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Students perform during the 2023 Dance Concert in the Spieker Center

Upper School Creative Arts

Dance

2026 Menlo Dance Concert

Seeing Life Through Color

Friday, March 27, at 7:00 pm
Saturday, March 28, at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm

 

We invite our audience to experience emotion in motion - each dance inspired by a hue on the feel wheel, transforming color into feeling and movement that reflect the beauty and complexity of being human.

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  • All tickets will be reserved seating, no general admission tickets
  • Our goal is to maximize the energy towards the front of the house, and we encourage everyone to cheer loudly for our dancers!

Livestream: 

Friday, March 27 at 7:00 pm

Saturday, March 28 at 2:00 pm

Saturday, March 28 at 7:00 pm

Just Dance!

Express yourself more freely, build confidence, and stimulate your mind while strengthening your body and exploring a mix of movement styles and choreography.

Menlo’s Dance program offers several course options for dancers of all levels during the academic day that be applied to the School’s creative arts graduation requirement (see courses below). Additionally, we offer an after-school dance enrichment program for those who are passionate about dance.

Upper School students perform in the 2023 Dance Concert

Upper School Dance Faculty

Upper School Dance Course Offerings

Grade: 101112

Advanced Dance

This is a year-long course. 

Building upon the foundations of Dance, students will further develop their technique and dive deeper into dance as an art form. Styles of dance that will be studied include jazz, contemporary, world styles, musical theatre, ballet, and hip hop. Classes will include warming up, stretching, movement sequences across the floor, and learning choreography. Students will build skills to develop their artistic expression through improvisation and creating and analyzing choreography. We will also study various choreographic tools and techniques to create your Dance Concert piece.

Enrolled students will be expected to perform and participate in the annual Dance Concert in March 2026. TA opportunities are available for experienced dancers with the teacher’s approval.

Grade: 9101112

Dance Foundations

This is a year-long course.

Throughout the course, we will broaden our understanding of dance by studying multiple styles including jazz, contemporary, musical theatre, hip-hop, and tap. The course will focus on developing a technical foundation, understanding rhythm and musicality, strength and flexibility, choreography retention, and most importantly how to have FUN while moving your body! Class structure will include a warm-up designed around proper body alignment, across-the-floor movement, and choreography sequences focusing on applying proper technique and artistry. Students will have multiple opportunities to choreograph where we will explore self-expression ideas through movement while collaborating with peers. We will also study various choreographic tools and techniques to create your Dance Concert piece.

Enrolled students will be expected to perform and participate in the annual Dance Concert in March 2026. TA opportunities are available for experienced dancers with the teacher’s approval.

Dance Concert Video Highlights


2025 Dance Concert: ICONS

2024 Dance Concert: Innovate

2023 Dance Concert: A Knight at the Movies

 

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Menlo Dance Concert 2023
A Knight at the Movies

March 10 & 11 at 7:00 pm
March 12 at 3:00 pm

Join us as we celebrate A Knight at the Movies featuring
choreography and music inspired by the movies we love!

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