IMPORTANT DATES Spring Session: Mon, January 14th - Sat, May 17th Parent Observation: Mon, March 3rd - Sat, March 8th Spring Break: Mon, March 10th - Thu, March 13th Easter Break: Fri, March 21st - Sun, March 23rd Dress Rehearsal: Sat, May 10th 5th ANNIVERSARY RECITAL: Sun, May 18th

 

Dance & Theatre Classes

• Children's Program (Ages 3-6)
• Youth Program (Ages 6+)
• Teen/Adult Program (Ages 13+)

Our Dance & Theatre programs begin with the experience of a Broadway performer and choreographer - PAA’s Creative Director Sarah Mason.

Whether you are searching for a ballet class for your 3-year-old, or aspiring to train with Emmy Award-winning performers, PAA has programs for both recreational and professional dancers of all ages, levels and interests. 

Our technique classes in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip-Hop and Musical Theater are designed for children as young as 3 and for adults at any age, and they are taught by faculty who have trained at Broadway Dance Center and with dance greats such as Dan Karaty, Gelsey Kirkland and Savion Glover. 

For those dancers who desire a greater challenge, our Studio Companies offer an early professional experience for dancers while our Broadway Connection brings our students together with the world’s finest dancer’s right here in Potters Mills.

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Private Music Instruction
We place great importance on both learning the correct technique required to play the guitar together with an understanding of music theory. Our students learn how to read music and perform selections of Bach and Beethoven while learning how to play the rhythms and solos of their rock and country favorites. Parents can hear their kids practicing “Bach’s Minuet in G” along with “Smoke on the Water” at home. PAA students have many opportunities to perform throughout the community, whether they are playing classical music at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts or jamming rock-and-roll classics such as the Beatles “Come Together” or Van Halen’s version of “You Really Got Me” at PAA’s summer Rock-and-Roll Band Camp. PAA guitar students have fun as they become experienced guitar players!

• Electric Guitar
• Acoustic Guitar
• Bass Guitar

Private guitar, bass, voice, dance and theatre instruction can be scheduled by calling the office.

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New for Spring 2008!
KinderMoves is a high energy ballet, tap & jazz class designed to teach students the basics, while expressing themselves through "free dance" and improvisation. Students spend 25 minutes on each genre of dance.

Next Step Ballet, Tap & Jazz are our exciting, invitation-only pre-professional classes that are geared toward preparing dancers for a career in the dance world.

Studio Hip-Hop is the popular style that you see on music videos and in pop concerts. Teachers focus on age-appropriate movement while keeping music "clean"!

Theatre Jazz dance classes for students over the age of 8 focus on that exciting, high-energy style of jazz that is required for Broadway roles, from the Lion King to Hairspray!

Setting the Stage is our fun new acting class that walks beginning through experienced actors through loads of helpful information — delivering a flawless monologue, tackling cold readings, developing characters and choosing which acting method works for you. Also includes audition preparation—actors leave with the tools to handle auditions at any level!