PROGRAMS · KIDS & TEENS
Confidence that last off the floor
Ballroom and Latin classes for children from age five through the teens — posture, musicality, discipline and real friendships, with a clear path to the competition floor for those who want it.
FROM AGE 5 ● BEGINNER & ADVANCED GROUPS ● $20 PER CLASS
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GROUPS & LEVELS
Where your child fits in?
Two weekly groups by level, plus private lessons for the ones who want more. Every child is placed by an instructor, not by a form.
AGES 5–8
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Beginner Kids
First steps: rhythm, posture, following the music, and the first cha cha and waltz basics — taught as games first and technique second. Sixty minutes, twice a week if you like.
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Monday, 6:00 – 7:00 PM
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Wednesday, 6:00 – 7:00 PM
$20
PER CHILD · PER CLASS
JUNIORS & TEENS
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Advanced Junior
For children and teens who already have their basics and want more — technique, routines, and preparation for showcases and competitions. Placement by the instructor.
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Tuesday, 6:15 – 7:15 PM
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Thursday, 6:15 – 7:15 PM
Ask at the studio
PER CHILD · PER CLASS
ONE-ON-ONE
III
Private Lessons
Forty-five minutes with an instructor, for young competitors polishing a routine and for children who simply learn better with individual attention. Any day of the week, by appointment.
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45 minutes, by appointment
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Packages of 4, 5 or 10 — see pricing
from $70
PER LESSON IN A PACKAGE
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WHAT THEY TAKE HOME
The medals are nice, this is nicer
Parents sign up for dance lessons. What they notice a few months later has very little to do with dancing.
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Posture
Ballroom is the one sport where standing tall is the whole point. Kids carry it into the classroom, the school photo, and the way they walk into a room.
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Musicality
Counting, phrasing, hearing where the beat lands — the same ear that makes music lessons and languages come easier.
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Discipline
A routine is learned one figure at a time: practise, correct, repeat. It becomes a habit that outlasts the dance.
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Friendships
Partners, teammates, road trips to competitions, medals shared in a hotel hallway — this is where a lot of lifelong friendships start.
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THE CHAMPIONS PATH
From the first cha cha to the Grand Nationals
Not every child wants to compete, and nobody is pushed. But for the ones who catch the bug, Prestige has a clear path: beginner group, advanced junior group, private lessons, local showcases, regional competitions — and then national floors like the Grand Nationals, where our students go and come back with medals.
Our juniors train with instructors who compete and win at national level — a world champion, a national Latin champion and a full-time professional among them. And the studio’s founder, Aleksandra Barsukov, is a certified national adjudicator who judges the very competitions our juniors aspire to. She knows exactly what the judges reward, because she is one.
Competing brings entry fees, costumes and travel. We walk every family through the timeline and the costs well before anyone commits — and the first goal is always the same: a child who walks onto the floor excited, not scared.
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YOUNGEST STARTING AGE
World
THE LEVEL OUR TEACHERS HAVE COMPETED AT
Nationals
WHERE OUR JUNIORS MEDAL
We are the champions
The first trophy
Advanced juniors on the floor