Community Classes
Fall 2025 Community Class Offerings
DanceAbility is dance for ALL people! This improvisation-based class will bring together kids with and without disabilities in a supportive environment to express themselves, connect, and have fun. No experience is necessary. Please email elizabeth@portlandyouthdance.com FMI or for questions.
Register here.
contact office@portlandballet.org
Community Ballet is a free group class for children ages 7-12. Portland Ballet and Portland Youth Dance have partnered to provide free beginner-level ballet classes to children in need in the Greater Portland area. Classes incorporate technique, stretching, musicality, and choreography. Register here.
Winter & Spring 2026 Community Class Offerings
Boys & Girls Clubs
We are proud to partner with Boys & Girls Clubs in the area. Check back soon for 2026 session dates.
South Portland Boys & Girls Club
Spring 2026 TBD
Spring 2026 TBD
Mayo Street Arts Club Hip Hop
Since 2012, PYD student teachers and Community Dance Director Elizabeth Lau have led an ongoing hip-hop class called Club Hip Hop at Mayo Street Arts in Portland, Maine. Club Hip Hop focuses on reaching kids and teens in the East Bayside community. During the 2021/2022 season, PYD’s teaching artists Veeva Banga and Marita Kennedy shared a residency at MSA, teaching Hip-Hop and West African dance forms. Veeva has continues to work with Mayo Street Arts. Check their website here for schedule updates!
Check out this link to our 2019 performance at National Night Out.
Check out their Facebook page for more info, pictures, and videos of Club Hip Hop!
