Where to Find Boys’ Dance Classes Near Greenville, SC

Have a boy who likes to dance? It can be hard to be the only boy in a dance class, and as a result, many boys don’t want to try a dance class. Kidding Around found a few studios in Spartanburg and Greenville that offer dance classes just for boys. Below you’ll find a list of places where boys will find dance classes just for them.

Giving Your Son The Gift Of Dance

As adults, we all wish to impress on the dance floor at weddings and other functions. Why not give your son the gift of dance at a young age? Whether they continue with dance lessons to a professional level, the things they learn can be applied elsewhere.

Boy-Exclusive Dance Classes

Most dance studios will accept boys into any class they offer, but having a class exclusively made up of boys allows some boys to learn better.

Dance offers so many benefits:

• For a child interested in sports, it offers agility and so many other things that can be applied elsewhere.
• Dance can help teach your child confidence. Nothing is more impressive to girls than a boy who knows what he’s doing on the dance floor!
• Dance teaches musicality if they are interested in playing a musical instrument.

If dance is something that your son has a passion for, the opportunities are endless. Scholarships, grants, and other opportunities are almost thrown at male dancers because there are so few of them. 

Studios in Spartanburg with Dance Classes Just for Boys

3D Centre of the Arts | 9133 Warren H Abernathy Highway, Spartanburg

• 3D Centre of the Arts boy’s hip hop, and acro class info is available online

Backstage Dance Connection | 3236 Parris Bridge Road, Boiling Springs

• Backstage Dance Connection boys hip hop class info is available online

Emmanuel Arts | 19 North Main Street, Inman

• Contact them to discuss boy’s class option. There has been one in the past, it just depends on interest from season to season.

Studios in Greenville with Dance Classes Just for Boys

International Ballet Academy | 1018 South Batesville Road, Greer

• Contact International Ballet Academy for Boy’s Ballet Class Info

Dance Without Limits | 115 Pelham Road – Suite 24, Greenville

• Contact Dance Without Limits for Boy’s Hip Hop Class Info

Carolina Ballet Theatre | 255 Service Bay Road, Mauldin

• Contact Carolina Ballet Theatre for Boy’s Ballet Class Info

Studios in the Upstate that Offer Gender-Inclusive Classes

These studios offer classes where the boys are taught alongside the girls, but the boys still get equal attention in instruction.

Carolina Dance Collaborative | Classes at Upstate YMCA locations

• Carolina Dance Collaborative offers ballet, tap and jazz class info online
• They offer scholarships, as one of the only non-profit dance studios in the Upstate.

Dance Without Limits | 115 Pelham Road – Suite 24, Greenville

• Dance Without Limits welcomes boys in any of its classes alongside the girls. They offer ballet, jazz, lyrical, acro, and hip-hop. In addition, there is a boys-only hip-hop class.

International Dance Academy | 1225 Pendleton Street – Suite 8, Greenville

• It offers a diverse course selection of partnered dance style bachata, ballet Folklorico, hip hop, and Latin ballroom

If a school you are interested in is not listed here, call and talk to them. If no one ever asks for boy-only classes, studios won’t offer them. It can’t hurt to ask!