Grades 4-6

Let your favorite music be your guide! Foundational technique meets creative freedom as we practice core dance skills while experimenting with rhythm, style, and expression. From your favorite pop hits to movie soundtracks, showtunes, and beyond, every song becomes a new opportunity to shine on stage.

Grades 1-3

Follow your curiosity down the rabbit hole into a world full of whimsy and wonder! Design magical realms, mischievous creatures, and fantastical props, then bring them to life through storytelling. Explore beloved characters and unusual settings as art and imagination collide in this delightfully topsy-turvy adventure.

Grades 4-6

What if Cinderella had never lost her slipper, or the Big Bad Wolf had never found the Little Pigs’ houses? Combine acting and playwriting as we work together to reimagine classic fairy tales, twisting familiar stories into bold, original adventures. Through character work and collaborative storytelling, young actors explore humor, conflict, and unexpected outcomes while building confidence on stage. Celebrate JT’s spring production of Shrek the Musical as we flip “once upon a time” on its head and bring quirky, fractured fairy tales to life!

Grades 7-12

Welcome to the new JT studio, a series of intensive programs geared towards students looking for advanced training. Ideal for students pursuing musical theatre at a high level, this course builds the confidence, technique, and artistry needed to shine in both solo and collaborative settings.

Approaching Shakespeare as we do - as actors interpreting his work four centuries after the plays were performed, we inevitably tend to focus on the language -  on giving life to his soaring rhetoric and expansive thinking.  However, the theater of Shakespeare's day which he both embraced and reinvented was largely one of physical spectacle.  In all of his plays, intellectual and spiritual reflection is made more vivid by contrasting it against scenes of broad physical comedy, grand buffoonery, and antic folly on the part of the rustics, clowns and fools.   In many of Shakespeare's comedies these elements of inversion and anarchy become dominant.  These plays draw upon performance traditions such as Commedia Dell’arte, Morality plays, and even Elizabethan holiday pageants -  all forms which delight in physical exuberance and fully embodied characterization.    The class will focus on engaging the stock character physical forms of Commedia Dell’arte and applying them to characterization in Shakespeare's plays where the influence of Commedia is at the forefront.  Students will also learn to play within and exploit the unique actor-audience relationship that many of his comedies revel in.   Drawing upon material from The Comedy of Errors, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Tempest, students will learn an approach to Shakespearean comedy that is expansive, extempore, and flirts with a kind of sublime anarchy that can liberate and enliven Shakespeare's work, as well as the actor performing it.

PreK-K Students

Hop into a magical time machine that leads to amazing adventures! Develop your actor’s tools, using your body, voice, and imagination to ride dinosaurs, explore medieval castles, and envision what the future might hold. Through movement, pretend play, and acting games, young performers bring adventures to life while stretching their imagination and creativity.

* For students ages 4 and up. Students must be fully potty-trained to participate in camps and classes. For the safety of all students, we have a closed classroom policy. Adults are not permitted to sit in on JT classes until our invited Open Sharing on the final day of classes or camps.

Grades 4-6

Bring the movies to the dance floor! Learn bold, cinematic choreography inspired by popular movie musicals like Singin’ in the Rain, In the Heights, The Greatest Showman, and more. Build musicality, sharpen timing, and move together as an ensemble while telling big stories through movement.

Grades 7-12

Pay homage to the roots of musical theatre as we explore the movement styles that shaped Broadway’s Golden Age! Learn choreography inspired by landmark musicals like Singin’ in the Rain, Guys and Dolls, and West Side Story. Focus on musicality, precision, and storytelling through dance while building technique. Connect movement choices to musical theatre history and expand your dance repertoire with classic material that continues to influence contemporary choreography.

Grades 1-3

Spin, leap, and chassé as we dance through today’s biggest hits! From the magic of Wicked to the high-energy world of K-Pop Demon Hunters, explore movement inspired by music you love. Each class blends beginner dance technique with storytelling as we bring our favorite songs to life. Whether soaring high like you’re defying gravity or dancing beyond the waves with Moana, imagination and movement lead the way in this high-energy dance adventure!