Pre-Professional Division

The Pre-professional Division merges extensive ballet training with high-quality performance opportunities to equip students for thriving in the dance industry, whether it be within a company or university environment.  Our program fosters the development of techniqually proficient and artistically expressive dancers, enabling them to effortlessly adapt to the diverse range of styles demanded by today’s professionals.

What sets our training apart and makes it truly exceptional is our outstanding faculty. Our instructors possess a diverse range of experiences, including successful ballet careers, accomplishments in Broadway, esteemed university degrees, dance awards, and multiple teaching certifications. Additionally, we maintain strong professional ties to the dance industry and boast extensive personal connections with renowned ballet companies. This extensive network proves advantageous for our students as we regularly invite guest artists for master classes and facilitate essential connections to ensure our students’ success.

Call 727-448-0044 or email us at info@gulfcoastdancenter.com to schedule an audition.

  Level 4

  (Age 12+ by audition/placement)

Required weekly classes (6):

  • Tuesday
    • Jazz 4:  6-7pm
    • Contemporary 4:  7-8pm
  • Wednesday
    • Ballet 4:  6:30-8pm
    • Pointe 4:  8-9pm
  • Thursday
    • Ballet 4 & 30 mins pointe:  5:30-7:30pm
  • Saturday – Ballet 4/5:  10-11:30am
  • Optional Class:
    • PBT (conditioning & strengthening) – Saturdays at 9-10am
    • $10 drop in or $30/monthly auto.

Program Tuition: 

    • $475/monthly – 32 hours of dance
    • $35 annual registration fee

Dress Code for Level 4:

Girls:

    • Ballet – French Blue Nikolay leotard (any style), pink tights, pink ballet slippers, and hair in a bun.  Optional: french blue ballet skirt, black ballet skirt, or fitted black dance shorts.  Saturday you may wear any color leotard or ballet skirt.
    • Jazz – Black or french blue leotard, pink/flesh/black tights, flesh toned jazz shoes, and hair up.  Optional: black dance shorts over tights or black leggings.
    • Contemporary – same as jazz except you will need flesh toned contemporary half sole shoes.

Boys:

    • Ballet – Black or white fitted dance top, black tights, and black ballet slippers.  Saturday can wear a colored fitted dance top, black tights, and black ballet slippers.
    • Jazz – Black or white fitted dance top, black tights, leggings or jazz pants, and black jazz shoes.
    • Contemporary – Black or white fitted dance top, black dance bottoms, and flesh toned half soled contemporary shoes.

  Level 5 

  (Age 14+ by audition/placement)

Required weekly classes (8):

  • Monday
    • Ballet 5:  4:30-6pm
    • Pointe 5:  6-7pm
  • Tuesday
    • Ballet 5 (on pointe):  6-7:30pm
    • Jazz 5:  8-9pm
  • Wednesday
    • Ballet 5 (on pointe):  5-6:30pm
    • Contemporary 5:  6:30-7:30pm
  • Thursday – Adult Ballet 3/Pro (& Ballet 5):  7:30-9pm
  • Saturday – Ballet 4/5:  10-11:30am
  • Optional Class:
    • PBT (conditioning & strengthening) – Saturday at 9-10am
    • $10 drop or $30/monthly auto

Program Tuition:  

    • $575/monthly – 42 hours of dance
    • $35 annual registration fee

Dress Code for Level 5:

Girls:

    • Ballet – Light Navy Blue Nikolay leotard (any style), pink tights, pink ballet slippers, and hair in a bun.  Optional: Light navy blue ballet skirt, black ballet skirt, or fitted black dance shorts.  Thursday and Saturday you may wear any color leotard or ballet skirt.
    • Jazz – Black or light navy blue leotard, pink/flesh/black tights, flesh toned jazz shoes, and hair up.  Optional: black dance shorts over tights or black leggings.
    • Contemporary – same as jazz except you will need flesh toned contemporary half sole shoes.

Boys:

    • Ballet – Black or white fitted dance top, black tights, and black ballet slippers.  Saturday can wear a colored fitted dance top, black tights, and black ballet slippers.
    • Jazz – Black or white fitted dance top, black tights, leggings or jazz pants, and black jazz shoes.
    • Contemporary – Black or white fitted dance top, black dance bottoms, and flesh toned half soled contemporary shoes.

 Private Coaching

We offer personalized one on one coaching to assist our dancers to reach their dance goals.  This is a tailored time to work on the continued improvement of the dancer’s technique, to work through steps that may be causing the dancer issues, coaching and rehearsing solos, and to assist in the creation of audition videos for college, summer intensives, or career opportunities.

Privates are only available for dancers ages 9 to Adult.  You do not have to be a current GCD student to take privates.  Please call 727-448-0044 to schedule a private.

Privates – $85/hour