Adult Classes

Adult Class Fall 2025

September 8 - December 14, 2025

No classes will be held November 24-30, 2025 in observance of Thanksgiving.

Adult Class Pricing Options:

10-CLASS PASS: $150

5-CLASS PASS: $80

DROP-IN: $17

STUDENT/SENIOR/ARTIST: $14

All Dance Place adult classes are drop-in based. Students are highly encouraged to register ahead of time to ensure your space is reserved! There will be a waitlist available to sign-up for through Sawyer.

For general adult class questions, please email us at adultclasses@danceplace.org.

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Fall 2025 Schedule

Monday:
  • 6:30pm-8:00pm
    Intermediate/Advanced Modern with Sarah Beth Oppenheim
  • 6:30pm-8:00pm
    Heels with Daché 
  • 7:00-8:30pm
    Jazz with Christina Collins
Tuesday:
  • 6:30pm-7:45pm
    West African with Tiffany Harris
  • 6:30pm-7:45pm
    Black Fusion with Anastasia Johnson
  • 6:30pm-7:45pm
    Beginning Rueda de Casino with DC Casineros
Wednesday:
  • 7:00pm-8:30pm
    Rooting the Dance Hip-Hop Series with Chitra Subramanian, Diyanna Monet, Annastazia “Duchess” Unce,
    Angela Gladue, and Ama Law
  • 7:00-8:30 PM
    Intermediate/Advanced Casino Partnerwork with DC Casineros
  • 7:00-8:30 PM
    Intermediate/Advanced Contemporary with Orange Grove Dance 
Thursday:
  • 6:30pm-8:00pm
    West African with Sylvia Soumah
  • 6:30pm-8:00pm
    Beginner Ballet with Brenna Dames
  • 6:30-7:45 PM
    Afro-Brazilian with Flavia Nascimento
Saturday:
  • 9:30am-11am
    Beginning/Advanced Modern with Carla Perlo
  • 11:15am-12:45pm
    Intermediate Modern with Deborah Riley
Sunday:
  • 10:00-11:30 AM
    Advanced Contemporary with Amber Lucia Chabus 

  • 11:30-1:00 PM
    Bachata Fundamentals with Shannon Ward 

  • 11:30-1:00 PM
    Dance Conditioning/Barre with Sydney Wiggins

  • 2:00-5:00 PM
    Contact Improvisation with DC Contact Improv

Class Descriptions

This class uses pop music to disrupt the atmosphere of traditional ballet classes. All experiences, gender expressions, and bodies are welcome as we tap into the strength and precision that ballet can develop.

This class is centered around the exploration of Black and Afrocentric movement such as, Afrobeats, Hip-Hop, Step, Majorette, Baltimore/Jersey Mix and more.

Contact Improvisation holds a class during the first hour of each session to help newcomers and experienced dancers alike develop and deepen their skills and understanding of Contact Improvisation. This leads into a jam. The 2-hour jam is a safe space for spontaneous dance connections. On the first Sunday of each month we practice an “Underscore,” a kind of combined class and jam that takes up the entire session. People of all levels of movement experience are welcome. 

Influences of classical technique are fused with contemporary and improvisational movement practices while we explore floorwork, inversions, weight shifting, and partnering.

Learn different Cuban popular and social dances such as Cuban Son, Casino and a lively and fun group dance called Rueda de Casino. Popularly known as “Cuban salsa.”

Heels dance class at Dance Place will be an amazing and innovative dance experience. Classes will focus on building confidence and allow dancers to discover new possibilities about their dance journey. All classes will focus on movement across the floor and choreography that welcomes dancers from all levels and backgrounds. Dancers are encouraged to have experience dancing in their choice of heels prior to taking class. 

In this high-energy Jazz class, we will explore directional facings, rhythm, test your endurance, and center our focus on the performance value while also moving in and out of the floor. We will be using both Jazz and Contemporary concepts as inspiration for this class.

Experience a wide range of dance and movement techniques including Laban/Bartinieff, Horton, Social Dance and Yoga, using floorwork, gesture phrases and combinations.

Scheduled Visiting Artist Master Classes and Intergenerational Family Classes. Check back here for the latest updates for visit danceplace.org/classes-workshops

This series brings together a diverse and multi-talented group of women artists who embody Hip Hop in the DMV. Pulling from their cultural roots and stories of transformation within Hip Hop culture, these artists will share Hip Hop dance as a form of community connection, soul connection, and joy. This series is open to all levels and experiences!

Explore the richness of African Dance traditions from Guinea, Mali and Senegal.

Class Locations

Dance Place Cafritz Theater: 3225 8th St NE

Dance Place Hyman M. Perlo Studio: 3225 8th St NE

Brookland Artspace Lofts (BAL) Studio: 3305 8th St NE

Edgewood Arts Center (EAC): 3415 8th St NE

Photos above: Mama Sylvia Soumah, Orange Grove Dance