Acro Dance is a style that blends classical dance technique with acrobatic skills like balancing, limbering, tumbling, and contortion. Unlike gymnastics, the focus is on seamless transitions, performance quality, and artistic expression within a dance context.

While Acro and Gymnastics may include similar tricks, they are very different disciplines:

• Acro Dance is an art form that combines dance and acrobatics. It’s performed on hard dance floors, with tricks woven into choreography using strength, flexibility, and flow.

• Gymnastics is a competitive sport focused on athleticism, scoring, and apparatus-based routines like vault, beam, and bars, often on spring floors.

• Acro dancers must execute tricks without spring assistance and maintain grace and control as part of a dance performance. The goal is fluidity, not just skill execution.

This video gives a great overview: Watch: What’s the Difference Between Acro and Gymnastics?

We offer Acro classes for dancers ages 3 and up. Class placement is based on age, ability, and experience to ensure safety and progress.

Not at all! Our Acro classes welcome beginners and experienced dancers alike. We focus on building strength, flexibility, and technique from the ground up.

Students develop:

• Proper body alignment and control

• Strength, flexibility, and balance

• Limbering skills, handstands, bridges, walkovers, and more

• Safe and correct technique for all movements

• Integration of tricks into choreography

Absolutely. Safety is our top priority. All classes emphasize:

• Correct hand and body placement

• Spotting techniques

• Progressive skill development

• Trained instructors who prioritize injury prevention

Female students wear leotard and skin-color footless tights.  Shorts may also be worn. Male students must wear shorts and a T-shirt.  Hair should be in a low bun at the base of the head.  No footwear required.

We offer Acro classes at our Islip studio location.

Absolutely! We believe in transparency and connection. Parents are always welcome to observe class. Our Islip location features observation windows and we also provide secure access to our private live stream app—so you can watch from anywhere or share your child’s dance moments with family near and far.

Yes! Acro dancers have the exciting option to participate in our annual June recital. It’s a fun and confidence-building experience, but completely optional. Costumes are ordered in December, and recital tickets go on sale in May. Whether or not your child performs, they’ll still enjoy a full season of joyful movement and learning.