Asheville Contemporary Dance offers classes for all ages and levels through a school founded in 1970, including Modern, Ballet, Jazz, and performance-track programs.
Students seeking Modern, Ballet, Jazz, or multidisciplinary dance training
Beginners seeking instruction through advanced technical and artistic development
Middle- and high-school students pursuing Junior Company training and performance opportunities
Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance presents professional contemporary ballet in Asheville and Winston-Salem through a summer-only season featuring dancers recruited from across the U.S.
Contemporary ballet and dance theater performances
Audiences seeking professional dance productions in Asheville
Audiences seeking professional dance productions in Winston-Salem
Aerial Space is North Carolina's first circus arts studio, offering beginner-friendly silks, trapeze, lyra, sling, and handbalancing classes in Asheville.
beginners trying aerial arts
aerial silks, lyra, trapeze, sling, or handbalancing instruction
children ages 6-12 seeking small-group aerial classes
Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance offers TCRG-led Irish dance instruction in Asheville, from beginner classes through competitive intermediate and advanced training.
Children and beginners starting Irish dance
Dancers seeking soft-shoe and hard-shoe instruction
Novice and advanced dancers pursuing competitive goals
Which Buncombe County dance school is best for ballet and pointe?
Asheville Academy of Ballet offers ballet, pointe, modern dance, Pilates, conditioning, and creative ballet for students at all levels.
Are there summer dance intensives for teenagers in Asheville?
Asheville Academy of Ballet offers a summer intensive for ages 11–18, including repertoire, partnering, choreography, ballet, pointe, and modern dance.
Where can beginners take pole dancing classes in Asheville?
Danceclub Asheville offers an 8-week introductory pole series and structured levels from Intro through advanced series.
What equipment does Danceclub Asheville have for pole training?
The studio has eight poles for spinning, climbing, and inverting, and offers training in pole tricks, spin pole, floorwork, and heels choreography.