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Ambo Dance Theatre

Drop-In Classes

Ambo Dance Theatre offers Drop-In classes on an ongoing basis throughout the year! All Drop-In classes are geared toward Adult and Teen dancers, and we provide class options that cater to all levels and abilities.

 

Scroll through our class options below and join us on the dance floor!

Class card and different pricing options are listed at the bottom of the page and offer flexible ways to participate!

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If you are interested in classes for Children, please check out the Ambo Dance Theatre School program and the Creative Movement program!

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Weekly Drop-In Class Schedule 

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Flexibility and Strengthening

Sundays @ 12pm

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This class promotes functional strength, fitness, and wellness for all bodies, but especially catered to the dancing body. Exercises focus on proper alignment and kinesthetic awareness to create balance throughout the body and reduce the risk of injury, ultimately providing the necessary tools to increase endurance, range of motion, and overall physical performance.

 

For adults and teens.

All experience levels welcome!

All equipment provided!​​​

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Open Level Contemporary Ballet

Tuesdays @ 6:30pm

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Blending classical technique with modern movement, the class focuses on artistry, fluidity, and self-expression. Whether you're refining your skills or exploring ballet for the first time, this class offers a welcoming space to grow and move with grace.

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For adults and teens.

Some movement experience recommended!

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Belly Dance

Thursdays @ 6pm

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Belly dance is a captivating and empowering art form that celebrates fluidity, strength, and self-expression. Rooted in Middle Eastern traditions, this class focuses on isolations, undulations, and rhythmic movements of the torso and hips, enhancing core strength and body awareness. With an emphasis on musicality and graceful technique, students will learn fundamental movements, intricate combinations, and the cultural significance behind this mesmerizing dance style.

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For adults and teens.

All experience levels welcome!

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Int/Adv

Modern 

Technique

Sundays @ 1pm

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Explore modern dance elements, such as contraction and release, fall and recovery, initiation points and kinetic chains through the body, and use of the spine in movement. This class typically starts on the floor with Laban/Bartenieff-based exercises and gradually builds to standing and moving across the floor. 

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For adults and teens. 

Significant prior movement experience recommended.

Layers are recommended.​​​

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Beginning Tap Dance

Wednesdays @ 5:30pm

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An introductory rhythm tap class focused on building your fundamental tap vocabulary. Combinations focus on reinforcing foundational movements, while also introducing rhythmic intricacy, musicality, and layering of steps. â€‹

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For adults and teens.

All experience levels welcome!

Tap shoes required.

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Dance 

Partnering

Fridays @ 5pm

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This class will explore different strategies and partnering techniques rooted in contact improvisation and gender-neutral non-traditional partnering. Participants will learn to use their body weight and skeletal structure strategically to build lifts and partnered weight sharing that they can then apply broadly through structured improvisational exercises and movement phrases.

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For adults and teens.

Some prior movement experience recommended.

Come solo or bring a partner!

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Open Level Contemporary/Modern Technique

Mondays @ 5:30pm

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Rooted in modern dance, this class integrates technical elements from ballet and jazz to open up your movement repertory. Exercises typically begin on the floor and work their way to standing, emphasizing body awareness and proper engagement and alignment.

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For adults and teens.

Some movement experience recommended.​​​

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Beginning Modern Technique

Wednesdays @ 6:30pm

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An introductory modern dance class designed to introduce the body to Laban-Bartenieff-based movement pathways. This gentle class focuses on building strong modern dance foundations in order to expand your range of motion, spatial awareness, and muscular integration.

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For adults and teens.

All experience levels welcome!​​​​​

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Dance Improvisation

Fridays @ 6pm

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Much like actors can improvise a scene together, so can dancers collectively improvise a dance that looks choreographed right on the spot! This class places an emphasis on group compositional improvisation. Through games, activities, and scores, we'll learn strategies for connecting as an ensemble, building and structuring dance extemporaneously, and treating improvisation as performance. 

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For adults and teens.

All experience levels welcome!

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Open Level Jazz

Tuesdays @ 5:30pm

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Jazz dance is a high-energy and expressive style that combines sharp, dynamic movements with smooth, fluid transitions. Rooted in rhythm and musicality, jazz incorporates elements of traditional technique alongside modern influences, making it versatile and ever-evolving. Classes typically focus on building strength, flexibility, coordination, and performance skills through exercises, across-the-floor sequences, and vibrant choreography.

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For adults and teens.

Some movement experience recommended!

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Intermediate Tap Dance

Wednesdays @ 6:30pm

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Building off of fundamental tap movement vocabulary, this class integrates more complex steps such as pullbacks, wings, and riffs in order to introduce more complex musicality, syncopation, and rhythmic understanding. This class also explores improvisation techniques and layered rhythms to introduce more nuanced choreographic structures.

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For adults and teens.

Prior tap experience required.

Tap shoes required.

Join Us For Class!
All class passes are valid for four months, starting from the date of purchase.
Looking for the best value option? Go unlimited!
Classes can be purchased and paid for in-person! 
All class passes are valid for four months, starting from the date of purchase unless otherwise specified.
If you are new to Ambo, please arrive 10-15 minutes before the start of class to complete paperwork and pay for classes!
Please note that Ambo Dance Theatre's Drop-In Classes are geared toward Adult and Teen dancers of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities. If you are interested in classes for Children, please check out the Ambo Dance Theatre School program and the Creative Movement program!
 It's never too early to book us for performances for community and corporate events!
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Phone: (502) 822-6122 

Email: ambodancetheatre@gmail.com

Address: 812 Clarks Lane, Louisville, KY 40217

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