The Dance Program at Riverside Community College offers a full schedule of technique classes in the areas of modern, jazz, ballet and tap, as well as choreography and dance performance for the serious dance transfer student as well as the general student population. Technique and performance-based classes are housed in the Huntley Gym Dance Studio and Pilates Building on the City campus.

RCC Dance also features a complete Pilates program located in the Eleanor Crabtree Pilates Studio on the City campus. Opened in the fall of 2002, the fully equipped, state-of-the-art studio includes a mat room, equipment room, changing rooms, and restrooms. Pilates emphasizes balance, flexibility and core strength through the use of basic mat exercises and equipment such as the “Universal Reformer.”

Course Offerings

• Pilates: Body Control Mat Work, Beginning Pilates, Intermediate Pilates, and Pilates for Dancers
• Ballet: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, Pointe
• Modern: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced
• Jazz: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced
• Tap: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced
• Social Dance: Introduction to Social Dance, Social Dance Styles
• Dance Appreciation
• Choreography I, II, and III
• Dance Performance
• Concert Dance Ensemble
• Dance Performance Production