Elementary School
Students begin with foundational movement skills, rhythm, coordination, and creative expression.
ARTS & ELECTIVES
JDS Dance Collective
Movement. Creativity. Confidence. Students in grades K–12 discover the joy of dance while developing skills, building relationships, and expressing themselves.
Dance at Jackson Day
A Place to Move, Create & Grow
Every dancer has a place to learn, perform, and belong.
The JDS Dance Collective offers elementary, middle school, high school beginner, and advanced/honors dance. Students explore ballet, jazz, contemporary, modern, and hip-hop through technique, choreography, creative movement, and performance.
Dance educators: Skylar Whitley and Claudine Victorin
A K–12 Journey
Growing as Dancers and Individuals
Middle School
Students build on their foundations while exploring more complex technique, choreography, and performance skills.
High School
Beginner and Advanced/Honors Dance offer opportunities to deepen technique and artistry, independence, and leadership.
Learning Through Movement
Technique Meets Expression
Students develop alignment, flexibility, coordination, balance, rhythm, and movement quality. They explore musicality, improvisation, choreography, storytelling, and artistic expression in a variety of dance styles.
Technique classes, creative movement, collaborative choreography projects, and rehearsals build discipline, confidence, teamwork, and performance quality.
More Than Dance
- Creative expression and individuality
- Collaboration, character, and accountability
- Confidence, discipline, and personal growth
- Student-led warm-ups, peer mentorship, and choreography
On Stage
Opportunities to Perform
Students share their talents through school performances, original choreography, and collaborative productions. The department also has a history of participating in dance competitions.
- Annual Spring Dance Showcase
- Veterans Day Program
- Hispanic Heritage Month Performance
- Elementary holiday performances
- School-wide celebrations and special events
Beyond the Classroom
Discover What Comes Next
Featured performance roles, field trips, collegiate dance performances, and master classes led by college faculty give students opportunities to see dance beyond the classroom and explore pathways in higher education and professional dance.
Dedicated dance and rehearsal spaces, ballet barres, yoga mats, blocks, resistance bands, exercise balls, and other equipment support technique, conditioning, and growth.
Meet Our Dance Educators
Our Dance Staff
Skylar Whitley
Upper School Dance
Claudine Victorin
Elementary Dance
Dance in Action
Watch Our Dancers
In Loving Memory of Jill McQuay
Staff Member and Friend
Dance Showcase
Inspired to Move. Prepared to Grow.
We strive to create a supportive environment where students of all experience levels are challenged and inspired to become confident performers and individuals who value creativity, leadership, teamwork, and personal growth.
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