportunities as a professional dancer, the inclusive classroom setting at CORE emphasizes the importance of knowing how to train and partner with female dancers.

While CORE believes and encourages dancers to explore and train in all dance genres, if a dancer is interested in intensively studying only one style of dance, we feel strongly that we can help and guide dancers in such a way that they will be able to reach their personal goals.