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Jazz in New York

13 verified schools across 9 New York suburbs offer jazz.

Jazz dance styles including commercial jazz, Broadway jazz, and jazz funk.

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Astoria

Astoria Dance Center

Ages 2+

40-year Astoria children's dance institution under Owner-Director Maureen Gelchion, with Children's and Teens divisions covering Pre-Ballet through performance team.

  • Ballet
  • Jazz
  • Hip Hop
  • Contemporary
  • Children's Dance

Midtown

Broadway Dance Center

Theater District dance institution founded 1984, occupying three floors and over 30,000 square feet on West 45th Street.

  • Ballet
  • Jazz
  • Hip Hop
  • Contemporary
  • Commercial

Park Slope

Brooklyn CenterStage Dance Studio

Park Slope-Gowanus border dance studio under named owner-director Heidi Flanagan, training all ages across ballet, tap, jazz, modern, musical theatre and hip hop.

  • Ballet
  • Jazz
  • Hip Hop
  • Contemporary
  • Children's Dance

Williamsburg

Canopy Dance

North Williamsburg children's dance studio offering ballet, jazz, creative movement, k-pop and hip hop with a developmental-resilience curriculum focus.

  • Ballet
  • Jazz
  • Hip Hop
  • Children's Dance

Astoria

Cathy's Dance Studio

Astoria institution founded in 1956 by former Radio City Rockette Cathy Dooley, now directed by Spiro Pavlakos across tap, jazz, ballet, hip-hop, modern, acrobatics and pointe.

  • Ballet
  • Jazz
  • Hip Hop
  • Contemporary
  • Children's Dance

Tribeca

Downtown Dance Factory

Tribeca children's dance studio co-founded 2009 by Melanie Zrihen and Hanne Larsen, offering ballet, hip-hop, jazz, tap and breaking.

  • Ballet
  • Jazz
  • Hip Hop
  • Children's Dance

Williamsburg

GOOD MOVE

Williamsburg dance and mindful-fitness studio founded by professional dancer and choreographer Jules Bakshi, designed for movers of all levels, bodies and identities.

  • Contemporary
  • Hip Hop
  • Jazz
  • Commercial

Greenwich Village

Joffrey Ballet School

Year-round pre-professional ballet and contemporary training, the official ballet school in New York City founded by Robert Joffrey in 1953.

  • Ballet
  • Contemporary
  • Jazz
  • Hip Hop
  • Children's Dance

Tribeca

Luna Performing Arts

Tribeca performing arts school launched July 2019, covering ballet, jazz, hip hop, tap, lyrical, contemporary and Chinese dance for children and adults.

  • Ballet
  • Jazz
  • Hip Hop
  • Contemporary
  • Cultural & Folk
  • Children's Dance

East Village

Peridance Capezio Center

Ages 1+

East Village dance centre founded 1983 by Artistic Director Igal Perry, offering 250+ open classes per week alongside training programs for children and pre-professionals.

  • Ballet
  • Contemporary
  • Jazz
  • Hip Hop
  • Cultural & Folk
  • Children's Dance

Upper West Side

Steps on Broadway

Upper West Side dance institution founded 1979 at 74th and Broadway, drawing faculty from New York City Ballet, Alvin Ailey, Boston Ballet and Paris Opera.

  • Ballet
  • Contemporary
  • Jazz
  • Hip Hop
  • Children's Dance

Bensonhurst

The Brooklyn Dance Centers

Brooklyn dance studio with 35+ years of professional dance education across two locations (Bensonhurst BDC 2 and Bay Ridge BDC 3), home to an award-winning competition team.

  • Ballet
  • Jazz
  • Hip Hop
  • Children's Dance

Park Slope

The Dance Studio of Park Slope

Ages 5+

Park Slope dance school in its 49th year, running ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, theatre jazz, modern and acro jazz for children through teens.

  • Ballet
  • Jazz
  • Hip Hop
  • Contemporary
  • Children's Dance