Masterclass Dance Company

Great South Bay Dance is a dance studio on Broadway in Amityville that teaches curriculum-based dance in a non-competitive atmosphere. The youngest dancers start in Caregiver & Me classes from 18 months and pre-ballet for ages 2 to 4, then move on to kindergarten ballet and tap or hip hop and acrobatics. Classes for 1st through 12th grade cover ballet and pointe, jazz and tap, lyrical and contemporary, hip hop, musical theater, Irish step, and Dance 360, which combines ballet, jazz and lyrical in one class. Adaptive Dance classes welcome dancers of all abilities, with groups from age 3 through teens and adults. The main season runs September through June, and six-week sessions for dancers 18 months through first grade are a way to try dance without committing to a full year. Dancers can take part in an optional spring dance concert, and the invitation-only Performance Ensemble performs at local events, including Long Island Ducks and Long Island Nets games. Summer classes include a dance camp for ages 3 to 5 and choreography workshops for dancers 6 and up. The studio also offers private lessons, birthday parties with dancing, games, a craft and pizza, adult dance classes, and summer beach yoga for adults at Amityville Beach. Parking and the main entrance are at the back of the building.

Stage Door School of Dance is a dance studio on Sunrise Highway in Patchogue with classes for ages 12 months to adult in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, modern and lyrical, and acrobatics and tumbling. Recreational classes run from preschool dance for ages 12 months to 5 years through youth and teen classes for ages 5 to 17, with boys-only classes, adult dance, and fitness and conditioning alongside. Its weDance program offers classes designed for dancers with physical, cognitive, emotional and behavioral needs, from age 3 through adult, with a dance shadow assigned to every student and fully accessible studios and restrooms. Dancers who want to compete can join SDSD Crew, an open-enrollment competition team for ages 5 to 17 with no audition, or go on to the invitation-only Select program and the auditioned Elite Company, which competes at local dance competitions. The studio has five studio rooms, offers a free trial class for new students, and hosts birthday dance parties built around a private themed dance class.

The Hannah Kroner School of Dance is a family-owned studio on Willis Avenue in Albertson that says it has taught dance for over 75 years, now directed by two of its former students. The youngest dancers start with a parent-and-child music, dance and story class from 18 months and tots classes for ages 2 to 3. Older students take ballet (with pointe once they are ready), tap, jazz, hip hop, acro, contemporary and lyrical, and Broadway musical theater for pre-teens and teens. The studio also offers small, adapted dance and exercise classes for children and adults with special needs, adult classes, and birthday parties. Dancers 8 and up can audition for the studio's competition company, and no minimum experience is required. Children's classes run September through June, with summer classes and workshops in July and August.

A Step Above Performing Arts is a family-oriented dance studio on Merrick Road in Massapequa Park, founded in 2009. Classes start with creative movement for ages 2 and up, then ballet and tap from age 3, jazz and hip hop from age 4, and contemporary, lyrical and musical theater from age 7, plus an adult hip hop class. The studio describes itself as a dance school for all levels, whether students dance for fun, fitness or a future career, and it runs competition and company teams that it says have won national and local awards.