At Little Barn, our philosophy is simple: we don’t teach choreography—we teach dance basics.

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We believe the fundamentals always come first.

No matter a child’s age, we begin with the foundational steps that build real dancers—not just performers copying movements.

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We approach dance the way you’d approach reading: first, you learn the alphabet—then you build words, sentences, and stories. Refinement comes with maturity, practice, and repetition. 

In the same way, we teach universal steps and qualities of dance through Broadway ballet, theater dance, tap, and popular dance, with fun and clever dances that use lots of repetition and later become part of our shows.

As the dancers grow, the basics become second nature, developing “body intelligence". Then comes more refinement, and we can create more complex choreography as the dancers progress. 

When it’s time to perform, they already know the dances from class—focused on dance basics. We don’t focus on perfecting every step. Instead, we give kids the chance to practice, explore, and let their personalities shine. Over time, the steps become second nature. And because they truly understand what they’re doing, they can recognize dance vocabulary wherever they go—because we’ve taught them the language of dance.