Dancing is fun first, healthy second. The aerobic exercise strengthens your heart, arms, and leg muscles, and builds balance and coordination. A 30-minute dance class burns around 200 calories, about the same as jogging.
The award-winning City of Lynchburg Department of Parks and Recreation offers so much: 17 parks, with organized and open areas for recreation, picnicking, fishing, canoeing and kayaking, and children’s play, over 40 miles of trails that wind through Lynchburg, & 9 recreation centers, which support planned group programs, birthdays, baby showers, community meetings, and more! They offer classes and programs year-round including camps for basketball, soccer, tennis, and more.
Central Virginia Ballet’s Academic Program is a 40-week, 4-session, professional ballet program for youths 3 to 18 years. CVB’s primary focus is the professional training of ballet technique and artistry from pre-ballet to pre-professional.
DanceLynchburg, a 501c3 non-profit organization, aims to provide to anyone - without regard to financial, cultural or any other barrier that may discourage or limit a student - an enthusiasm for the arts of dance through classes, discipline, cultural awareness, and excellence! They offer options for kids and adults.
Dancing with Lynchburg since 1939, Seven Hills Dance Studio has taught hundreds of students how to point, shuffle, pirouette, and leap, all with style and grace, and of course, all while having fun! They offer a variety of dance class choices for ages 3 – 18 as well as select master classes, workshops, and summer intensives. Classes follow a comprehensive program from September – May each year culminating in a spring recital giving students the opportunity to perform in a professional grade production.
Red Shoes Dance Academy offers classes children of all ages, adults (including wedding dance private lessons).
Virginia Dance Studio offers yoga classes, ballroom dancing classes for beginners and intermediates, as well as private lessons and wedding bootcamp!
