Dance at Your School
Stepping Stone SchoolsDance Discovery offers classes at the Stepping Stone Schools with our professional studio staff. Our degreed teachers come to the school and teach in the studio on the Stepping Stone School campus each week. Stepping Stone School students in Preschool STORYTIME DANCE™ Curriculum classes perform in our annual recital as well.
Preschool STORYTIME DANCEâ„¢ Curriculum 3-5 yearsÂ
This whole dance class is a story from beginning to end  incorporating age appropriate skills in ballet, jazz, creative movement, and  tap. The dance class begins with a ballet story and then students repeat  the ballet skills once more in the same order to traditional music. The story  engages them on their level allowing them to learn more skills because they  are actively focused for a longer period of time.
The 2025 Recital will be held May 27th-31st, 2025
Location: Life Austin Theatre Mueller, 1504 E 51st St, Austin, TX 78723
Date: Saturday, May 31 from 10:00am-11:15am (9:30am Arrival)
Calendar
2024-2025 Calendar
(begins June 17, 2024)
Closed for Summer Break July 1-6, 2024
Closed for Team Workshops Aug. 5-10, 2024
Closed for Labor Day Aug 31-Sept 2, 2024
Closed for Staff Development Sept 24, 2024
Closed for Indigenous People’s Day Oct 14, 2024
Closed for Staff Development Oct 31, 2024
Closed for Thanksgiving: Nov 26-30, 2024
Closed for Winter Performances Dec 10-15, 2024
Closed for Winter Break Dec 23, 2024-Jan 5, 2025
Classes Resume Jan 6, 2025
Closed for MLK Jan 20, 2025
Closed for Staff Development Jan 28-29, 2025Â
Closed for staff development Feb 14, 2025
Closed for President’s Day Feb 17, 2025
Closed for Spring Break March 17-22, 2025
Closed for Staff Development/Team Auditions March 25-28, 2025
Closed for Holy Week April 16-20, 2025
Memorial Day May 24-26, 2025
Tentative Recital May 27-31
These are scheduled holidays for this dance session and are not included in the total number of class days or tuition. Please note that no refund will be due because classes are not being canceled for these dates. The central studio office staff also follows this calendar.
Parent Observation Days
Parents are invited to observe and participate in their child’s class for the last 30 minutes:
- Parent Observation:Â Dec 2-7, 2024
- Parent Observation Week/Toddler In-Class Recitals: May 12-17, 2025
Policies & Attire
Onsite Details:
- New students welcomed! Registration is on-going for classes with openings.
- Classes are one day a week for one hour (from pickup to drop-off) for Preschool STORYTIME DANCE™ Curriculum Ballet/Jazz.Â
- Parents receive a newsletter about what their child’s class is learning.
- Students go home with a coloring page about what they learned each week.
- Please label dance shoes and dance bag with child’s name. Students should arrive to school on dance class days in their dance attire (unless they are potty training) with dance shoes in bag.
- Dates:Â Continuous Enrollment
Attire:Â
Preschool STORYTIME DANCE™ Curriculum Ballet/Jazz: Girls- leotard and socks, skirts are optional, pink leather or canvas ballet shoes. Boys- solid muscle shirt for boys with matching pants or shorts and black leather or canvas ballet shoes. You can purchase shoes at the link below for boys and girls.Â
Schedule
CLASSES FOR AGES 3-5Â AS OF 8/31/24
If your child’s birthday is outside of this date range then you will need to call our offices at 512-419-7611 to register with teacher approval. Online registration will only accept birthdays in the date range above.
Tuition
All payments are done by auto pay through your credit or debit card on file. Registration requires an initial payment of a $38 registration fee per family and the first month’s tuition to reserve a space. There are no refunds or adjustments due to absences, however, make-ups are available in public studio locations with openings. Each month has the same tuition amount regardless of the days in the month as we have averaged the payments over the course of the year to create equal installment amounts. If you begin late then your tuition will be prorated.
Tuition Rates:
Preschool STORYTIME DANCE™ Curriculum ages 3-5 as of 8/30/24
Registration Fee: $38 upon registration
Tuition: $65 per monthly installment
Costume Fee: $55 + tax (Charged Nov. 4th; to be worn at the recital in May)
Recital Hall Fee: $50 (Charged March 3rd to cover recital hall rental and fees; recital tickets go on sale in May.) *excludes Toddler classes
Tuition is based on a school year calendar rate for an average of 41 class meetings. This is divided into 10 equal payments independent of how many class meetings there are in any given month. If your child joins after the first class then you will only be responsible for tuition from the first date attended and forward. Your initial tuition payment will be calculated by subtracting the number of days you have missed, multiplied by the cost per class, subtracted from the normal payment amount.