Courses
More than just dance school
Private and Group Dance Lessons
Long Island Dance School offers Ballroom and Latin Dance Lessons for children and adults. We teach beginners, first time dancers and professional competitors. We have the right instructor to help you achieve your dancing goals. Our Long Island ballroom dance school is ranked top dance school on Long Island. Conveniently located in Syosset just off the LIE.
Pre-School & Pre-Teen Dance Classes
We offer tap, Ballet, Jazz and hip hop classes for children ages 3-12 at our Long Island Dance School.
Tap & Ballet
Our pre-schooler ballet and tap program teach coordination, balance, motor skill development, and social skills. Children in this class gain confidence, coordination, and learn musicality while having fun.
Jazz & Hip Hop Fitness
Our jazz and hip hop fitness class focuses on releasing energy through dance and fitness. Students learn basic movements through stretching, jumping, agility, and moving their bodies in a way that promotes coordination and balance.
Ballroom Dance Classes
Stephanie and her team of instructors are professionals ballroom dance competitors with over 30+ years of experience.
International Latin Dance
Latin-style dances include Cha Cha, Rumba, Samba, Paso Doble, and Jive. Learn how to move your body to dances that are performed all over the world in competitions and showcases.
International Standard Dance
Standard dances include Slow Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Foxtrot, and Quickstep. Dance widely in the United States and throughout the world, students learn all 5 dances.
American Smooth Dance
American Smooth includes Slow Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, and Viennese Waltz. Commonly known as the “Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers” style of dancing, American Smooth includes more open hold and side by side work.
American Rhythm
American Rhythm style dances include Cha Cha, Rumba, Swing, Bolero, and Mambo. While similar to Latin-style dances, American Rhythm is distinct in its inclusion of mambo, bolero, and swing.
Acting Classes
Acting class is an outlet for stress, anxiety and creates a feeling of well-being… Improve your self-confidence and help kids learn how to get up in front of a class for a presentation or demonstration. Learn More!
Intro To Acting
Our intro class allows students to tap into their imagination to develop characters. The class covers scripted scenes, cold readings, commercial auditions, and proper preparation.
Improvisation For The Actor
Students learn the basic skills of improv while applying poise and confidence in self-expression through class exercises. Our improv class allows students to analyze and solve problems quickly.
Social Dance Classes
At Dance With Us Long Island, Dance is our passion, we offer a variety of dance classes for ages 3 through 99!
Salsa
Salsa, Merengue, and Bachata are sexy, energetic, and fun dances that can be danced with or without a partner, having evolved from and incorporate Mambo and other Latin dance styles.
Burlesque
Our Burlesque class blends burlesque, jazz, and theater dance together to create a fun experience that students come out of with a positive attitude and confidence like no other.
Ballet for Ballroom
Designed specifically for the Ballroom Dancer and taught by talented Ballet dancer Lorna Zawacki, our Ballet for Ballroom class incorporates stretching, ballet barre, core strengthening, body placement, and combinations for increasing speed and agility.
Theatrical Dance
This class allows students to learn energy output, weight transfer, rotation, and settling actions. Students discuss staging, perception, space, rhythm and timing, dynamics, body, action, characteristics, and level changes.
Belly
Belly Dancing is an Arabic expressive dance originating in Egypt that emphasizes complex movements of the torso. Students learn how to use their hips and body to create movements.
Instructor Training
Dance With Us offers Teacher Certifications with both the USTA and USISTD in all dance styles: American Rhythm, American Smooth, International Latin, International Standard, and Theatre Arts.