What is Acro Dance?
Acro dance is an exciting style of dance that combines the artistry and musicality of dance with the strength, flexibility and tumbling skills of acrobatics. Dancers learn to blend beautiful dance movements with tricks such as handstands, cartwheels, walkovers, balances and more!
Unlike gymnastics, which often focuses on performing skills on specialized apparatus or across a floor routine, acro dance emphasizes the seamless integration of acrobatic skills into choreography, allowing dancers to tell a story through movement while showcasing their strength and control.
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Benefits of Acro Dance for Children
- Develops Strength & Muscle Tone: Dancers build core strength, upper-body strength and muscular endurance to safely perform balances, walkovers, handstands and other acro skills.
- Improves Flexibility & Mobility: Regular, age-appropriate stretching and mobility exercises help dancers develop flexibility, control and range of motion.
- Enhances Balance & Coordination: Acro teaches children body awareness, spatial awareness, coordination and control, which transfer to other dance styles and physical activities.
- Builds Confidence & Resilience: Learning new skills takes patience and practice. Children develop perseverance, problem-solving skills and confidence as they work toward their goals.
- Builds Strong Bones: Acro involves weight-bearing and impact activities, such as jumps, landings and supporting body weight through the arms. These movements help stimulate bone growth and build bone density during childhood, when bones are developing. Building strong bones early in life is an important part of reducing the risk of osteoporosis later in adulthood.
- Supports Overall Health & Fitness: Acro helps improve cardiovascular fitness, agility, stability and general physical conditioning while keeping children active and engaged.
- Encourages Focus & Discipline: Dancers learn to listen carefully, follow instructions, practise safely and celebrate progress one step at a time.
Why bone health matters: Childhood and adolescence are especially important periods for building peak bone mass. Regular weight-bearing physical activity, alongside adequate calcium and vitamin D, supports healthy bones. While acro can contribute to bone strength, it cannot guarantee the prevention of osteoporosis. Safe technique, qualified instruction and age-appropriate progressions are essential.
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Meet your instructors
Stefanie ChehadeTap, Jazz, and Acro
Natalie KnauerBallet, Acro
Kim FalconiAdvanced Acro
Kelly Summers-WelchCo-Director/Owner, Instructor
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What dance families say
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