Ignite your dancer’s passion in the SMB Children’s Division

The SMB Children’s Division is led by our experienced, professional faculty with convenient monthly enrollment to accommodate the schedules of busy families.

Our instructors provide each student with an enriching arts education in a supportive and welcoming learning environment using the building blocks of anatomy, geometry, physics, and linguistics. Many classes feature live piano accompaniment, fostering musicality and dynamic movement as students gain body awareness and motor control.

Age-appropriate exercises provide safe practice of the basic shapes, positions, and postures of classical ballet, preparing dancers to move on to our School Division.

All Children’s Division classes are also offered on Madison’s East Side at the newly built Madison Youth Arts Center.

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Me & My Parent

Ages 18 mo. - 3
One 30 minute class/week
$49 per month

Toddlers and a parent or caretaker dance together while focusing on rhythm, movement, music, and fun! Students learn dance movements while developing healthy toddler bodies and coordination. Exercises focus on body awareness, gross motor skills, and self expression. Children must be at least 18 months old on or before their first day of enrollment.

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Creative Movement

Ages 4 - 5
One 45 minute class/week
$69 per month

Creative Movement teaches rhythm and coordination through a variety of engaging movement exercises. The curriculum is carefully designed to gently introduce these students to a structured and safe classroom environment, while instilling in them the confidence to imagine and explore. Creative play enhances the development of fine and gross motor skills as children leap, stretch, coordinate, isolate, and move to music. Social skills are developed through activities that reward collaboration and cooperation. Children must be at least 4 years old on or before their first day of enrollment.

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Pre-Ballet

Ages 6 - 7
One 60 min class/week.
$89 per month

Pre-Ballet classes teach body alignment, posture, and isometric muscle development, while fostering a love for dance and creative expression. Students also begin learning the ballet vocabulary as part of their introduction to formal ballet training. Children must be 6 years old on or before their first day of enrollment.

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dress code

**Female-Identifying Attire:**
Pink leotard
Pink or skin-toned ballet tights
Pink or skin-toned ballet slippers
**Male-Identifying Attire:**
White T-shirt (tucked in)
Opaque black ballet tights
White socks
White ballet slippers

Find your balance

Click the links below to learn about the School of Madison Ballet’s other divisions.

school division

Trainee Program