Do you love music and movement? The Dance Program at Colorado Academy provides opportunities in a variety of dance genres for students at all levels of interest and experience.
Our students develop skills in collaboration, perseverance, creativity, and communication through movement. Performance opportunities occur throughout the year.
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Upper School dance class at Colorado Academy, a top Pre-K through Grade 12 school in Denver.
Dance at CA
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Lower School
Our youngest students incorporate Music classes with dance to tell stories through active movement including the exploration of dance, rhythm, and body movement. Grade level groups present Spring performances.
Middle School
Middle School students have the opportunity to participate in styles such as Pop/Rock Tap, Jazz/Hip Hop, Ballet, and Dance for Musical Theater.
These are multi-level classes where each student is guided in a way that allows them to work at their own pace.
There are optional performance opportunities throughout the year. Beginning in Grade 7, students may choose to take a dance class as their arts elective.
Upper School
There are two forms of participation in Upper School—Elective classes and the Company.
Company dancers are accomplished and versatile in various styles.
Upper School students may choose to take dance as either an arts elective or as one trimester of their athletic requirement.
"I spent two trimesters working on a dance piece, and when it came together, it was even better than I expected. I will never forget the first performance!"
- Paige Thomas ’18
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Melissa Zaremba
Upper & Middle School Dance Instructor & Choreographer
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Melissa Zaremba holds a BPA in Dance from Oklahoma City University and an MFA in Choreography from Jacksonville University. She has performed in more than 30 union productions across the country, including eight years as a Radio City Rockette and in the first national tour of 42nd Street. She is an award-nominated choreographer who has worked in Chicago, Atlanta, Colorado, and Off-Broadway. Zaremba has served in the Adjunct Faculty of dance in the Musical Theater programs at Columbia College (Chicago), Roosevelt University (Chicago), and Abilene Christian University (Texas). She has taught for institutions across the country, including the Rockette Experience and Summer Intensives (as seen on MTV) at the Radio City Music Hall in New York. Zaremba recently returned to her home state of Colorado after 14 years in Chicago and has been at CA since 2018.