Join us for Threads Dance Project’s fall performances at the Luminary Arts Center

This 7-week series introduces the foundational principles of modern dance in a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive environment. Students will explore fundamental techniques, including floor work, center exercises, and basic movement phrases, while developing strength, coordination, and creative expression.
Perfect for beginners and those looking to build confidence in their movement journey!

Give your child aged 7-9 years the gift of dance. They will learn technical skills, wellness and nutrition, and creative self-expression through movement.

Give your child aged 10-12+ years the gift of dance. They will learn technical skills, wellness and nutrition, and creative self-expression through movement.

Give your child aged 4-6 the gift of dance. Kids will learn the basic techniques of ballet and modern dance, enjoy music and storytelling, and focus on creating positive self-image.

This 7-week series introduces the foundational principles of modern dance in a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive environment. Students will explore fundamental techniques, including floor work, center exercises, and basic movement phrases, while developing strength, coordination, and creative expression.
Perfect for beginners and those looking to build confidence in their movement journey!

This weekly ballet class is designed for advanced dancers and is taught by Artistic Director Karen Charles. The class seeks to deconstruct classical ballet training, emphasizing on artistry and performance, and dancers’ internal knowledge of how to use the technique with their specific body type, while honing their technical skills.

This Horton-based modern dance class is taught by Artistic Director Karen Charles. The weekly class is designed for advanced/intermediate advanced dancers.

Give your child aged 7-12 years the gift of dance. They will learn technical skills, wellness and nutrition, and creative self-expression through movement.

*The PLUS version of Young Dancers Project includes a specialized hour of focused training and additional repertoire within a smaller cohort of dancers with 2+ years of dance experience. 

Threads Dance Project is choreographing for Stages Theater Company’s production of Madagascar!

Give your child aged 4-6 the gift of dance. Kids will learn the basic techniques of ballet and modern dance, enjoy music and storytelling, and focus on creating positive self-image.

Threads Dance Project is part of the 2024/2025 Discover Dance Series, including the June 2025 mainstage performance.

Tapestries 9.0 continues Threads Dance Project’s tradition of highlighting new choreographic voices. This year’s production features original works by Colin Edwards, Rachel Lieberman, and Hannah MacKenzie-Margulies. 

The program also includes Karen L. Charles’ repertory work Let America Be America, inspired by the chant “Make America Great Again” and the idea that America has never been great for everyone. Through a series of spoken word and dance vignettes, the piece highlights the joys and struggles of “the America that is” and “the America that could be.”

Tapestries 9.0 reflects Threads Dance Project’s commitment to showcasing different viewpoints and stories through movement.

Discover the fundamentals of modern dance in a welcoming and supportive environment. This six-week series introduces key techniques such as floor work, center exercises, and basic movement phrases, helping students build strength, coordination, and creative expression.

Designed for beginners and those looking to deepen their confidence in movement, this session is an extension of the early spring series but remains open to new learners.

This weekly ballet class is designed for advanced dancers and is taught by Artistic Director Karen Charles. The class seeks to deconstruct classical ballet training, emphasizing on artistry and performance, and dancers’ internal knowledge of how to use the technique with their specific body type, while honing their technical skills.

This Horton-based modern dance class is taught by Artistic Director Karen Charles. The weekly class is designed for advanced/intermediate advanced dancers.

This 7-week series introduces the foundational principles of modern dance in a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive environment. Students will explore fundamental techniques, including floor work, center exercises, and basic movement phrases, while developing strength, coordination, and creative expression.
Perfect for beginners and those looking to build confidence in their movement journey!

This contemporary-based class begins with a structured, improvisatory warm-up and offers exercises and phrase work focused on directing energy and focus, on controlled gesture and big release, and on functional weight share and soft partnering.  In her facilitation, Rachel aims to always center not just the 'what', but the experience, the joy, and the 'why' of dance.

This class will focus on the techniques of animation movement and waving, stacking on drills, foundations, and concepts to develop a well-rounded understanding of self-expression.

Give your child aged 7-12 years the gift of dance. They will learn technical skills, wellness and nutrition, and creative self-expression through movement.

Give your child aged 4-6 the gift of dance. Kids will learn the basic techniques of ballet and modern dance, enjoy music and storytelling, and focus on creating positive self-image.

Threads Dance Project ‘s Fall season performance excavates how our notions and impressions about each other and the world inform our sense of space, place, and knowing.